Yay, Silas is here!

I am happy to say Bethany and I are parents now! After a long and arduous labor (~21 hours) and a cessarian section, Silas was daylighted.

I won't go into the whole story here and now, just document the wonderful outcome. Bethany and Silas did great work during the whole process and both are healthy and happy now. I'm proud as hell of both of them.

Ann and Lori, midwives at the Midwife Center, as well as Diana and Kara, were awesome and helped us immensely during the labor at the Center. Ann came with us to Allegheny General Hospital and was a blessing in all she helped with there. The staff at AGH was great as well. All in all, the birth wasn't ideal nor what we planned for, but we are not disappointed with the way it turned out. Silas is beautiful to us and the process was beautiful, despite how protracted and painful it was. We're happy that Silas and Bethany are healthy and ready to go home.

Thanks to all of our lovely families and friends for support. We're happy to add to the family and circle of friends.

-e

Pittsburgh Midwife Center

We're getting ready! We had our last pre-term midwife appointment today at the Midwife Center in Pittsburgh. Everyone there is great, and we're really looking forward to one of the midwives "catching" our baby very soon.


It looks like Gene's Last Chance will be my refuge during the ordeal. (Just joking) It's the closest bar, more or less, to the Midwife Center.