Almost Midnight

Well...I've been here since 9am and it is almost midnight. Feeling good since I have my epidural and have been relaxing. Contractions have started to pick-up and Jay and I have been trying to sleep for the last 2 hours, but no luck. So we are listening to Bob Marley and enjoying our panoramic view of the city lights from our 15 floor suite. It is pretty amazing (I'll post some pics later). Thanks for everyones messages and love. We can't wait til Roman is here.

Due to having an assisted delivery (meaning they will be using forceps to get him out due to my aortic coarctation), he will be born in the O.R. We had planned on having my mom, Betty and Heidi here, but they only allow one to wear the scrubs, so looks like it will be Jay and I and 10 other doctors and nurses (not kidding, I asked). I really am getting treated like royalty. The highlight of my day was the visit from Dr. Stanger who was my pediatric cardiologist and oversaw my open heart surgery at UCSF when I was three. Life really does come full circle and he holds such a special place in my life.

Next message to hopefully come soon that Roman has arrived. Now I must try and pretend to go back to sleep in case the nurse comes back in.

UPDATE...
Almost 1:30pm on Thursday and still no baby and probably not for a little while longer. Lots of contractions, lots of pitocin to keep them going and the edpidural is working but starting to feel some pain so need to start pushing for a higher dose. Don't want to bore anyone with details but doctor's feel that things are still progressing, so they are not discouraged yet. The hardest part for me is I haven't been able to eat since 6pm last night, so starting to get hungry. Hoping for an arrival before midnight, but if not we have a little Friday, the 13th baby in our arms.

Some pics from the 2 day labor day party (I can joke about it now)

This is the view from our labor and delivery room. Can you believe it? Penthouse suite!




Happy on March 11th


My mom, Betty and Heidi came to visit when we thought he would be coming on the night of the 11th


This was one of my favorite nurses, Rita. She never left my side for 12 hours on the afternoon/night of March 12th and kept me motivated. Loved her. In all, I had 5 total nurse shifts. Each one would encourage me by saying, Oh you will definitely be having the baby by the time my shift is over.


This is early morning on the 13th. I told the doctors that if he didn't arrive by this day that I may jump out the 15th story window. Jason thought that it would be funny to take a photo of me. I obviously was not happy. The only items I could eat was clear liquid and ice pops. Here I am enjoying one at 3am.


My rockstar roomate, Jay. One night I tried calling his name 10 times and he never woke up (I later found out he had drank a whole bottle of wine due to the stress). I almost had to call the nurse to make sure he was still breathing. Luckily he was just tired and completely passed out.