Joel is a Daddy!!

Posted by joel on August 14, 2006

I went home last night after a long day of hospital time with Beth at St. Joe’s. She stabilized last night and the contractions stopped. She slept through the night last night and this morning I got a call just before going for to work. Beth started going into full blown labor. Since the baby was breach she needed to have a C-Section for delivery. After Beth called back again to say, get your butt down here now. I left in a hurry for Marshfield, once on hwy 97 I had to wait for the road construction crew for 5 minutes because of one lane traffic. Then, after going through Edgar, I got pulled over for speeding! The cop mentioned I was doing 55 in a 40 and continued accelerating. I simply told the cop that my wife is in Marshfield having a baby, now. Once I got to the hospital the doctors started prepping for the C-Section.

The C-Section went well and Beth delivered Gavin Peter Hynes at 9:39 am August 14, 2006. Although he is 7 weeks pre-mature, he weighs in at 5lbs 1.6oz and is 18 inches long. The doctors took the little guy into the NICU for further monitoring and tests. He is stable and breathing with a little diffuculty due to the pre-mature nature.

I have some nice pictures that I will post when I have time. Thanks to all who have been supportive through Beth’s labor.