Luke Michael McKenna

The newest member of our family was born today! Luke Michael was born early this morning at 1:12am weighing 6lbs 13oz and measuring 20 1/4 inches. He came pretty quickly! The day started out with us waking up early to go in for our scheduled induction at 6:30. Before leaving our apartment, the hospital called to tell us that they were really busy and didn't have a room for us. So they told us to sit and wait for a call from them. Finally at 1pm, we got called to go in. We got to the hospital and sat around until about 3 when they called us back. My doctor was great and instead of cancelling us and making us reschedule until the next day, he let us stay and go through with getting the baby out!

I got my epidural and had my water broken by 5:30. If you remember from when Joey was born, my epidural did not work. I was pretty determined to make sure that it worked this time! The doctor had to stick me twice but it worked and it makes me wonder why you would want to go through labor without an epidural. I have done it both ways and getting drugs was by far the best way to go. We spent the rest of the evening talking with the nurses and the doctor. For some reason, the doctor liked us and sat in our room for about 5 out of the 6 hours that At around 12:45, my nurse, Christy, checked me and thought that I was ready to go. I pushed a little and out popped Luke! It was such a great experience this time around, to be able to enjoy pushing and meeting my baby, while not in pain.

Luke hung out with Joe and I for about 2 hours and then the nurses decided that he didn't sound very good. Because I only pushed a few times, he didn't get the normal newborn squeeze out of the birth canal. His lungs had some fluid in them which caused him to make a singing noise. He went to the nursery and has been there all day. It is kinda boring when you have a baby and you don't get to take care of it. I have been sitting around all day with nothing to do. I have gone down to see Luke, but he needs to be monitored so I can only hold him for so long. The nurses don't want me to breastfeed him yet because of his breathing, so I have been pumping to get my milk to come in. I did get to feed Luke his bottle a little bit ago. Hopefully he will be doing better by tomorrow so that he can meet his big brother!

And last but not least, here are some pictures of our Luke!

Dr. Lewis and Luke

Joe, our great nurse Christy, Luke and I.