Christopher is Home

The Banks family has finally made it home! It was a very long week that was followed by nearly sleepless night. Christopher is slowly adjusting to his new surroundings. We hope it will not take him too long to adjust! The second picture is Mommy and Christopher at 4am after crying bound number three or four...I lost count. Cats are still unsure about this balling bundle of blankets!

Bobbie Home and Chris Eating Well

Christopher is still making steady progress. Bobbie got to come home on Friday. I looks like we will be spending the night again at the hospital on Saturday with Christopher in our room to nurse and then the plan is to release him on Sunday.

Update

Christopher is doing much better. He is off all meds and eating regularly. He was having some difficulty keeping food down but that has now been corrected. He is a real cutie and is the apple of mommy and daddy's eye. Bobbie will come home on 11/23 and Christopher will probably be released on 11/24.

Christopher Todd Banks has Arrived

Christopher Todd was born at 11:23pm on Nov. 19th, 2007. He weighed 6lbs 13ozs and was 20.5 inches long. The delivery had complications. Christopher had to go to the NICU but mom and baby are fine. Both continue to improve.

Date Is Set One Way or Another

Bobbie's appointment led to no new information. We scheduled induction for Monday at 5am. So by Monday, we will be parents. Bobbie is miserable so it is time.

Still No Baby

We have been walking and doing all we can to help the baby along but there has been no change in her progress. We see the doctor again on Friday.

Standing Down for Now

We went to the hospital today at noon. Bobbie was having regular contractions every 3-4 minutes. Her cervix was dilated to 2cm and not thinned out enough. So they had us walk around for an hour and try again. They hooked her up again with the same result. So we are back home now and will probably be back to the hospital tonight or tomorrow....we hope.

The Show is on the Road

Lunch at the annual Herrin Fire Dept Chili Dinner stated mommy's contractions. They have not gone away. At this point, she is having one every fifteen minutes. She has showered and is finally getting some rest. She was cat-napping off and on all night. I would estimate that we might go to the hospital sometime Sunday morning. So the next post will probably be from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Dr. Mulch is our doctor on call this weekend.

Shawn

39th Week and Counting

Bobbie has been feeling really good this week. She had Braxton Hicks contractions intermitently from Saturday until Wednesday. We have our next doctor's appointment today. We are both ready to get this show on the road...

Still Growing

We are getting down to the wire. Bobbie has been having Braxton-Hicks contractions for two days now. So much that we are timing them. I rested my head on her belly and it felt like I was laying on a basketball. I said, "Your having a contraction." She said, "I am?" She didn't even know it. Now she can feel it happening. She is also starting to cramp which was something that happened to our friend Valerie about 8 hours before they went to the hospital.