In full disclosure, this is my first attempt at blogging. I'll admit I'm a bit hesitant since this is all new to me, I'm not sure whether anyone will actually be interested in reading my ramblings about dear little Coop, and I don't know whether I'll have the time, patience, or werewithal to keep this blogging up. We shall have to see!
I stole this blogging idea from my lovely friend, Betsy. She came up with her own blog to detail the chronicles of her own baby daughter and share them with friends and family without posting to the world of Facebook or sending out mass emails. Seems like a great idea, and I love being able to check in on Betsy's family on my own time and catch up on what I'm missing. Because most of my family and friends- and many of Evan's friends- live far away, replicating a blog spot for Cooper might be worth a try. You'll have to let me know whether it's worth our time!
So... about our little man.
Cooper Jackson Caten arrived on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 4:47 am. He was born at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts and received with bundles of love and joy! Labor was amazing; an incredible experience. Not without pain and hard work, but it couldn't have gone any better... Evan, our doula, and the L&D nursing staff at BIDMC were all so supportive and wonderful and really made my labor and delivery a smooth, uncomplicated, and inspiring experience.
I began having contractions about 3pm on Sunday. I wasn't even sure they were contractions until my doula (labor coach) confirmed that, indeed, those sensations were in fact contractions. I stayed home and breathed and paced around the bedroom through the increasingly uncomfortable surges until my doula called to check in around 9pm. After spending an hour with me on the phone to time the contractions and get a sense of my discomfort, she suggested to Evan that we head into Boston. We checked in at BIDMC around 11pm to discover I was already 4 cm dilated, and reached 7 cm within another two hours. I paced and circled that hospital L&D room over, and over, and over again. Evan jokes that I must have walked about eight miles within those six hours of laboring at the hospital! I took my doula's recommendations seriously that walking, staying active, drinking loads of water, and squatting would push things along... and she was right! As soon as my water broke around 4am, I went from 7 cm to fully dilated in under 20 minutes. Cooper was ready to meet the world, and in a mere two contractions and four pushes later, he joined us in a calm and serene fashion. He measured in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 20 inches long.
Evan and I fell in love instantaneously. What a cute, alert, and sweet little bugger. We hope you agree!
I stole this blogging idea from my lovely friend, Betsy. She came up with her own blog to detail the chronicles of her own baby daughter and share them with friends and family without posting to the world of Facebook or sending out mass emails. Seems like a great idea, and I love being able to check in on Betsy's family on my own time and catch up on what I'm missing. Because most of my family and friends- and many of Evan's friends- live far away, replicating a blog spot for Cooper might be worth a try. You'll have to let me know whether it's worth our time!
So... about our little man.
Cooper Jackson Caten arrived on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 4:47 am. He was born at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts and received with bundles of love and joy! Labor was amazing; an incredible experience. Not without pain and hard work, but it couldn't have gone any better... Evan, our doula, and the L&D nursing staff at BIDMC were all so supportive and wonderful and really made my labor and delivery a smooth, uncomplicated, and inspiring experience.
I began having contractions about 3pm on Sunday. I wasn't even sure they were contractions until my doula (labor coach) confirmed that, indeed, those sensations were in fact contractions. I stayed home and breathed and paced around the bedroom through the increasingly uncomfortable surges until my doula called to check in around 9pm. After spending an hour with me on the phone to time the contractions and get a sense of my discomfort, she suggested to Evan that we head into Boston. We checked in at BIDMC around 11pm to discover I was already 4 cm dilated, and reached 7 cm within another two hours. I paced and circled that hospital L&D room over, and over, and over again. Evan jokes that I must have walked about eight miles within those six hours of laboring at the hospital! I took my doula's recommendations seriously that walking, staying active, drinking loads of water, and squatting would push things along... and she was right! As soon as my water broke around 4am, I went from 7 cm to fully dilated in under 20 minutes. Cooper was ready to meet the world, and in a mere two contractions and four pushes later, he joined us in a calm and serene fashion. He measured in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 20 inches long.
Evan and I fell in love instantaneously. What a cute, alert, and sweet little bugger. We hope you agree!
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