The test results came in. It looked like that the baby’s lungs were fully developed. The specialist had mentioned that her opinion was that this baby would have to be delivered by C-Section. “This baby is not made for a vaginal delivery.” Simone’s OB decided to induce labor and to try a vaginal birth. I [...]

While I was gone Simone was hooked up to an IV to assure proper hydration. She was in good spirits. I gave her my ‘report’ and assisted with a couple of things. After a short while a nurse came to get Simone to bring her to the Ultrasound room. The specialist would do another ultrasound [...]

So, here we are at the 3rd floor – labor and delivery. Simone, my wife got admitted to a room and asked to change clothes into one of those strange looking shirts you see on the movies. Then we had to wait for the nurse to come in. While waiting we created a list of [...]

This Friday morning we had another routine doctor’s visit for Simone and the baby. The day started out fine. We both had taken the day off from work to finish the final preparations for the baby. This would include some additional shopping and then packing the bags and taking care of a few other things. [...]