Introducing Benjamin David Buck

We have a baby!!!

Benjamin David Buck was born at 3:33 pm on Feb.5. He weighed 7 lbs, 7 oz (thankfully much less than anticipated). 20 1/2 ".

He officially came home yesterday. Gaumie Hammack was there for the delivery, and Uncle Michael came into town today. The rest of the immediate family will be arriving over the next two weeks. In the meantime, we have been doing skype video chats with everyone to see the new baby.

Here are a few pictures. The full album can be viewed here.

2 Days!!

Just got out of my last Doctor's appointment!!! There is a slightly raised "risk" that Monkey will have to be delivered via c-section due to doctor's fear of size and high probability of getting stuck. I figure as long as Monkey comes out safely I am game for anything. My Mom gets here tomorrow and I can't wait to see her. I wish my Daddy could be here for the delivery too, but darn Monkey needs to enter the world a little earlier than expected so Dad won't get here till the 12th (the original flight date). Needless to say we are very excited to meet this little baby.

I had another bout of flu or food poisoning on Sunday and somehow managed to bruise my xiphoid process. Hmmmmm... didn't know that could happen. I am very ready to get my organs back where they belong so strange parts of my body stop getting injured :)

Update

So the time is now set for our Feb. 5th induction. We are to report to the hospital at 4:45am. We are the first scheduled appointment of the day, so at least they can't be running behind :) We'll keep you posted on any updates! Wish us luck :)

I Plead the Fifth

So after a few consults with our OBGYN and the latest ultrasound, we have officially scheduled the inducement for February 5th, time unknown.

At the ultrasound on Monday, we found out the baby is already estimated to be 8 pounds. Monkey already has daddy and mommy beat as far as birth weight. When the OBGYN found that out, she highly recommended inducing before the due date to avoid the complications that can arise from having a very large baby. As Meghan has been miserable for the last few weeks (months?), she jumped at the chance for an earlier birth.

Oddly enough, the third trimester ultrasound looked the least like a human child (or alien overlord) out of all of them. The baby is so big that each angle was generally either "stomach," or "head." the technician eventually had to stop due to a "bladder emergency" (in case you weren't aware, ultrasound "victims" are told to drink 24 oz. of water an hour before the appointment).

See if you can guess what view this is...

Probably the last two belly photos... The USA soccer jersey has never looked better :)

Let the countdown begin!

Holy crap... no wonder!!!

So... no wonder my stomach feels like it is up under my chin. It is really darn close! Who is it exactly that says women are designed to bear children? I beg to differ. It doesn't look to me like the designer had women in mind when putting together the blue print! Oh well, at least this explaines why when I swallow a carbonated beverage it causes hiccups immediately :) It doesn't have very far to travel!

Put a fork in me, I'm done already!!!

I figured that it was time there was a picture of both Conrad and me on here. Not just belly or cat or inanimate objects of various sorts :)

Here is a shot of me in a very vain attempt at hiding my growing double chin :/

And of course the ever growing belly!

We had our 36 week appointment on Tuesday and got some rather exciting news. I am 1cm dilated and 90% effaced. Things are progressing. I have an ultrasound on Mon the 26th that will give us a guesstimate as to the weight/size of Monkey. Sorry for the short update... I am not feeling the greatest right now, but as always it will pass and at least I don't feel like cashing in the chips anymore :)

Happy New Year everyone! Hope it has started out well for you all.

...and if it's a girl, we can't decide between Salmonella and Influenza.

Well, we had our first false alarm last night. Meghan began feeling out of sorts while I was at rehearsal. When I called on my way home I was greeted by, "I've either got food poisoning or I'm going into labor..." Hmmm... So we rushed to the hospital around 10:30. After a series of tests, nausea drugs, and IVs, we were told that it was most likely a stomach flu that led to vomiting, that resulted in dehydration, that triggered severe contractions (substitute a few "begats" into that last sentence and it almost sounds biblical... Maybe not.).

Got home around 5:00 am, but I had to go to a pharmacy to pick up a prescription at 8:00. Then of course around 9:30, just as I was trying to get back to sleep, Meghan got a call from the doctor and was told to drink ginger ale and eat popsicles, neither of which we had. Soooooo it was back to the store for me. I tried sleeping after that with no luck, so I'm stumbling around today on 2 1/2 hours of sleep, and I have to bartend from 4:00 - 10:00 tonight. Who wants to buy a drink from me!!! :)

Cheers!