Kiddo has arrived

Well, he certainly was in no rush to get here. He was over a week late and even when we went to the hospital to be induced he fought to stay in as long as he could.

We arrived at the hospital on Wednesday, May 25 around 6:00 in the evening with the thought that even though it was later in the day, he may still be a 25th baby.  HAHA, yeah right.

We moved to the 26th and there wasn’t much going on in terms of dilation, but still, it had to be the 26th right?  Steph got the epidural for the pain.  They said things were progressing, slowly but surely.  They even set up all the delivery tools and such. And yet morning turned into the afternoon. Afternoon turned into evening. And then the evening turned into night.  Still nothing.

So with nothing happening around 9:00pm I thought I’d make a run to get some food.  Well, wouldn’t you know it.  I barely got out of the elevator and I got a text that said “My water just broke.” So it was back up to the room.  This was it.  The kid was on his way...sort of.

The pain was getting pretty intense and they had to up the strength of the epidural. Steph was still only dilated 6-7 cm.  But with the water being broke things were about to start flying by (or so I thought). He took his time and soon the 26th turned into the 27th.

At about 4:10 in the morning, it was time to push.  Steph did awesome.  About 40 minutes of pushing and out he popped. It was no wonder that things took so long.  It wasn’t that he didn’t want to come out, but at just under 10 lbs he was in there pretty tight.

And at 4:52am, with a little bit of dark hair on top of his head, 10 fingers and 10 toes, and weighing in at 9 lbs 11 oz Lukas Phillip Kleinheinz was born.

So it was long, it was painful (mostly for Steph) but in the end it was great.

Ellie was able to visit a few hours after he was born and she took right to being a big sister.

It was a lot of fun sharing the experience with family and friends via Facebook and Twitter and we look forward to sharing him with everyone very soon!

I must say that the care we got from the time we arrived, to right now has been amazing. All of the nurses and doctors have been incredible, it really was a joy to deliver at Kaiser Santa Clara again!