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Clint's Home
Clint getting ready to go home.
Clint's not too sure about the car seat, but he apparently loved it once we hit the road. He slept like a rock.
We brought Clint home today. The dogs seemed less interested in him than I expected when we first got home. They seemed more happy to see Stephanie and me. Anytime Clint cries, their ears perk up and they try to sneak as many peeks as possible. Clint took a nice long nap which allowed us to catch up on some sleep. (2 hours +!!!) Thanks Clint!!! Stephanie is feeling great. She is such a rock star!!! It's really an amazing thing. You think you've got it all when you find the perfect woman that God made just for you. You think your life is complete, and then you find out that you're still missing a piece of God's puzzle. He gives you this incredible gift; one of His children. God is so good!!! I can't wait to wake up each day to see what else He has in store for us.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Clint's Second Day
Steph and Clint
Grandma Cox, Craig, and Clint.
Papa Doug with ClintClint is two days old!!! Woo-hoo!!!!!! He had a good night. He's getting used to eating, which is a good thing since he is so big. Stephanie is such an incredible mother. (No surprise there) Please feel free to drop by if you'd like. We would love to see you. We are at Methodist Willowbrook in room 2315.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Clint's Here!!!
Clinton Allen Cox. Born July 4, 2009. 3:42 am
The happy Cox family. God is good!
Clint shortly after birth
Stephanie after finding out that delivery would start at any minute.
Clinton Allen Cox was born very early this morning. Steph was amazing!!! Once delivery started, it only took about 30 minutes for Clint to arrive. Clint is big and beautiful. He weighs in at 9 lb and 8.4 oz, and is 21 inches long. Steph and I really appreciate your prayers, advice, visits, and friendship. Be on the lookout for more frequent posts going forward along with pictures and videos!
The happy Cox family. God is good!
Clint shortly after birth
Craig after finding out that delivery would start at any minute.
Stephanie after finding out that delivery would start at any minute.Clinton Allen Cox was born very early this morning. Steph was amazing!!! Once delivery started, it only took about 30 minutes for Clint to arrive. Clint is big and beautiful. He weighs in at 9 lb and 8.4 oz, and is 21 inches long. Steph and I really appreciate your prayers, advice, visits, and friendship. Be on the lookout for more frequent posts going forward along with pictures and videos!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Plan E
Yes, E.
I was talking to Lynda on the phone this evening, around 10:30, and an unfamiliar number beeped in. I thought to myself, "I bet this is the hospital calling to confirm our appointment to be induced tomorrow morning at 5am. (because don't they always make those calls late at night?) Surely they are not calling to tell us not to come in at 5am." As it turns out, they were calling to tell us not to come in at 5am tomorrow morning.
I went into the bedroom to inform Craig of Plan E, as dictated by Methodist Willowbrook, and I completely fell apart. Craig kept it together so I could have a breakdown. He's a rock.
I was told they would call us when they have availability tomorrow. She said the hospital discharge time is 10am, so maybe we'll get a call around that time. Who knows? I'm so glad we received a good report from the non-stress test today, so we can at least relax about Clint's health and safety.
The contractions I was having have eased up in frequency and intensity. I'm not sure what that means, but Clint is still moving around in there, so I'm not going to worry about it. Hopefully, that just means that I can get a good night's rest tonight. (I actually just called a nurse at the hospital to ask about it, and she said since my contractions had not been consistently 5 minutes apart for two hours at any point, the change in frequency is nothing to be concerned about - Whew! Sleep it is!!!)
So tomorrow, we wait. What a rollercoaster of a week! Our families have been so supportive and have done well to keep us busy during those times when our plans had been cancelled. Tuesday night, we had dinner with Trent and Rachel, and then played Monopoly till all hours of the night. Last night, we went out with Craig's parents for dinner, and by chance, we ran into Stacey, Parris and Ashlee, so we had a whole family dinner! Today, Jenn spent the day with me - Craig went in to work for a little while after our appointment this morning - and then John and Trey and my parents came over to spend some time this evening.
We really hope we get to meet and hold our little boy tomorrow!
I was talking to Lynda on the phone this evening, around 10:30, and an unfamiliar number beeped in. I thought to myself, "I bet this is the hospital calling to confirm our appointment to be induced tomorrow morning at 5am. (because don't they always make those calls late at night?) Surely they are not calling to tell us not to come in at 5am." As it turns out, they were calling to tell us not to come in at 5am tomorrow morning.
I went into the bedroom to inform Craig of Plan E, as dictated by Methodist Willowbrook, and I completely fell apart. Craig kept it together so I could have a breakdown. He's a rock.
I was told they would call us when they have availability tomorrow. She said the hospital discharge time is 10am, so maybe we'll get a call around that time. Who knows? I'm so glad we received a good report from the non-stress test today, so we can at least relax about Clint's health and safety.
The contractions I was having have eased up in frequency and intensity. I'm not sure what that means, but Clint is still moving around in there, so I'm not going to worry about it. Hopefully, that just means that I can get a good night's rest tonight. (I actually just called a nurse at the hospital to ask about it, and she said since my contractions had not been consistently 5 minutes apart for two hours at any point, the change in frequency is nothing to be concerned about - Whew! Sleep it is!!!)
So tomorrow, we wait. What a rollercoaster of a week! Our families have been so supportive and have done well to keep us busy during those times when our plans had been cancelled. Tuesday night, we had dinner with Trent and Rachel, and then played Monopoly till all hours of the night. Last night, we went out with Craig's parents for dinner, and by chance, we ran into Stacey, Parris and Ashlee, so we had a whole family dinner! Today, Jenn spent the day with me - Craig went in to work for a little while after our appointment this morning - and then John and Trey and my parents came over to spend some time this evening.
We really hope we get to meet and hold our little boy tomorrow!
Plan D Still on Track
The non-stress test went well today. Clint is perfectly fine. We were there a little longer that normal because the machine that records the results ran out of paper, and then it kept getting jammed. But I was with two of my favorite people, so I didn't even notice. Clint was a champ! He moved a bunch for me, and it was really cool to hear the change in his heart rate when he moved.
We are still planning to go to the hospital tomorrow morning at 5am to be induced, assuming we don't start having more consistent contractions on our own. I've had them all day, since 3:30 this morning, and mostly, they have been about 6-10 minutes apart, with a few longer stretches thrown in from time to time. I'm sure I won't sleep much more tonight than I did last night, but I can't imagine that I would have slept much anyway, anticipating Clint's arrival. Tomorrow is the 41 week mark. I wonder how big he will be. :-)
We are still planning to go to the hospital tomorrow morning at 5am to be induced, assuming we don't start having more consistent contractions on our own. I've had them all day, since 3:30 this morning, and mostly, they have been about 6-10 minutes apart, with a few longer stretches thrown in from time to time. I'm sure I won't sleep much more tonight than I did last night, but I can't imagine that I would have slept much anyway, anticipating Clint's arrival. Tomorrow is the 41 week mark. I wonder how big he will be. :-)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Plan D
So today was fun. We went to the hospital at 2pm, as we were instructed. When we got there, we went to the nurse's station to check in, so we gave our name, and the nurse kinda had this "oh no" look on her face. She said our doctor was supposed to call me, to which I replied, "Oh, do we need to come back later?" She said we were on the schedule for Friday morning at 5am.
I don't know if our doc was supposed to call us or not, but truth be told, it was only a couple of hours between the time we left the doctor's office and the time we were supposed to be at the hospital, and one of those hours was lunch. Besides that, our poor doctor is mourning the loss of a close family member, and trying to take care of us at the same time, in addition to all of her other patients, so I don't fault her. It was disheartening to be sent home, but we just kept reminding ourselves that things happen. Evidently, the amniotic fluid was not low enough to be of great concern, or we would have gotten that one last bed at the hospital, but alas...we didn't.
Before we left the hospital, we had to sit down and regroup so we didn't fall apart, and as we were sitting in the waiting room of Labor and Delivery (with my overnight bag), I overheard just enough of a conversation from another family to remind me of how fortunate we are. I don't know what was going on with their situation, but it sounded like there were some concerns, and they could use our prayers. I am uncomfortable at times, but that is the extent of it.
Tomorrow, I am going in for a non-stress test. Basically, they'll hook me up to a monitor, much like they would if I were laboring in the hospital, and just monitor Clint's movements and heart rate for 20-30 minutes, and of course, we had the ultrasound today, so they'll be able to take a good look at how he's doing in there. Jenn is going with me, so that should be fun!!! I told Craig he might as well go to work...if he wanted to...so he's going to try to put in a full day and get some things taken care of, rather than waiting around. Jenn can wait around with me! Thanks Aunt Jenn!!!!
So unless these contractions pick up and register at a Category 5, we'll wait for Friday morning, and do it the good ol' fashion chemical way!!!
On the plus side, Friday is July 3rd, which is my Dad's birthday, so IF we actually get into the hospital, and IF it doesn't take more than 3/4 of a day to make things happen, then Clint and Papa Doug will share a birthday! And if Clint is really stubborn, then maybe he can share a birthday with Grandma Ruth (July 9th). Ha ha ha!!!
I don't know if our doc was supposed to call us or not, but truth be told, it was only a couple of hours between the time we left the doctor's office and the time we were supposed to be at the hospital, and one of those hours was lunch. Besides that, our poor doctor is mourning the loss of a close family member, and trying to take care of us at the same time, in addition to all of her other patients, so I don't fault her. It was disheartening to be sent home, but we just kept reminding ourselves that things happen. Evidently, the amniotic fluid was not low enough to be of great concern, or we would have gotten that one last bed at the hospital, but alas...we didn't.
Before we left the hospital, we had to sit down and regroup so we didn't fall apart, and as we were sitting in the waiting room of Labor and Delivery (with my overnight bag), I overheard just enough of a conversation from another family to remind me of how fortunate we are. I don't know what was going on with their situation, but it sounded like there were some concerns, and they could use our prayers. I am uncomfortable at times, but that is the extent of it.
Tomorrow, I am going in for a non-stress test. Basically, they'll hook me up to a monitor, much like they would if I were laboring in the hospital, and just monitor Clint's movements and heart rate for 20-30 minutes, and of course, we had the ultrasound today, so they'll be able to take a good look at how he's doing in there. Jenn is going with me, so that should be fun!!! I told Craig he might as well go to work...if he wanted to...so he's going to try to put in a full day and get some things taken care of, rather than waiting around. Jenn can wait around with me! Thanks Aunt Jenn!!!!
So unless these contractions pick up and register at a Category 5, we'll wait for Friday morning, and do it the good ol' fashion chemical way!!!
On the plus side, Friday is July 3rd, which is my Dad's birthday, so IF we actually get into the hospital, and IF it doesn't take more than 3/4 of a day to make things happen, then Clint and Papa Doug will share a birthday! And if Clint is really stubborn, then maybe he can share a birthday with Grandma Ruth (July 9th). Ha ha ha!!!
Plan C, Part II
Ok, so we went to the doctor this morning, and as it turns out, Clint is just fine in there, but my fluid is a little low, so the doctor wants to go ahead and induce. WHOO-HOO!!! Last night and this morning, I have been quite uncomfortable with random contractions that don't seem to be doing much.
We are going to the hospital at 2pm today. There are currently no beds available, but they expect someone to deliver any minute now. The doctor said if we don't get started at 2pm, we WILL still do it today, so we are happy with that.
Craig will be updating Facebook because he can do it from his phone, and when we have a chance, we'll update this blog.
That's all we know right now. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!!!
We are going to the hospital at 2pm today. There are currently no beds available, but they expect someone to deliver any minute now. The doctor said if we don't get started at 2pm, we WILL still do it today, so we are happy with that.
Craig will be updating Facebook because he can do it from his phone, and when we have a chance, we'll update this blog.
That's all we know right now. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!!!
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