Thanks everyone! :) We just got released from the hospital and are now home. I have some pictures ready, and a couple of them are really good. But we've still got stuff to do here, so I'll post them a little bit later. :)

What's this "we" shit? It's not like you were admitted...unless it was for mental reasons. :)

If he doesn't do the "we" thing ... Mrs. Juju, who held off during delivery from ripping his head off and ejecting placenta down his neck will do so now.

Okay, I'm just going to post these two pictures into this thread. Then, there are two other pictures that I am <i>just</i> going to link to. They are REALLY gross, so don't click on the links unless you expect that. Even though they are gross, though, they're still really interesting pictures.

NSFW pictures:
http://comp.uark.edu/~dmorton/images..._delivery2.jpg
http://comp.uark.edu/~dmorton/images..._delivery3.jpg



SFW pictures:
http://comp.uark.edu/~dmorton/images..._delivery1.jpg

This was taken the day that Kathy delivered.

My mom is a Labor and Delivery nurse with 23 years of experience, so we stayed home until Kathy was dilated 6 centimeters. Once you get there, they put wires and attachments into almost every orifice of your body, so it's much better to stay home as long as it remains safe to do so.

The labor lasted from 4am (CST) on the 7th to 10:55pm on the 7th. The actual "pushing" part only lasted 15 minutes.

http://comp.uark.edu/~dmorton/images..._delivery4.jpg

This is blurry because it's from my cheap digital camera. I have other non-blurry pictures, but the baby looks a lot better now than it did immedately after it was born. even after cleaning it off. On the other hand, maybe the difference in the other pictures is just because of the lighting in the room at the time. Anyway, there she is!

Precious!!! (even the scary fresh out of the womb pics were cool ... was the umbilicus wrapped around her foot, or did that just kinda happen in the delivery?)

Yeah, it was wrapped around her foot when she came out. I think that may be why she remained so high up in the uterous. They had to break out the forceps to pull her out.

Great pics. But man, Mrs. Dallas would have had my head (and probably a couple or three other body parts) on a plate if I'd had a camera in the delivery room that close to her.

AAAAWWWWWWW!!:angel:

The best picture of all of 'em is the first one.

I like babies.

I like looking at other peoples' babies, then going back to my simple life that I can sleep uninterrupted

Man, those pics take me back about 22.5 years. I've got some just about like it, only worse. Or, rather, I should say I *had* some pics like it...they went with the mother. She kept the pictures and I kept the kid. Seems like a fair trade to me.

Congrats again to both of you, Juju. Now, the hard work begins!

BTW...who determined when Kathy was dilated 6 cm before you went to the hospital?? :eek:

My mom. :)

She IS a professional.