400 Parrots!: June 2014

Ian Paulo Villatoro was born on May 8, 2014. He arrived later than his Mama wanted, but he still beat his due date by two days. I guess our first born spoiled me. Tiago was two weeks early, which meant that I had already hit the very uncomfortable stage, and that he was born perfectly healthy. So I had the completely unfounded expectation that the second baby would follow suit. However, he made up for his tardiness by being born very quickly. I think we told everyone we were at the hospital around 5 pm, and he was born at 7:20 pm. Why wait?

Baby Ian, just a few minutes old.

They had a warming lamp over this bed, which he loved.

I don't plan to put too much detail here, but it's an interesting story, so I will share the facts. With Tiago, my water broke first (which happens in approximately 15% of cases) while I was at work. I drove myself to the doctor's office, then on to the hospital. It made sense at the time, although later my friends and I agreed that one of us should have realized that it was potentially a horrible idea.

So with this baby, I kept thinking it was time and every day I was disappointed again. By May 8, I had stopped thinking too much about his arrival and was just going on with my life. I was getting things together to take Tiago to the park after school, and as I left the house to pick him up, my water broke (2:45 pm). On the front porch. So, I called the hospital, Jaime and a friend who said she would pick up Tiago from school, and I got myself ready to go to the hospital. This time, I thought about it and decided that the best plan was to drive myself again, since it would take longer for Jaime to come home and then take me. So I headed for the hospital, and got there with no problem. I had to wait a bit to check in, but they finally got me into a room and things got moving. Jaime arrived around 6 pm and had time to touch base with me and comment on the contractions before it was time. Ian arrived with minimal fuss at 7:20 pm and he was calm and easy. He was content under the warming light, and seemed to enjoy his first bath also. The hospital had just completely redone the maternity ward, so everything was nice and new. They also had a policy that they keep the baby in the room with mom at all times, so we were able to watch as they cleaned him up, and tested him, weighed him, etc. By 9 pm we were in a room and resting.