M's Misconstrued Musings, Missives, and Manifestos
On the whole, today wasn’t our best day, but it wasn’t all bad by any means. We had a few sessions of sleeping on Daddy’s chest, which are quickly becoming my favorite parts of the day. When I got to the hospital this morning, Emiko was wide awake and looking around, so I got to play around with her a little bit and snap a couple of pictures while she was nice and calm.
I am happy to report that my fears were unfounded, and Emiko still knew her Daddy when I showed up today, which was later than I intended thanks to sleeping through my alarm. I feel really bad about that, because Sara was beyond tired when I got there. Turns out Emi was very fussy last night and wouldn’t sleep. Sara told me she thought it was because she missed her Daddy, so she tried doing the things I do to try and placate her. Talking more, bouncing her around, holding her hand, but to no avail. Finally, after four hours of restlessness, Sara picked her up and took her for a walk down the hall. About two minutes later, she was out like a light. Though I’m sorry she had to go through that last night, it made me smile a little knowing that Emi does love her Daddy at least a little bit.
So, as I mentioned very briefly in the last post, I had to return to work today, as I only got two days off for the baby delivery. Luckily, the scheduled delivery dates fell in between two holiday days here in Japan, so I was able to be with Sara and Emi for some extra time. I missed them so much today it was ridiculous. However, time marches on, and I’m here with an update for everyone.
So, Sara is up and moving around fairly well now. They took the epidural tube out of her back this morning, and she seems to be handling everything and recovering very well. I told her that I needed proof to show people that she’s doing ok, which led to this…
Hi All,
I just wanted to let you all know how I’ve been operating these last few days. I apologize if the info is coming slower than you’d like, but we have no internet access at the hospital, so the only time I get to go online is when I get home late at night in between making dinner, taking the dog out, and eating said dinner before passing out and heading to the hospital again the next morning.
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Hey there all,
So I have to say that today was a good day. Good ol’ Ice Cube knew what he was talking about. Sara’s becoming a bit more mobile, as is little Emi, who is starting to show signs of personality. I love that little girl.
It’s finally done and Sara is hopefully sleeping now as I write this. The labor induction unfortunately had no effect, but Sara’s blood pressure continued to rise even while just lying in bed, so the decision was made to perform a C-section. She went into surgery at 430pm, and our baby was born less than an hour later. Here are all the pertinent stats on our new daughter:
Ok, All,
No baby yet. Sara is in the hospital tonight and we begin induction drugs again at 9am (8PM EST). More information when we get it, but with the time difference, don’t expect anything until tomorrow your time.
M
Hey there. I’m not sure who, if anyone will be reading this, but I’m hoping to get this up and running soon as a way for everyone to be able to keep up with the goings-on of our lives over here in Matsuyama. Specifically the impending birth of our first child. Sara enters the hospital for labor induction on September 21, 2010, so the date is fast approaching. Stay tuned, and hopefully I’ll get this running and the bugs worked out sooner than later. In the meantime, here’s the video of one of Sara’s ultrasounds!
M
Happy Birthday to me. Yes, this is only a test.
M