Today is my birthday and I just thought I’d take a moment to upload some photos of Zaiden, Zaiden and Moose, Zaiden, Zaiden and mama, Zaiden and papa, and, of course, Zaiden. As usual, click on the photo on the right to view more photos of this adorable little boy!
Late Saturday night (May 19, 2007), Nikki woke me up and said, “Honey, I think I’m having contractions.” Any thoughts of sleeping in on Sunday flew out of my mind as I scrambled to finish packing our hospital bag. We timed the contractions, called the hospital, and ended up heading on in at 3am. About 3:45 they gave Nikki an exam and found out she was 1cm dialated and they don’t admit mamas unless they are at least 2cm. They told us to go for a walk and come back to the room in an hour. After that, it turned out she was 3cm dialated. Woot woot! Time to have a baby!
We were admitted and after a few hours, she was 4cm dialated. The rest of the birth wasn’t such a great experience. She got an epidural which ended up being WAY too much. Her legs went completely numb and it was terribly uncomfortable. In addition, she stopped dialating at 5cm. After many hours of frustration and such, the doctor suggested we get a c-section. Nikki and I were dissapointed at first, but then we realized that we’d get to see him sooner!
Into surgery we went. There was a small comical moment or two when they tried to find gowns big enough for me (I wish I had a photo!). It took about 45 minutes or so. After he was out, they had to clean him off (there was miconium all over him) and then I got to hold him while they sewed Nikki back up.
He was born at 8:19 pm, May 20, 2007. At birth, he was 6 lbs. 8.5 oz and 18.5″ long.
I’m so proud of Nikki. She was a trooper through the entire thing and she’s been (and will be! 
a great mom for Zaiden, our son. We love him.
(Click on his photo on the right to view more photos of him!)
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