Hi. This is fairly raw. I haven't had time to edit these as much as I like, but Internet
access is nonexistent at the hospital, so I had to duck out and do this quickly... plus I am operating on
very little sleep....
New baby Liam enters the world
on Aug 2 at 12:30am Mom's water
broke... we called the doctor and started counting contractions. Contractions started immediately and they were 2 minutes apart. Crystal was stressing. Not
enough time from one to the next for her to catch her breath. After an hour and a half, they doctor recommended that we come on in....
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mommy before
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In to the hospital we go at 3 am
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Our new home, we check in to
"Birthing Room 1"
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we get some drugs to help
Crystal with the pain, and sleep
for a bit... the next thing you know,
11.5 hours have gone by....
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patient
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Mom in the birth room.
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Epidural delivers stuff directly
to the spine to aid in pain management
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monitoring equipment
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The hospital is in Cambridge. Our room
had a nice view of Boston's
skyline
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choosing a meal from the menu (we
know crystal will want to eat after
birth)
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oxygen helps give Crystal more
energy
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