Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Two weeks ago today (part II)

At 10:30pm on June 21, Alex and I arrived at the hospital, ready to have a baby. Pitocin was started, my water was broken, and I tried to sleep in between hourly, sometimes half-hourly, checkups.

By the next morning, I had made some progress, but not a lot.

Still (somewhat) mobile in the morning.
I look extra big here - it's the monitors, I swear!


After realizing my water wasn't actually broken and correcting that, things started to move a little quicker. And finally, at 7pm, I was ready to push. But my little guy had no interest in moving out, and after two and a half hours, it was decided that we needed to resort to forceps.

And at 10:23pm on June 22, 2010, almost exactly 24 hours after we started, our little guy - William Clement - made his way into the world. Will arrived at 8 pounds, 7 ounces, 21 inches long. He is absolutely amazing in every way.





William: (Germanic) Ardent protector - a lovely name for an oldest sibling
Clement: (Latin) Merciful, mild, gentle

Will is also named after my father - Clement William - who passed away almost three years ago. My dad didn't love the first name Clement, but I think he would approve of this revision.

3 comments:

  1. kathleen!!! i'm BEYOND excited for you!! can't wait to follow you in this journey ...

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  2. Our little guys almost share the same birthday! :) (Parker's b-day is 6/21.) I'm so happy for you and your beautiful family! Wishing you all the best as you get to know your new addition. :) Congratulations!!

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  3. love the revision, beautiful name & story.

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