http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress Just another blog that you don't really want to read. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:12:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=344 http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=342 I gotta tell you a the ride up here was pretty awesome. My driver Ken made some small talk at the beginning of the ride and then remained silent until we hit the airport. Just to make sure I was awake he shouted back, "You awake back there?" I told ... http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=326 It's been an interesting week since I brought Debbie to the hospital to deliver Harrison. Shortly after the birth Debbie was given a sweet corner post-partum room courtesy of our doctor. The next day Lillian and I went to visit Debbie and the two siblings got along swimmingly - Thank ... http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=324 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } photo.jpg, originally uploaded by mingchen37. http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=323 Borm at 3:15am. 8 PBS 3.75oz http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=322 8-9 cm dialated and 90% effaced. This kid is coming soon! http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=321 The epidural is in and the contractions are getting way more intense. Debbie is exhibiting some of the same symptoms as the last birth - lots of shaking and feeling cold. Right now shes wrapped up like a burrito in blankets. This hospital features pre-warmed blankets. http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=320 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Contraction, originally uploaded by mingchen37. This is what a contraction looks like. The darker red lines are minute markers i think. The downward slopes are what Debbie looks forward to. http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=319 Debbie and I pulled up at the hospital shortly before 11pm and saw Dr Iwamae walking in at the same time. Debbie was admitted quickly and oddly enough she was places in room 429 - the same room Lillian was delivered in. Dr Iwamae arrived shortly after and it looks ... http://www.mingchen.com/wordpress/?p=318