Malachi's Birthstory

Well, after six weeks of having contractions off and on, I woke up Friday, September 14, 2007 around 4:30 am feeling very uncomfortable. It wasn't until I got up at 6 that I realized what it was, I was having contractions, but since we had all the false alarms I sent Matt to work, promising to call if anything changes. Boy, was I miserable. By 4:30 I was calling Matt to make sure he didn't decide to pick that night to work late. After he got home and the kids got picked up we took Mysia to Granny's and headed to the hospital. We got to the hospital around 7:30- 8:00ish checked into Triage, where they put me on the monitors and checked me I was between a 2 and 3 so the doc on call decided to let me walk the halls for an hour and see if there was any change after that. So we walked, by the time the hour was up I was stopping ever 2 min to breath through the contractions. We went back to the triage room and the nurse checked me again, not much had changed, but after listening to me try and breath through the contractions and being unsuccessful at hiding my pain the nurse convinced the doctor that it would not be a good idea to send me home and it was a good thing too, by the time they got me moved to the Labor and Delivery room, had my blood drawn and got my epidural (about an hour and a half) I was dilated to a 5. The doc came in and broke my water and I napped a little. At about 2:30 am I was an 8 and some of the nurses got a little ahead of the game and got all of the stuff out and ready for the delivery, sending everyone but Matt out of the room. It was about an hour later when my epidural was beginning to wear off and I started feeling the urge to push, unfortunately the doc was in the middle of delivering twins, so they made me blow through the contractions and stay laying on my side, with my legs closed, that was really hard because I could feel him sliding down and I couldn't stop it. Finally the doc got there and they flipped me on my back, which made me get sick and vomit, but then I was able to push and felt him slip out. The next thing I felt was some thing wet splat on my leg, the nurse brought the towels over so they could lay him on my tummy but the doc sent her straight back over to the warmer with Malachi then we heard a weak cry. Matt told me he had the cord wrapped around his neck, twice. They whisked him away to the NICU where he stayed for the next 5 hours. But now he is doing great and we are home recooperating
Lydia

Malachi Update

We haven't had much sleep yet, hopefully we will later!

Malachi was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck twice, so we didn't get to even held him until 8am! He was pale, and having respiratory problems. But Malachi is ding fine, he is pink now and breathing pretty good. We are were having some time getting him fed (well, Lydia is anyway!), but thats not too unusual with newborns! We've got to hold him several times, and have passed him around to friends and family who have stopped by.

So far, Mysia has only seen him through the nursery window (his temperature was a little low when she was here). So we're hoping that the next visit of hers later this evening will have better results. She was excited, but a little restless waiting in the room. Oh, but when we were commenting on Malachi when looking through the nursery window, Mysia must of thought we were being too loud, because she turned around to all of us and said, "Shhhhh...! Be Quiet... he's sleeping!" LOL... two year-olds are sooooo much fun!

~Matt

He's here!

Finally little Malachi Lee has arrived. He was born at 3:40 am on September 15, 2007. He weighs 7 lb 14 oz. There was one minor complication; he was born with the cord wrapped around his neck twice and is currently in NICU because of respiratory problems. We haven't even got to hold him yet, it's really hard, but I know that they are taking every precaution necessary to help him get on his feet quicker. 7:48 Matt just came back from getting breakfast and said that Malachi is out of NICU and they're bringing him over to feed in just a few minutes. PTL
I'll post more on the birth story later.
Lydia

And to think that I saw it on MY street ...

Yesterday I had my usual H&R Block class, and because I've been having contractions off an on all day and was afraid of my water breaking and having to take an ambulance to the hospital and Matt not being able to get to the hospital because I had the car and Mysia's car seat, I had Matt drive me to my class and then go visit with his mom, so he'd be close by if I needed him. As it turned out it was a good thing I did. No, Malachi did not decide to make his appearance. But as we were making our way home about 9:25 we found our street was blocked from both ends. Matt got out and spoke to the police man at one end and was told, No we could not go home there was a man barricaded in one of the corner houses with a shotgun! So we went back to Vicki's to await word that it was safe to go home. Luckily, by the 10 o'clock news the whole situation was cleared up and we were back home by 10:30.

Here's the official news report:

Authorities arrest suspect on firearms warrant after negotiations

Springfield police had to use a negotiator last night to apprehend a man on a federal firearms warrant.

Lt. Jay Huff said police assisted federal authorities in arresting Russell Metcalf before 10 p.m. near Oak Grove Avenue and Atlantic Street.

Metcalf, 45, is charged with felony firearm possession in federal court.

Huff said police set up a perimeter around a house where the suspect was located. A negotiator talked the suspect into leaving the house without any problems, he said.

The Combined Ozark Multi-jurisdictional Enforcement Team; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Missouri Highway Patrol were involved in the arrest.

I continued to have contractions the rest of the evening but after I went to bed they tapered off and by this morning, nothing. So I suppose one of these days I'm just going to wake up and find this little booger laying next to me (haha) either that or I'll be forever pregnant. :(
Well I'll write more later,
Lydia

"Oh Boy!..... uh... not yet..."

Yesterday evening, Lydia was having contractions all through evening service. They were a minute apart. So we decided to make a run to the hospital as services ended.

We got there, and they plugged her up to the machines. After about 45 minutes with more contractions, but because she wasn't dilated any, we were sent home. She was given a Ambien to help her sleep through the night in case the contractions kept going. It drugged her good. She was a little (or more) loopy.

The night went well, but she's still having contractions here and there. I guess we'll see what today holds!