Erica had her baby! He was born June 25th at 6:21 pm and weighed 6lbs 3oz. Graham and I went to visit them in the hospital yesterday and he is so cute! So tiny! They named him Skylar Jackson Goncalves. It was kind of a strange coincidence that they gave him the middle name Jackson when he was born on the same day Michael Jackson died. Another weird thing was that apparently the guy who gave her the epidural's name was Michael Jackson. Maybe Skylar will be a little singer or dancer one day.
Poor Erica had a bit of a traumatic delivery though. She texted me at about 8:00am on Thursday saying she was having contractions and then texted me later saying her water broke so she was on her way to the hospital. I didn't hear from her again until the next morning when I asked if the baby had arrived yet and she said "Yes. Very tired. Will call later." I decided to leave her alone for a while so she could get some sleep and spend some time with the baby. Her husband phoned me later in the day and told me that she'd had a bit of a scare before the delivery because the baby's heart rate had dropped from 150something to 60 so they hooked her up to an induction drip to try and encourage the baby along. Somewhere along the line it was decided they needed to do an emergency c-section so she was rushed in for that and they delivered the baby a few minute later. Unfortunately during the process they knicked her bladder some how and now she has to be hooked up to a catheder for the next 10 days. Not fun.
When we went in to see them last night she could hardly move because of the pain from the c-section. They said she should be feeling better within a week though. It's sad because she can hardly hold the baby and she's struggling to feed him now too. He doesn't seem too interested in food either but I've heard that some babies are like that when they're born and others can't wait to eat.
He is really, really cute though and it was great to be able to meet him when he was just 24 hours old. :) I wish I'd remembered to take pictures!
As for me, nothing seems to be happening yet. I went a little bit crazy on Wednesday and painted the living room while Graham was at work. I think I might have been nesting. The colour that was in there has always annoyed me but for some reason on Wednesday I just couldn't take it anymore and I had a strange burst of energy so I went to the hardware store and bought a bucket of paint, came home and did the entire room myself. Graham was very surprised when he got home Thursday morning. I think it looks much better now and I'm very happy with it. Unfortunately it has me wanting to paint the rest of the house but I don't think I can take on a job that big at the moment.
It's very hot out today so of course my hands and feet have puffed up again. I really can't wait until they stop doing that. Baby is due in one week today which is kind of exciting :) I hope she's not late!
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