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Kendal Arrives March 21, 2008

We knew that her due date was fast approaching, but we were still surprised to learn at Jen’s 38 week appointment (she was almost 39 weeks at this point) that she was already in active labor.  She had been having braxton hicks for weeks, but we had not realized she was this far along.  Dr. Carducci told us to go have lunch and take care of whatever last minute items we had, and to head to the hospital after that.  As a bonus, Dr. Carducci was on-call that night, and would be able to deliver Kendal. 

We headed to Winnie-Palmer at 4:00 and waiting in triage for about an hour before Jen was taken back to get checked.  After they confirmed how far along she was and that her contractions where in the 5-10 minute range, they admitted Jen for Labor and Delivery. Due to waiting for a shift change of nurses at 7, we were not taken up to the delivery room until around 7:30.  We met our labor nurse, Malory, who was an amazing help (like everyone at Winnie Palmer) and things got going. Malory stayed by our side the entire time and at 2:28 am March 21st, Kendal was born.  She weighed 7.8 lbs, measured 20.5″ and had all 10 fingers and toes.  I was greatly relieved that she was in fact a girl, which had been my fear the last several months she would arrive as a boy.

 At about 4:30 am, the three of us were moved to our recovery room.  As mom got settled, I went to watch Kendal’s first bath.  Jen and I managed to finally catch about an hour of sleep at 9:00 am, and as I write this it is the only sleep we have gotten. 

Jen, Kendal and I are all doing well and will be at Winnie Palmer until Sunday morning.  Thank you very much to everyone who has called and sent emails.  It means a lot to us.

Here are a few photos I have taken, but you can be sure there will be many more to come.

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