Welcome to Niko Wheeler Min, born Tuesday 2/7/12 at 7:26pm! He weighed 7 lbs 9 oz, was 20 inches long, with a head circumference of 35 cm. The timing of the delivery was about as optimal as we could have hoped, as Meals started maternity leave on Friday and Andrew started paternity leave on Monday morning. We did our best to kickstart the labor process by eating an anchovy pizza from Gioia's on Monday night, but it seemed to have a delayed effect. It wasn't until the next morning that Meals crawled out of bed, claiming, "I think my water just broke. Or I wet myself." The whole labor process was eerily similar to Zach's. We actually had a suitcase packed this time, so we took Zach straight to daycare and then moseyed on over to the hospital. Spent most of the day walking around the hospital, staring at each other and asking if we were really ready for this (the consensus was not really). Got some pitocin on board to help with the labor process, got an epidural in place, got checked around 4pm and told we were at 4cm. Watched some mindless TV, got checked again, and whoa!! Meals was complete!! Pushed with four contractions (3 times each), baby was out in less than 10 minutes. That initial baby cry has to be the most beautiful sound to a pediatrician-father's ears :-).
Pictures are below. We are now day of life 3, made it home from the hospital earlier today. We are of course sleep-deprived and in survival mode again. Thanks to everyone for all the well-wishes!! We hope to be able to re-establish contact with the rest of the world in a few days (or weeks, or maybe months). We will do our best to keep posting.
Love,
Meals, Zach, Andrew, and Niko!!
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