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water broke at
around 9h30 pm on monday the 22nd of january
water broke when
tara went to work that evening. she called me before the end of her shift. i went to get her. she thought she had wet her pants... a little later, we realized what was really happening
time of entrance at the hospital
around 10h00.
duration of labors
basically from 11h00pm until 6h30 the following morning
how was the transition phase
probably not as worse as the pushing phase. the transition was fairly quick, but 1 half inche of the cervix would not retract. that took a long time to disappear, and it was a little frustrating.
what about the pushing period
this was most officially the hardest and the most frustrating. two hours non-stop. tara was "killing" at the end. very frustrating period, especially as the nurses were telling us that we were not progressing very much. doctor klein performed an episiotomy and released tara in minutes. thanks to her and her judgment.
time of birth
6h28 on january 23rd
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birth
in this section, we see andrew with pudgy cheeks and tied in his blanket as a new born. all of these pictures and videos were taken within two days of his birth. all pictures were taken at the timpanogos regional hospital from tuesday the 23rd of january until thursday the 24th. andrew's parent were very sleep deprived, you will be able to tell from the pictures! in any case, it is not the parents we feature, it is andrew! here he is, as a newborn
birth pictures
this a a pack of 10 pictures. picture one is an exclusive shot "right out the belly". he is probably 2 or three minutes old on this pictures. andrew was fairly calm when he came out. we heard a few loud screams, but he was fairly observant of his new surroundings...or perhaps he was wondering why we had just pulled him out of his cozy environment and why it was so cold out there. picture two is a shot of andrew looking over his dad. we were impressed at how good he could hold his neck. andrew's face appear blurrysince he was turning his head at the very moment of the shot. picture three shows his pudgy cheeks in his hospital crib. he lost those cheeks fairly rapidly. picture four i the remarkable first breast feed (or should i say successful breast feed). andrew had some minor problems latching on the first few times. this really made us worried he could not be breast fed. lactating specialists helped us and everything was fine. picture six: father and son. see any resemblance? in picture seven, andrew looks like a doll, but he is real. as you can tell, our hospital room was large and accomodated us very nicely. picture eight was shot in the actual delivery room (we were shortly moved in a postpartum room). tara holds andrew. they both look great for such a hard delivery. in picture nine, were had been moved in the postpartum room. mom and son continue to cuddle. on picture ten, we feature a close up of andrew in his hospital crib. andrew was born with long leags, arms and fingers... he still has the long features after one month.
birth video
this high quality clip was taken at the same time as picture one was taken. it features andrew for 15 seconds breathing for the first time. the video does not have any sound, but as you will be able to tell, he is calm and quiet and fairly observant of his new environment.
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