We welcomed little Ian into the world after a sudden and intense labor on Tues., April 13th, 2010 @ 2:40a.
Chelsea began to have sporadic contraction pains on Sunday, and everything pointed to false labor. Early Monday morning the frequency and intensity became too much to bear and we headed off to the hospital at around 5-6a. They placed her on the monitor and discovered she was dilating. Apparently the false labor wasn’t as false as we had thought.
After making sure she was progressing at a pretty good pace, they admitted her and get everything ready for a swift delivery of a pre-term baby. After they got her the epidural, the contractions spread out, and her rapid dilation all but ceased. We were hoping it would stop altogether and we could go home and let the little one cook a bit longer, but after discovering an infection in Chelsea which was affecting the baby, they induced labor.
Chelsea delivered the little 5lb. 13oz., 19.5 in. baby boy early Tues. morning, and they immediately took him for testing and observation. Having had prior issues this pregnancy, Chelsea had been given a steroid shot to help the little guy’s lungs develop a bit faster, so he was ahead of the curve in that department and has no issues breathing. And although his muscle tone was a bit low right after birth, he has since recovered a lot of that.
Both baby and mother are doing amazing, and are eagerly awaiting the infection test results for Ian before being released into the wild.
Yay! He’s such a cutie! Skye’s going to be an awesome big sister!
I’m glad they gave Chels steroids, I’m sure that helped him out, being 5 weeks early!
Congrats again!
I dont know if we will be able to come and visit until after our camping trip or not.
We will text or call later today if we can. if not then we will talk to you next monday or tuesday! Love you guys and good job! he is cutest little guy =)
Congratulations! I’m glad everything is looking good so far. He is an adorable little boy, we are so happy for you!
He is so cute! Congrats! I am glad that he is doing so well for being so early. Can’t wait to meet him.
Hey Benjam and Chelsea: Congratulations on bringing Ian here safely. He is FABULOUS! With his name, I predict he will be a famous writer someday. I was 6 weeks early also so I relate to early birds….so happy everything is going well for him. When do we get to meet him in person??? No rush…when you feel like venturing out.
Best,
Roxanne