Griffin Howe Targum was born Thursday, February 10, 2011, weighing in at 9 pounds 4 ounces and measuring 22.5 inches tall. Barbara was a superstar.
Here's the play-by-play:
9:30pm: Watching terrific Valentine's Day episode of Modern Family on the Tivo
10:00pm: Started watching the pilot for the awful new Matthew Perry show that follows Modern Family
10:07pm: Stop watching the show in disgust
10:08pm: Barbara notes that her cramps might actually be mild contractions
10:10pm: I decide it might be time to pack an overnight bag - just in case
10:12pm: Barbara decides that she is definitely having contractions, and starts timing them
10:17pm: Hey - look at that - the contractions are about 6 minutes apart. Barbara calls the OB's answering service. I start hurrying with the packing.
10:18pm: Freak out, just a little bit.
10:22pm: "Elliot - I think my water just broke."
10:23pm: "Yup. My water definitely broke."
10:24pm: OB says it is time to head over to the hospital.
10:25-11:30pm: Somehow, our friend Nick Rosenberg shows up to watch Lucy while my parents drive in from the South End. We get in the car, remarkably calm and organized, and show up at a busy labor and delivery. After waiting a moment for our room to be cleaned, we head in.
11:30pm: We enter our hospital room. I put on some New Age music and Barbara is entering a relaxed state for her drug-free HypnoBirthing. Some miraculous things occur.
12:58am: Griffin is born! Barbara holds her baby boy for the first time and I cut the cord. We're thrilled, our eyes filled with tears of joy. Griffin seems a bit surprised.
We stayed in the hospital until Saturday afternoon, then headed home to enjoy being a new family of four.
Here are a few photos from his first few hours.
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