Natacha & Jack & Max

L'accouchement...

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:27:00 +0000

Apres avoir fini de regarder une serie tele (vers 22h30)… Je sens le bebe bouger et soudain j’entends un “pop” et du liquide (qq gouttes) qui sortent…Je me suis dit “mince maintenant je deviens incontinente”, rapidement je realise que j’ai perdu les eaux. Le medecin nous dit de venir de suite a l’hopital…On prends notre temps et puis ils me font attendre dans le couloirs avec une autre femme enceinte ou je me cramponne a la chaise de la sale d’attente…Vers 12h30 on a enfin une chambre et la on me demande si je veux une epidurale et je dis “non” en pensant que j’avais mal mais quand meme pas trop. A 1h, ils me disent que je suis a 3 centimetres…

A 1h25 j’envoie mon mari chercher un anesthesiste car j’avais TROP mal…Ils nous disent qu’il est occupe…Et puis mon mari voit notre sage femme partir en chaise roulante et qui avait pas l air bien…Du coup plus personne a l horizon…Je fais les 100 pas dans la chambre en me tortillant dans tous les sens et hurlant “je veux mourir” a mon mari…

A 2h30, l’anesthesiste arrive enfin…Il me pose l’epidurale, c etait une avec une pompe comme ca je pouvais regler la quantite necessaire…Il me dit dans 15 minutes je vais plus rien sentir et puis se tourne vers un infirmiere et dis “vous etes surs qu’elle vient de commencer ? on dirait qu’elle a de fortes contractions”…A 3h un medecin vient enfin et nous dit qu’on est a 9 centimetres…A 3h10 j ai envie de pousser…Tout commence…Je pousse (l’anesthesie marche enfin !!) et je pousse encore dans toutes les positions…a 5h ils decident d’utiliser les forceps car le bebe semble “coince” et m’augmentent les doses d’anesthesie, me font une episiotomie…A 6 heures 26, toujours en train de pousser, j’hurle “ca brule, c’est normal ? (l’anesthesie n’avait pas encore marche)et la ils sortent Max avec les forceps car il etait coince la tete vers le haut…Il regarde tout de suite son papa qui s’en souviendra toute sa vie et je pousse une derniere fois et son corps tout entier sort…

Le papa coupe le cordon, le pediatre l’examine, j’ai droit a 45 minutes de reparations et puis on nous laisse savourer nos premiers moments de vie a 3…

Technical details / Details techniques

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:22:00 +0000

Max was born on November 6th at 6.26PM
He weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and measured 18 1/2 inches.

Max est ne le 6 Novembre a 6h26.
Il mesurait 47 centimetres et pesait 3115 grammes.

photos de l'hôpital

noreply@blogger.com (jack) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:49:00 +0000

supermaman lived up to her name on max's birthday! with natacha doing all the work, jack was able to take a few photos of max's first day in the world:

Max la menace...

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:49:00 +0000

Max is doing great and so is his mom...We love our little monster ! He has soo much personality and makes us laugh all the time...
Picture at 32 minutes of life :
Picture taken today, his first day at home :

hello, my name is...

noreply@blogger.com (jack) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:48:00 +0000

D-1 turned out to be D-0! max was born happy and healthy at 6:26am on 11/6/07, weighing in at 6lbs 14oz. he has 10 fingers, 10 toes, and a ginormous... personality. mother and baby are doing well. cute pictures to follow.

D-2

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:36:00 +0000

Still no baby...

Tomorrow I have a busy day, i m going to work in the morning then at 1pm i have a doctor's appointment and at 5pm I made an appointment with an acupuncturist...Apparently they have some success into inducing natural labor...we'll see if that works....

D-4

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:51:00 +0000

This morning, I had 2 very strong contractions 5 minutes apart and then I got up to walk and it stopped...If this is how real contractions feel like, it will be TOUGH/exhausting going through several hours of those without an epidural (we're trying to have an "all natural" birth)...

We did spend the next 4 hours walking, hoping to "activate" things...

D-5

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:21:00 +0000

Still no baby and now I realize that our cats are wayyy too comfortable when they "think" we're not there....They even stole my spot on the couch !

D-6

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:49:00 +0000

Those days are the LONGEST days of my life !!!
People from work called me yesterday and I was so eager to come to the the office...it's pathetic...but at least it made the day fly by even though i was very achy when I got back !

Then my husband took me on a nice date and we had a great meal...probably one of the last fancy dinner for a while...

D-8

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:00 +0000

I saw my doctor today and no progress has been made....She even planned on seeing me Nov 6th and Nov 9th - How frustrating !! :-(

D-10 False alarm...

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:24:00 +0000

We had 3 contractions in one hour and then....nothing...Our baby already likes to joke around !

Natacha to Jack : "I'm having contractions, can you time them ?"
Jack's answer : "NOOOOO you would hurt much more than that..."

I think someone watched WAY too many movies with fake births....

Baby shower

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:05:00 +0000

This weekend Stephen and Meghan threw us an "unconventional" baby shower and we had an awesome time ! It was the best baby shower we've ever been to !
There was "tarte flambee", french cheeses and wine (and Perrier for me !)...
Jack Jr got spoilt one more time - THANKS EVERYBODY !!!There was some wii action, followed by a poker game where Jack won most of the money...No worries, the mom-to-be was in bed by 4 AM ! :-)

38th week picture

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:51:00 +0000

I just saw my doctor and she says : "it's not for the next couple days"...
I am not cleaning...yet...but I'm baking pies...my latest creation "pumpkin pie with cinnamon walnut streusel"...Is that a sign ??

Jack Jr's room

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:23:00 +0000

Before :
After :

His bed is ready !!! (even though he'll be using the cosleeper for a while)...Also this is a loaner crib, not his long-term crib !

This is where his diapers will be changed :

Jack Jr is officially full term today !!!!
Now he can come anytime...We just took a 3 hour walk hoping to speed up things. :-)

NYC taxicab driver...

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:32:00 +0000

Last night, our cab driver said :
"it's a boy and he'll be born on a Friday"

We'll see if he's right...Oh and Full moon is on Friday, October 26th...

Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:46:00 +0000

Jack Jr got a cute sweetpea outfit from Cristina, Richard & Zahara and some cool jeans/top/shoes from Olivier, Delphine & Erin...I'll try to post pictures when Jack Jr will be able to "model"...

Today was the day of my C-section...I'm glad it did not happen but we're definitely looking forward to meeting little Jack Jr !!! Jack Jr already taught me something...patience...

Happy mom to be :-)

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:43:00 +0000

So I just got back from my doctor's office and after :
-suspected ectopic pregnancy
-2 days in the hospital for appendicitis
-1 hemorrhage, some bedrest
-a placenta previa up to 34 weeks
-eventual lead poisoning (our apartment will need decontamination but my levels came back OK)

I CAN FINALLY ENJOY THE REST OF MY PREGNANCY !!!! This is PRICELESS !!!!

On a lighter note it might be the beginning of the end since I am now 1cm dilated (last week my cervix was shut)....My body is getting ready for labor ! It's good news, we are "progressing"...

Next update next Tuesday...

Retournement de situation

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:46:00 +0000

So everything changed at the last minute ! The irony of life...Now that we had accepted the c-section, having a preemie....our baby played a trick on us....One week before the c section we learn that it has been canceled ! We are now going back to a "normal" pregnancy and will attempt a natural delivery.
My belly "popped" in the last month and it dragged the placenta up a little.
I am happy for baby but knowing that I have a month or so of pregnancy to do doesn't sound too appealing to me...And yes i am still working and taking the subway...

All he bets are on - when do you predict baby will arrive ? Email us at jn@troud.com, the winner gets a bottle of French wine !

Good news !

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:31:00 +0000

Looks like we had good surprises at our latest ultrasound :
-Our baby has his eyes opened in the womb and his head is engaged and down !
-He weighs 5 pounds 9 ounces already !! Jack Senior does NOT make small babies :-)
-Looks like our placenta has moved a little

Now we're anxiously waiting for our doctor's appointment on Tuesday to find out if the c-section will be postponed or canceled !

It's decided - this week we are preparing our suitcases for the hospital !

let's talk gear

noreply@blogger.com (jack) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:59:00 +0000

looks like the store is having a bit of trouble getting us our new crib in time for jack jr's arrival - apparently now they are talking about sending us a "loaner crib" until the real one arrives, if you can believe that. but eventually this is the crib and matching "combo" we will be putting jack jr. to sleep in (we picked white, so you'll have to use your imagination):

the intense debate on our first stroller has also finally been resolved, and this will be jack jr's first strolling vehicle:

we like it because it is small and light, which should help in maneuvering around the city. it also fits our maxicosi car seat, which we thought was the cosiest one we out there. and once jack jr outgrows his car seat, he can still use the main stroller seat:

... but so far, our other baby-making friends guarantee us that no matter how hard we try we will end up buying multiple strollers - so we'll see how that one goes!

State of mind

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:32:00 +0000

Week 34

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:33:00 +0000

This week is yet another busy week for us :
-Tuesday : maternity ward tour and doctor's appointment
-Wednesday : breastfeeding class
-Thursday : visit with the new pediatrician and learning how to care for a preemie
-Friday : Last chance for the placenta to move (last ultrasound to check on the previa) and check for the fetal weight.

Luckily we now have most of the stuff for baby's arrival ! We took a big trip to babies'r'us this weekend and got all the essentials...

Gifts for baby or Jack ?

noreply@blogger.com (Supermaman) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:55:00 +0000

We got this carrier and this cute dino plush from Aunt Val and Uncle Ron...Jack loves the way he looks with the carrier on :-)
The carrier will be very useful in NYC's subway!

supermaman the superpregomodel

noreply@blogger.com (jack) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:12:00 +0000

it's been a while since we've posted some pictures of supermaman - and she's looking good:

and let's not forget jack jr!

building out the nest

noreply@blogger.com (jack) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:00:00 +0000

jack jr. had a big shopping day - today we picked out his crib and changing table, and a glider for his supermaman. unfortunately this new furniture might take as long as 6 weeks to arrive - it's a good thing we have aunt vickie's cosleeper...