A post on Sarah's Labor

For anybody that wishes they could have been here when the baby came, we kept a little photo journal of the whole process. Honestly, Sarah did very well, and was pretty happy throughout the whole thing. Here are a some pictures, along with a bit of commentary. Sorry if it is pretty long.

First of all, we had a few friends that were supposed to come over on New Year's Eve, but luckily, none of them were able to make it. Sick kids, etc. So, we were fortunately able to spend a little bit of quiet time together that night. Walker got up around 8:30, and decided by a out 8:45 that somebody needed to get up to get him some breakfast. That was when Sarah decided she would try to get up. Try is the operative word here. As she was getting up, she realized that her water broke. (Flash back to the night before, when we made sure to get a towel to sleep on, in case her water broke while she was in bed.) We did a pretty good job about not panicking, Sarah took a shower, I got Walker some food, etc. We had to finish packing all of the stuff we wanted to take with us to the hospital. Now comes the photo part, as I don't remember nearly as much about that part, and it is all a little bit jumbled.


This is the first picture from the hospital.


Again, when we first got there. It took an hour to get checked in, etc. It is about 11:15.



Here is a fake "Pushing" face. It is her best imitation. It is 3:08



This is Sarah laughing about her fake contraction face. It is 3:09. As you can tell, she was in pretty good spirits about the whole thing.



The baby's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, so he wasn't getting as much oxygen as he needed. So they put Mom on oxygen. This is 4:10.

This is about 5 or 10 minutes before she starts pushing. It is 8:05 p.m.


Though most of it went well, she did throw up a couple of times toward the end. This is the last contraction before birth. (Thanks to her mom for taking pics while I "helped" with the delivery.)
This is at 8:36 p.m.


Here is the first picture of Parker. The doctor kept getting in the way, so I couldn't tell the gender, and announce it to mom/both grandmas. This is at 8:36 p.m.


This is 8:38 p.m. Any explanation needed?


He weighed in at 7 pounds and 10 ounces. This is at 8:47 p.m., after a few shots/tests.

Like I said, the whole thing went over pretty well. Sarah did a great job, and seems to be handling everything nicely. It was definitely easier for her the Second time around. I don't know if that is the same for everybody or not. We have had several dinners brought over to us from the ward, and from some friends. Thanks to everybody for the support. If you haven't stopped by to see him, feel free to come on by. Just call us before so we will know what time to expect you!

BTW, Sarah, if you want to add or clarify anything, feel free to make a comment about it!