Dubland: January 2008

Prepping for Surgery

We arrrived at the hospital at 6:30AM. We were atmitted to our room, Room 6, right away. In the first picture, Christina is pointing to the empty cradle we will be filling in a few hours.

We had a series of tests, and because Christina was having sugery, she was not allowed to eat or drink anything. By 9:30, she was both pretty hungry and thirsty. It was then we got the results, and she got to drink this splendid beverage (she is grimacing all the way down) that is shown in the second picture. She had an IV put in as well, which you can see the connector in her left arm.

You can tell in picture three that I am extactic to model the hospital blues, and the last picture the nurse took as we were walking to the surgery room. Not long now!

Birth of a baby

After we walked down the hallway, they took Christina into a sterilized room to prepare for anethesia. Here she is walking into the surgery hallway. Chloe was born in the room on the left, and she is entering the room on the right, at 9:40AM. (Once we got the test resuts, things happened very quickly!)

I sat in the surgery waiting area, and made a quick phone call to my mom to let her know we were going in. They came and got me at 9:57AM.

When I walked in, Christina was hooked up to oxygen, and had a curtain over her belly. I was trying to comfort her, and get up the courage to look around the curtain.

Things happened very quickly. We were speaking with the anesthesiologist, and making a few jokes. Before we knew it, our doctor was saying she saw a head, and that she had dark hair.

This is the first picture of the new baby- from where I was seated. I looked around the curtain for a shot of the clock- she was born at 10:04AM.

This post contains nudity

Here is my first up close picture as I approached our newest family member. And you guessed it, she was born nude. The two nurses (the male nurse on the left was named Gaylord Focker) cleaned her up, a bit, and put a clamp on her umbilical cord.

The second picture shows my extreme talent. Notice how I am cutting the cord with my right hand, while taking the picture with my left! If you are a future dad- it feels like you are cutting through rubber. Pretty sweet.

I then got to take her, and present her to mommy- our first photo with baby and parents! Thanks Dr. Anesthesiologist!