Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Introducing . . . Rafe Andrew Forbes!

The timeline:

8:30--Sitting at breakfast with Vivien and realized I could feel my contractions in my lower back and that they were regularly 5 minutes apart.
9:00--Jumped in the shower and did my hair!
9:30--Called my mom who encouraged me to get to the hospital.  NOW.
9:50--Told Drew (as he was tying his tie) that he should not go to his meetings and come to the hospital with me instead.


10:00--Headed to ward choir to drop Vivien off with the Crofts.
10:30--Got to the hospital and waited for the doctors to finish their rounds.


11:00--Saw the resident who pronounced me dilated to a 6 and fully effaced.  Transferred to the L&D room, got my IV placed.
1:30--Anesthesiology resident placed my epidural
2:05--Had my water broken and the resident said I was ready to push.  My nurse asked for 15 minutes to chart and finish getting everything set up.
2:11--Started pushing
2:33--Rafe was born!



Vivi's first visit.  She wanted to eat mom's lunch.
Exploring her new brother




Getting dressed to come home

Bundled in the car seat











1 comment:

  1. So so cute! Thanks for posting these. I can't wait to meet him in person:)

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