Labor began some time in the afternoon Sunday, July 17th and slowly progressed throughout the afternoon and evening. We weren't totally convinced that "this was it" so after a nice family dinner at Nana and Papa's house, Tom and I decided to go for a walk to try to speed things along. When that didn't seem to make too much difference, we went to bed around 11pm. Contractions woke me up at 1 and by 2 I woke Tom up to start putting last minute things in our hospital bag. By 3:30am we were heading out the door to MO Bap with contractions right around 5 minutes apart.
Upon arriving at MO Bap, we were told we hadn't made quite enough progress to be admitted yet and were sent to walk the halls for a little over an hour. By 6am, we were very familiar with the layout of MO Bap (and a few nurses we kept passing) and were able to return to our room to find out that we had made just enough progress to stay! (Thank goodness!) By 7:30ish we were settled in to labor and delivery. Over the next few hours we started a little pitocin, had my water broken, and, eventually, got an epidural. It wasn't too long after that that we were able to welcome our precious baby boy...
Noah Thomas Dieckmann
7/18/2011 2:23pm
8 lbs 2 oz 21 1/2 inches
First shot of the happy family. :)
Noah wasn't a big fan of the bath...until they washed his hair. Still his favorite part now that we're home.
Mommy and Noah once we made it to our room.
We are so blessed to have such a healthy, happy little boy. It has been amazing to watch him grow and change so much already in his first 9 days and we are excited about what the future will hold for him. Love to you all!
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