William's World
This is a weblog for my son William so anyone can check on how he is doing.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006
Devon
William visited the ruined village of Hallsands which was washed out to sea in a storm in 1917.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Saturday, August 12, 2006
William Comes Home
He also started getting his first visitors today.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
William arrived
Bec did brilliantly, she has been in the hospital since Tuesday as the labour had to be induced. The waters broke and the contractions started at around 6pm yesterday after the final pessary was administered by Dr Brutal. Bec didn't much care for Dr Brutal as he had a very heavy handed approach to his job and she would cower under the bedsheets whenever she heard footsteps and it was his time to visit.
Bec also didn't care much for the monitoring straps she had to wear and would try and take them off at every opportunity. She did do very well during the labour which only lasted around 1 and a 3 quarter hours and she managed only with gas and air and a single pethedin injection. She did ask for an Epidural towards the end as the pain increased
It was certainly all worth it when William popped out, the cord was wrapped around his neck so Kate the midwife had to cut the cord and Bec gave a final push and out he popped. He looked a little bit blue but everything was fine and we were both really relieved. Bec looked a bit shell shocked at first when she was first given William and I had a few tears in my eyes as it was a moving moment. About half an hour later I had my first hold of William and I was a bit all finger and thumbs as you worry about dropping them or holding them to tight. He opened his eyes and seem to be looking around and I wondered what he must be thinking, it must be a really weird experience for him let alone for us. He was then weighed by the midwife and he was 6 pounds 14 oz or 3.19 kilos for all you metric people.
This video was taken 7 minutes after William was born.
I left Bec and William at the hospital at around 4am as I felt really tired and I drove home feeling in awe of the whole experience.