Jack Klein is born !

Wow... what a difference a day makes ...


We went into the hospital at 4pm today cos Julie's contractions had got more painful and more frequent. They put her on Gas/air to start with which seemed to help a bit but soon it was obvious was not enough so they administered Pethedine. This seemed to help her a fair bit with the contractions but she was still a lot in pain and she was still only dilated to 3cm. (Remember she was at 2cm 2 days ago !). The main thing was that the baby seemed to be in distress during some of the contractions. His heart rate dropped to about 90 (which is normal) during some of the contractions but sometimes took up to a minute to get back to normal again (around 140). So the doctors decided a CS was necessary. Then it just turned all weird ...
One minute we were there in this little room with Julie on Pethedine and gas and the
next there were loads of doctors/anesthetists etc in the room doing all sorts of things.
She was taken off to be anesthetised and I was to wait outside the room in an ER outfit complete with hat. Then eventually they let me in and they were already trying to get the baby out.
It only took a few minutes really to get him out.
It was a pretty amazing experience - those of you who have had kids will know what I mean ...
To hold him in your arms is something quite special ....
So - here are the stats :

Jack Klein
Born 11th May 2006 19:07
Weight 7lb 9.5 oz

Check back soon for some pictures ! I'm a bit busy at the moment between hospital visits, having a couple of whiskies and updating this website !
But in the next day or so I will upload a load more pics