Arrival of baby Miller!

Hi Everyone! Just a quick update to let you all know (not that you haven't heard) that on January 12th ay 3:38am Jenn, Caleigh, Molly and myself welcome our son Miller Aden into the world.

Jenn and I had been contending with doctors appointments the previous two weeks and were begining to wonder if the day would ever come. The fatigue and stress began to wear on us until we received a call on Tuesday January 11th at around 8:30PM from Foothills Hospital.

It was the labour and delivery unit calling to say that they had an opening for Jenn on the induction list and for us to come in right away. We quickly gathered up our stuff and Caleigh so we could drop her off at Michi's for an overnighter. The setting and mood was identical to Caleigh's delivery with us checking in and getting a room right away.

Our nurses name was Alex and she was great! She prepared us for the night and paged to Anesthesia team to get set up so Jenn could have an epidural right away. As we waited, she also started an IV for Jenn and did it in the first poke! The Anesthesia team came in and briefed us on the procedure which we were familiar with. The resident doctor told us about some of his training in the US and that he knew Dr. Hardy from RGH whom I had worked with. Again, first poke and the Epi was in.

As we got settled, Alex our nurse ran some drugs in Jenn's IV to induce labour. Jenn and I got comfortable and played some games on the Ipod to distract us from the wait. We had come so far and the time was near, yet it seemed we were going to have to wait another week before the baby came.

Thankfully, that was not the case because as I went to get some tea and a sandwich (my secret routine that helped Caleigh arrive!) the nurse checked Jenn and noticed she had dialated another 2cm. Things were looking good and Jenn began to have regular contraction every minute. We hadn't been under the 4 minute mark previously so I knew it was close.

Alex called for the delivery team and within minutes the Dr's began to enter the room and prep. Dr. Fehey was the OB on call and she had two residents that were very helpful.

Jenn began to push around 3:15am and the contractions were wicked for her this time. Caleigh's delivery was very fast and Jenn didn't have to push much. However, this delivery was slightly different in that we had a bigger baby to welcome. Jenn lost faith that she could do it, but the team and I encouraged her that she could do it and that she was so close. Even the British nurse Barbara!

At around 3:35 our baby boy was almost out and one big push by Jenn was enough to see the head and shoulders come out. and at 3:38am our son was born!

Miller Aden Husband entered the world kicking and screaming like we wanted and the staff checked him out to ensure his lungs were clean.

Jenn did so great throughout the delivery and I am very pround of her!

We are so blessed to have Miller in our lives, especially given the circumstance we faced in August with the bad car accident. Baby and sister Caleigh are doing great!

Thanks to all of our family and friends for your support and love. We love you all!

Matt and Jenn