While we were over at Chloe’s this morning to see Owen (since Barney hadn’t met him yet), I captioned and uploaded a bunch of photos from the past week, because Chloe obviously doesn’t have a lot of spare time right now to devote to them. Enjoy!
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All of your patience has paid off internet!
It’s a long, complicated story, but Owen Patrick Whisler finally made it into this world at 3:08 this morning (May 16th 2007) at a WHOPPING 10 POUNDS 13 OUNCES, and 22 INCHES LONG! Throw in a 15cm head, and you’ll have guessed correctly that no, he didn’t come out naturally (dear god, at that large, I would hope NOT)!
Chloe and Patrick went in to have the amniotic fluid levels checked on Monday morning, since Owen was over a week overdue at that point, and the midwife scheduled her for an induction later that night/early the next morning due to the low results they found. Chloe was put on pitocin early Tuesday morning, and labored pretty hard throughout the next day and night. After having such strong contractions for so long, the midwife couldn’t understand why Owen just wasn’t moving down very quickly. After all, she estimated him at somewhere around 7 or 8 pounds, and Chloe’s first delivery had been so quick and smooth! Then, early this morning, as they were getting ready to do an epidural as a last ditch effort to relax the pelvic muscles to let the baby drop, Owen’s heart rate started dipping drastically so they rushed Chloe in for an emergency c-section.
Things could have gone a little easier on them both, but in the end, the little man (HA….little…) and his momma are healthy, attempting to rest, and nursing like pros.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD BIG BOY!