Saturday, May 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Prayers
Pastor Scott Christmas just came to visit us at the hospital. We are very appreciative of him praying over our family:
For Zechariah to know Jesus at early age
For Jonathan to be a good example
For God to continually give us the wisdom to teach the children
For God to bless our marriage
For Zechariah to grow in wisdom and stature, in favor with God and Men
For Zechariah to know Jesus at early age
For Jonathan to be a good example
For God to continually give us the wisdom to teach the children
For God to bless our marriage
For Zechariah to grow in wisdom and stature, in favor with God and Men
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The Birth of Zechariah Reynolds Sutjandra
My second son, Zechariah Reynolds Sutjandra was born today.
We came to the Baptist South hospital at 5:30 AM to get induced labor because Zechariah was 1 week overdue at that point. The process started around 7:30 AM, at which time Debbie had not yet felt any contraction. She could not eat or drink. She was allowed only some ice chips.
The nurse came around 10:00 AM to let us know that if we wanted to get epidural, we had to have it now or waited until 12:00 PM. Knowing how helpful epidural was when Jon was born, we decided to take the offer even when Debbie felt little pain.
After the epidural, the nurse increased the amount of oxytocin (Pitocin) maybe thinking that Debbie would not feel the pain anyway. Well, as it turned out, the epidural had no effect. Debbie felt increasing pain, she started screaming. It reminded me of the baby delivery scenes in movies, only this time, I was in one.
We kept asking the nurse to get the anesthesiologist, but we had to wait until 12:00 PM. In between asking and getting the same responses, I noticed that the baby heartbeat monitor went to 54, too low for a normal heartbeat around 120 bps. I brought that to the nurse attention. The nurse came immediately, telling us that it might mean the baby was ready to come out. Started making calls to other nurses to come, to any doctor to come and help, begging Debbie to focus, breathe, but refrain from pushing until the doctor comes.
I am so grateful that Debbie listened and did what the nurse said. I was told much earlier that when the baby was born without the presence of a doctor would automatically be brought to NICU. That would be much more headaches.
So I can imagine Dr. Stoddard came running from the next building to our building. It was within minutes that Dr. Stoddard came to our room after the nurse made the call for any doctor to come. And I was very thankful for that.
She was geared up, and after 1.5 contraction later, Zechariah's whole head was out. The doctor took out liquids from his mouth, and asked for another little push from Debbie. Zechariah was completely out, purplish blue, got transfered to the warmer, and started crying. The nurse measured his weight and cmt and other vitals. He weighed 8 lbs and his height was 20 inch. His head circumference was at 14.4 in and his chest was at 13.4 in.
Some related post:
http://siaojojo.blogspot.com/2010/01/birth-of-baby-zechariah.html
We came to the Baptist South hospital at 5:30 AM to get induced labor because Zechariah was 1 week overdue at that point. The process started around 7:30 AM, at which time Debbie had not yet felt any contraction. She could not eat or drink. She was allowed only some ice chips.
The nurse came around 10:00 AM to let us know that if we wanted to get epidural, we had to have it now or waited until 12:00 PM. Knowing how helpful epidural was when Jon was born, we decided to take the offer even when Debbie felt little pain.
After the epidural, the nurse increased the amount of oxytocin (Pitocin) maybe thinking that Debbie would not feel the pain anyway. Well, as it turned out, the epidural had no effect. Debbie felt increasing pain, she started screaming. It reminded me of the baby delivery scenes in movies, only this time, I was in one.
We kept asking the nurse to get the anesthesiologist, but we had to wait until 12:00 PM. In between asking and getting the same responses, I noticed that the baby heartbeat monitor went to 54, too low for a normal heartbeat around 120 bps. I brought that to the nurse attention. The nurse came immediately, telling us that it might mean the baby was ready to come out. Started making calls to other nurses to come, to any doctor to come and help, begging Debbie to focus, breathe, but refrain from pushing until the doctor comes.
I am so grateful that Debbie listened and did what the nurse said. I was told much earlier that when the baby was born without the presence of a doctor would automatically be brought to NICU. That would be much more headaches.
So I can imagine Dr. Stoddard came running from the next building to our building. It was within minutes that Dr. Stoddard came to our room after the nurse made the call for any doctor to come. And I was very thankful for that.
She was geared up, and after 1.5 contraction later, Zechariah's whole head was out. The doctor took out liquids from his mouth, and asked for another little push from Debbie. Zechariah was completely out, purplish blue, got transfered to the warmer, and started crying. The nurse measured his weight and cmt and other vitals. He weighed 8 lbs and his height was 20 inch. His head circumference was at 14.4 in and his chest was at 13.4 in.
Some related post:
http://siaojojo.blogspot.com/2010/01/birth-of-baby-zechariah.html
Monday, November 16, 2009
A Surprise Baby Shower at TEA
They said they needed a meeting to discuss some urgent matters, which turned out to be a surprise baby shower.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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