Isaiah is born!

Ok, so technically he was born yesterday July 22, 2009 @ 11:09 am. He weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Of course he's precious, just like Jaime was when he was born. Elisa and Toby have a knack for making those perfect looking newborn babies. You know, those one's that don't look like little old men or cone heads. LOL! He is fuzzy, a little teddy bear and kind of how I anticipate our munchkin will be. Our baby is blessed with "fuzzy" parents! And I'm really hoping he/she takes after my Nana Maria or Mike's mom in the hairless department!!
Back to Isaiah, the night before the whole house went to bed really late. My dad was up until 2 am and Mike and I were up until about 1:30-2ish watching a couple of our DVR'd shows and the movie, "Watchmen". My mom got the call at around 5 am and the whole house started getting ready for the big day. We got to the hospital at around 8 am and found that Mary Birch was under some construction, yuck! As a result, there were no children allowed past the first floor and that meant a long day for Diego and Mia downstairs away from the action and unfortunately a constant shuffling all day of an adult downstairs to be with them. When we got upstairs to room 318 we found Elisa in a lot of pain. She was dilated to 3.5 and the contractions were reading into the high 20's and mid 30's. This part was sad and scary for me, both because nobody wants to see their sibling in that kind of pain but also because the thought of me being in that very bed with that excruciating pain made the reality of what was coming that much more real. I remember being so strong with Diego, Jaime and Mia during the whole L&D process, but this go around is so different, for obvious reasons. They gave her some Phentonyl (sp?) and it seemed to help immediately. Then the decision had to be made about the epidural. To our amazement, Elisa considered going through without that miracle spinal treatment. She figured that she could just keep taking the pain medication until she gave birth. But after talking with the nurse and realizing that the medication was going through her blood system and being passed along to the baby, she decided against it and went through with the epidural. When they checked her for the epidural she was at 5 cm dilated.
I would estimate that approximately 1.5 hours passed and when they checked her again she was fully dilated and ready to start pushing. The nurse went to find the doctor only to discover that he was in surgery (C-Section) and there were complications. So we waited for about 30 minutes and then in came the doc and some more nurses and prep started immediately. They rolled a tray in, put on all their garb, removed the lower portion of the bed and Elisa's legs were in the stir-ups with the delivery ready to get under way.
After only 4 pushes, Mr Isaiah Joseph Hernandez was here!
He was so tiny and so cute. At first he was a quiet little bundle and then when the nurses started poking and prodding him, there came that manly man screaming. He was husky! The look on Jaime's face was classic. He was the epitome of a proud and doting big brother. After everything and everybody settled down and the family came and went he was peacefully asleep. We all went to Filippi's Pizza, where else of course, and ate a good lunch. When we got back Elisa had been moved to room 580.
We found out that he had swallowed some amniotic fluid and that's why he was so fussy initially. They weighed him and assured everyone that it was okay that he hadn't eaten since most babies are so sleepy to do so anyway and they're born with a layer of fat that sustains them their first day or so. Mike was good with holding him but I'm still anxious to see him with a newborn, changing and what not. He's so afraid of hurting little babies, it's funny. We visited until visiting hours were over and left the hospital and 2 tired parents to go back home at around 9:15.
The whole experience was a good one. The staff was great and aside from the construction, Mary Birch was awesome. I am hoping and praying that the construction will be done by January 2010. I am so happy and proud of my sister and Toby. It's times like these that really make you sit back and realize how important family is. And I'm so lucky to have mine.

Little Bean's Debut

Today was our munchkin's first doctor's appointment with Dr. Castillo @ Sharp. I showed up with knots in my stomach at the thought of having to possibly give blood for labs. And the image of stir-ups, I mean really. The ladies in the office were really nice and Dr. Castillo seems personable and professional, so I'm relieved about that at least.
Upon arriving and filling out all the new patient paperwork, I did the usual pee in the cup and change into paper clothing thing. When the nurse came in she asked how far along I was and mentioned that one of the lines on the pregnancy test was really faint and the other was really dark, which is exactly what happened with the First Response test I took. It got Mike and I a little concerned at first because we figured that those lines would be good and dark by now since I am 3 months. After pondering about this for a few minutes, we decided not too get worked up about it. The doc came in and did her examinations and then it was time to see our sugar plum.
There he/she was! Mike came over to the side of the table and we both looked on in anticipation as we saw that little fluttering heart and moon tummy. I was shocked at how clear the baby looked. We saw head, rump, tummy and limbs. She showed us where the sacs were and measured the baby. Even though my dates indicate that I will be 12 weeks tomorrow, the baby is measuring smaller and looks to be closer to 10 weeks. Dr. Castillo says that it could be either or: 1) I am 12 weeks and the baby is just small or 2) My dates are off and we're somewhere between 10-11 weeks. In any case, she decided to keep my due date at 1/29/09 for now and if not, the baby will be here possibly as late as Valentine's Day. Our very own little lovebug!