Connor William Streetman greeted the world this past Saturday, April 5th at 2:58pm. He weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs 5 ozs and measured 21 inches long.
My water broke at 2:45 am Friday night after having been at the doctor's office for a visit earlier that day. Call the on-call OB number and was told at 3:30 am to go on to the hospital. Paul and I decided we were in for a long haul, got everything we could quickly taken care of, and arrived at the hospital at about 5:00 am. At about 9 in the morning, I could not take the pain anymore and decided on having an epidural. After being in labor from essentially 2:45 am and now being at 2:20 pm, the decision was made that progress was not being made. I was still at 3-4 cm dilated at that point and he had not really moved down any. Since the epidural was already on board, we were in the operating room very quickly (I think the time they stated as 2:33 as the time we entered the OR for prepping), and he was out within 5 minutes from the start of the first incision.
The first comment from the OB that delivered Connor was "This is a solid boy." We didn't really realize how solid until they call back to the OR from the nursery with his stats. Paul had called it right on target. When we had been at the doctor's office on Friday, the estimate on the ultrasound was 9 lbs 1 ounce.
Fast forward to today, Tuesday, and we are adjusting to our new world. We will be checking out of the hospital tomorrow and headed home. I decided to stay at the hospital one more day so we were well rested and of course had a free support staff around us to help us as best possible. The medical staff here at Seton has been phenomenal. They have done everthing they could to keep us comfortable and help us get adjusted to the new world around us.
We are still deciding who he looks like but he was born with a decent amount of hair (blonde, light brown, kinda red) and his eyes are currently a slate blue color. I am assuming that will change as he gets older but who knows.
I will post some photos in a little bit.
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