Labour went on for nearly 2 days for Jenn, but not really progressing very fast. On Saturday, she had contractions all day long, but they never really got any closer than about 15 minutes apart. So I went to work that evening, just working at the front desk in case I had to leave. About 3 hours into my shift, at 830pm, I got the call from Jenn that the contractions were about 7 minutes apart. I rushed home and within an hour we headed to the hospital with contractions within about 5 minutes of eachother.
At about 1am, the contractions were about 90 secs apart and intense enough that Jenn was ready for the epidural. That slowed things back down and she was soon put on a Petosan drip. By 630am she was fully dilated and her water was broken. About 650 she began pushing and that went on for over 2 hours with contractions between 1 and 2 minutes apart. Jenn worked like a trooper and I was gushing with pride watching her!
At 906 J.P. was born and it was all I could do not to ball like a baby! He's a beautiful, perfect creation of God and we are so thankful!
The last couple of days have been a huge learning experience but we've had family helping us along...Jenn's mom is here for a week and it's hard to imagine doing this without her here helping us out! Last night was our second night at home and we actually got quite a bit of sleep! The second picture is of baby, daddy, and great-opa.
Well, I hope you all had a blessed Christmas....it's certainly one we will never forget! BTW, if you want to know J.P.'s full name, just send us an email at allan_claus@yahoo.ca and we'll fill you in! 8)
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AL and Jen,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! He looks like a gorgeous baby! All the best with the adventures of parenting :D
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