Baby Seth has arrived!

Vital Statistics

Seth two minutes after birth

Date: Saturday, 06 July, 2013
Time: 7:26 pm
Weight: 3.66 kg (8 lbs, 1 oz)
Length: 55 cm (21.6 inches)

Delivery Details
Seth came into the world quite suddenly with the whole event taking less than 5 hours.  Diana and I were preparing to go out for our anniversary when at about 2:30 pm (in the midst of her preparation), Diana started experiencing some discomfort and decided to lay down on the couch.  About 30 minutes later, she noticed they were coming at regular intervals (about 4 min apart).

Getting ready to head to the hospital

We were both really hoping to avoid having a baby on our anniversary, but after about a hour of hoping that the discomfort would go away, we realized that this was going to be the day, and got everyone moving towards the door.
  We dropped Aaron off at a nearby friend's house for the night and headed to the hospital.  We arrived about 5:30 pm and after 20 minutes of monitoring, were told that it would be another 5-6 hours.  So, we went for a walk, did the check-in paperwork, discussed our dinner plans and headed back up to the labour ward.

Happy Mom, Dad and Baby!

At about 6:45 pm, Diana went to the bathroom and heard a pop, which in retrospect was her water breaking because the contractions got significantly more intense.  The doctor arrived about 10 minutes after that and told us that the baby would be coming soon (45 to 60 minutes).  The nurse got Diana prepped and then after one look realized that the baby was less than 45 minutes away, so sent word to get the doctor back in the room.  He came running in and they rapidly put everything in place. 
No more than 5 minutes later, the head started to appear and Seth was born a few minutes after that.  In the span of 5 hours, we went from denial (hoping that we wouldn't have to share our anniversary with Seth's birthday) to elation (baby Seth had arrived, the miracle of life!).  I will provide more details regarding the choosing of Seth's name in a future post.  Cheers, Steve

First family picture

Sleeping 4-day old Seth