Baby O

Trials and tribulations of first-time parents to-be

It’s Official… January 21, 2008

Filed under: Having a Baby — Jim @ 11:17 pm

Yes, it’s official. BabyO was born on January 16 and is a Lola.

Stats:

Lola Elizabeth Odom
Born: 16-Jan-08
Weight: 6 lb. 4 oz.
Height: 19 1/4 inches
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue

Since BabyO has a name now and won’t be referred to as BabyO any longer, Momma and I will be moving our efforts (blogs, pics and so forth) to a more permanent home.

Lola has her own website at…you guessed it…LolaOdom.com.

We won’t be posting here any longer, and I have moved all of these posts to their new home.

Please come visit us soon at LolaOdom.com.

 

It’s Time! January 15, 2008

Filed under: Having a Baby — Jim @ 11:07 pm

Momma and I went in for a scheduled appointment this morning and the doc sent us over to the hospital for monitoring again….and we’re still here this time.

If you’re not aware, we did this a week ago also. Momma has been having elevated (but not dangerously high) blood pressure. The doctor put her on bed rest last Tuesday (something she has not been happy about).

Anyway, this time the doctor talked to us about the options and risks and we all decided that waiting longer just didn’t give us a big enough benefit to justify the risks to both momma and baby.

So, here we are. Momma moved into a room about 2:00pm on Tuesday and the doc administered cervadil (sp?) at about 6:00pm.

She started having contractions about 8:00 was pumped full of happy-medicine at 10:00. She’s resting now and that’s a good thing.

If things go as planned (HAHAHA!) then the doc will administer Pitocin at about 6:00 am and we should have a baby on Wednesday. Just one day short of 37 weeks into her pregnancy.

We have every reason to believe baby Lola will be healthy and happy and will no doubt be the light of our lives!

I’ll keep you up to date as often as I can.