gage update

tired family

Dressed to go home

1st car ride

So anyway ...

this was all an incredible experience

Brooke's epidural ceased to work twice during her labor.  One of those times was during pushing.  It was awful.  The delivery doctor came in after 2 1/2 hours of pushing.  After assessing everything he ordered a spinal block.

It is quite an ordeal getting a delivering mother having back to back contractions and the inability to NOT push ... to sit in spinal position and be very still.

But being the trooper she is, she did it.

The narcotic the nurse anesthetist put into her spinal worked wonders.

We had a relaxed, but surprisingly strong Brooke.

With a vacuum attached to Gage's head, 3 or 4 contractions and good hard pushing later, he was delivered.

This was, without a doubt, the neatest thing I've ever seen.

It beats the northern lights.

It beats diving at coral gardens

It beats The Rock Islands of Palua

It beats Bali's Candi Dasa.

Very cool.