![]() ![]() ![]() We are SO glad that they were both able to fly in for this birth. Thanks mom! And Julie’s mom has been in the delivery room at the birth of all of our babies. My mom has done a wonderful job of taking care of our daughters while we have been at the hospital…a job that she did when Marybeth was born also. Transitional Expressions A work or expression such as first, therefore, on the other hand, and in conclusion that builds coherence, lends emphasis, and tells listeners or receivers where the presentation or report is headed. That was a huge deal.Īnother big thanks goes out to our moms. A verbal signpost that tells audience members what has been covered thus far in a presentation. Thanks again to everyone who joined with us in praying that Sam would hold off until Tuesday. When I would look through a list of names, I caught myself just looking to see if Isaac was on the list. As we were nailing down the middle name, I kept coming back to it. Isaac is a Hebrew name meaning “laughter.” It is a name that has continued to stick out to me over the last few months. There was never any doubt that we were going to name our son Sam. My dad died of cancer when I was twelve…an event that had a huge impact on my life. I worked for him during the summers, and most weekends we were either in the woods or on the lake together. I learned a lot from him about hunting, fishing, and repairing things. Some may know the significance of the names, but others may not. He would have been well over nine pounds had we not. Based on the ultrasound from a few weeks ago, they were estimating that he was going to be just over 7 pounds at birth. Once they weighed him, we were all shocked. Right after birth, the nurses were all saying that he looked big…that he was definitely going to be 8 pounds. The nurse got a surprised look…”wow, you are completely dilated.” Julie had gone from 6cm to complete in 15-30 minutes. Because I was aware of this (and because I had seen her go through the same phase with both of our daughters), I had the nurse check her again pretty soon after. But the self doubt phase (characterized by the woman saying she “can’t do this”, is typically right before transition. At that point, I knew that she wasn’t far off. She went through the classic “self doubt” signpost (I’ll try to get a link to that at some point). However…Ībout that time, things kicked into high gear. When we came in, Julie was at 3cm…by 1:30, she had only gotten to 6cm. Julie was progressing, but much slower than in past pregnancies. Well…God had different plans for us this time. Based on Julie’s past history of rapid labor, we were expecting to be done well before lunch. After checking in and getting everything set up, Dr. We stayed in bed talking for a while then got up to get ready to head into the hospital for the 7:30am induction. What a day! We both woke up at around 5am.
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