Wilson Movie Sept. 8

Here is a move, about 4 minutes long. I guess it's level of excitement depends upon your connection with him. Mostly him just making funny faces and Shana yelling and taunting him. I think it's extremely entertaining. But I'll admit I'm biased.

Sept. 8

Here are a few more pictures of Wilson Scott.

He was 7 pounds 13 ounces, 20.75 inches long at birth. He is doing great. He caught right on to breast feeding, and has been eating good.

We are at home, just laying around looking at his face. He slept pretty well the first night home. Waking about every 3 hours to eat. He slept almost 4 hours before morning. They say you are supposed to wake them every 2-3 hours to feed. But we've decided that is just plain stupid. If he's hungry, he'll let us know. And he certainly has so far.

Shana's grandma Cecelia and her grandpa Ross are here visiting. Shana was expecting to introduce little Cecelia to her great grandma Cecelia, but I guess Wilson had a different plan. We'll have to give it another try, but after a little break.

The Flynns and the Dabys

Megan, Shana's really close friend from college who lives out in Portland with us had a boy also, 2 weeks before Wilson.

He has really changed in 2 weeks.

The uncles and friends think Riley and Willey will be partners in crime in a few years.





Brendan and Megan holding the duo. Not a lot of action ...yet.

Sept. 6 Day 2 in Hospital

The standard blue hospital hat.















Dad and son.

















Look at those big eyes;
And all that hair.





























Wilson's got a pretty good shiner on his eye from the forceps. Apparently this is getting off easy from forcep use.

It's a boy!!! Wilson Scott Daby

Shana gave birth to Wilson Scott last night at about 8 pm. We went to the hospital, she 3 cm dilated, and they checked her into the labor and delivery dept.

Labor went slowly for a long time. No change despite potosin, a synthetic form of the hormone oxytocin which starts labor. They checked her several hours later, still 3 cm. They checker her 30 minutes later, over 8 cm! Things began to move really quickly and we were a bit freaked out. Wilson's heart rate was dropping and not recovering very well. Our doctor said we would try to push, quickly and shortly. If progress was not made, we would need to do a c-section. But Shana pushed only 3 times and Dr. Flath used the forceps and out he came.

What an unreal experience. All those parents telling me I just wouldn't understand until it happened were totally right. It was a bit of a surprise since most people thought it would be a girl from the way Shana was carrying the baby. But they flipped him over and there were the family jewels! Wilson!

Shana is doing great. She is pretty sore. But controlled with pain meds, and sitting on ice and a blow-up doughnut. But Wilson has been feeding well, getting the "latch" down. And we are a happy family hanging out in the hospital for a few days.

Wilson has been a dream. He is so quiet and curious. He spends his time either sleeping, or wide-eyed staring around the room at this big new world around him.

I'm not fooling myself thinking this lack of crying will continue forever. But he is so serene, and chilled out now. He's got a pretty good shiner on his eye from the forceps. But apparently babies can get a lot more beat up than this from forceps use.

He really has a lot of hair. Sort of brown/blond. We combed it with a part after he bathed last night. He looked like a little old man who was headed to the boardroom for business.

Well, I better get back to Shana. She's going to need a lot of help for a while. We are so happy. There definitely will be more updates and photos of the little guy.

In Labor!!!

Shana started having contractions this morning at 3 am. They initially were only 5-7 minutes apart, and fairly intense. They decreased in frequency to about 15-20 minutes after a few hours. She was able to get a little more sleep, and I was as well.

It is now 11 am. We are still at home. Contractions about every 20 minutes still. We had a doctor's appointment yesterday where he stripped her membranes, a semi-non-invasive procedure (apparently it hurt a lot!) But I guess this really kicked her into labor since she had very few contractions prior to that, not even the Braxton-Hicks (sp?) small contractions.

So we have walked the dogs around the block. Rented a movie, and are still hanging out at home, staying relaxed and resting. We have a doctor's appointment today, but I think we will be checking into hotel Emmanuelle Hospital Birthing Center.

It is a relief that labor is beginning now. We postponed labor inducement one week from yesterday, to give Shana's body every chance to get ready for the labor. But one week from yesterday is, of course, September 11. How special. These pre-labor contractions could go on for a long time, but we're hoping today is the day. So Shawn, you may be closer than you think to Sept. 9. (but we still are not naming him Shawn, buddy).

Well I'll be sure to keep everyone posted. I'm bringing all the technology to the hospital and will post and email asap. Don't worry, no videos in the birthing room. Not until everyone is fully clothed, rested, and looking as good as possible after this ordeal. This may be the end of Shana in her underwear posts.

Stay tuned...

Feeling good overall, just impatient

I'm really enjoying quiet times with Jon. We spend whole days together, holding hands, eating, going to bed early, giggling, and thinking about what's to come. These are special days for us. I'm so glad to share this experience with my lover, best friend, and now the daddy of the life inside of me!

I noticed in an earlier posting Jon mentioned I feel good 60% of the time. Which is to say I feel unwell 40% of the time. This is a vast exaggeration. I feel good most of the time, but must have been having a couple bad days when I made the comment.