And on March 7, 2014 at 5:39pm Nathaniel Kee Wong came into the world.
My mom, sister, and brother had come down Thursday afternoon so they could be here to meet Nathaniel (who at the time still did not have a name). It was planned for me to be at the hospital early Friday morning to be induced. But Nathaniel had other plans. :)
We went out to dinner that Thursday night at Cheddars with my family. While at dinner I started noticing my contractions were getting a bit closer but still not close enough to warrant heading to the hospital. I began to wonder if I could make it until Friday morning. We finished up dinner and headed back to the house. At around 11pm everyone crawled into bed for the night. And an hour later, I was waking everyone up! Nathaniel had decided it was time. We called the hospital and and my doctor called me as we were leaving, "I knew it. I knew you would come in before the morning." He had been saying that all week. Haha!
They got me into a room and hooked up to all the monitors. But contractions and pain were minimal so we monitored baby until later that morning when the doctor came in and broke my water. Then it was time for the epidural. I was worried it wouldn't take because of the scoliosis. The anesthesiologist got it in without any problems but the first medicine wasn't helping completely, so they injected another medicine into the epidural line and that one seemed to do the trick. But by the time Nathaniel was finally on his way, the meds were wearing off and baby was too close to get more meds! Yikes.
I ended up having to get an episiotomy because all my pushing just wasn't doing the trick.
My mom, sister, and brother had come down Thursday afternoon so they could be here to meet Nathaniel (who at the time still did not have a name). It was planned for me to be at the hospital early Friday morning to be induced. But Nathaniel had other plans. :)
We went out to dinner that Thursday night at Cheddars with my family. While at dinner I started noticing my contractions were getting a bit closer but still not close enough to warrant heading to the hospital. I began to wonder if I could make it until Friday morning. We finished up dinner and headed back to the house. At around 11pm everyone crawled into bed for the night. And an hour later, I was waking everyone up! Nathaniel had decided it was time. We called the hospital and and my doctor called me as we were leaving, "I knew it. I knew you would come in before the morning." He had been saying that all week. Haha!
They got me into a room and hooked up to all the monitors. But contractions and pain were minimal so we monitored baby until later that morning when the doctor came in and broke my water. Then it was time for the epidural. I was worried it wouldn't take because of the scoliosis. The anesthesiologist got it in without any problems but the first medicine wasn't helping completely, so they injected another medicine into the epidural line and that one seemed to do the trick. But by the time Nathaniel was finally on his way, the meds were wearing off and baby was too close to get more meds! Yikes.
I ended up having to get an episiotomy because all my pushing just wasn't doing the trick.
This picture was taken just 5 days prior to his due date.
Nathaniel Kee Wong 6lbs 3oz, 18.5in long
Mom and dad holding our precious baby boy.
We're home!
We were at the hospital early Friday morning and returned home Sunday evening, on March 9, 2014.
We were at the hospital early Friday morning and returned home Sunday evening, on March 9, 2014.
Let me apologize on the lateness of this post. Here it is 7 months later and our little man is sitting up and saying "dada!"
Ta-da!! He is the best baby ever! He's eating pureed foods, he's tasted chicken, loves tortillas and breadsticks, he army crawls in circles, can roll from belly to back, and is just now sleeping in his own room! Hard to believe that in 5 short months he'll be 1 year old!
Now he's around 17lbs and 26in long! He's growing too fast!
Here's a comparison collage to catch everyone up:
Here's a comparison collage to catch everyone up:
