life as an ostovic

After many attempts to get the labor process going (including a visit with the midwife Sunday afternoon) the only results were painful contractions 5 minutes apart that were not dilating Melanie at all. She had been steady at 1.5 cm the past three days.

Late Sunday night (or rather very early Monday morning) the contractions had become so intense that we called the midwife who suggested that we head to the hospital for more monitoring. As we expected labor was still not progressing.

It was 2am and with a c-section already schedule for 8am, we had two options. 1. take some pain meds a sleeping pill and wait, or 2. have the c-section right then. The only advantage to waiting was the potential for rest. However Melanie was quite certain that she would be getting none no matter what. So we went ahead and had the c-section then. Melanie went into surgery around 4am and Evan was born at 4:21am.

The surgery went like clockwork and now we are doing very well recovering in the maternity unit.

Some observations:

1. The initial poop still looks like you could tar the parking lot with it!
2. He is very sweet and does not cry much at all.
3. He is very cute, as you can see.
4. Many people initially think that he looks like his big brother. What do you think?
5. When you text message 30 or so people, you get a lot of text messages back. (which is good)
6. We are blessed to have so many great friends and family.
7. Wireless Internet in our hospital room is Awesome!!!!
8. When you have not slept much it is easy to switch numbers. This is why the 30 or so people you sent text messages to think that he weighs 6 pounds 8 ounces instead of 8 pounds 6 ounces.

Well that is it for now. I will keep posting things in the coming days. Tomorrow looks to be exciting because Jackson is going to meet Evan for the first time!!!! Give us a call or drop me an e-mail if you would like to visit, we would love throw Evan in your arms and share him with you.

Derrak

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