Mackenzie Faith Sheehan entered the world on July 19th at 3:28 pm. She weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz and measured 20.5 inches long. The labor & delivery experience was certainly unforgettable, and I hope it's okay for me to speak for Shelby and say that we now know why it's call "labor."
The process began at about 2:00 am on Saturday morning, and we hung out at home as long as we could. We got to the hospital at around 8:00 am, and that's when the real fun began. Contractions that were six minutes apart at home reverted to 10 minutes apart in the hospital bed, much to the chagrin of the mother-to-be. A couple of rounds of pitocin and about six more hours took us all the way to 2-3 minute intervals. Without going into the boring details, the midwife went to check Shelby's level of dilation at around 3:00 pm and instead of a cervix, she felt the top of our little one's head. After 13 hours of labor, the delivery took a whole 28 minutes.
Mackenzie came into the world screaming like a banshee. There was no doubt in our minds that she was okay when we heard the shriek of a creature much larger than our 7lb baby girl. She spent the first hour of her life wide awake, eyes searching the room as if to say "is this all there is?" The process of delivery was one of the most miraculous events I've witnessed. Future first-time dads need not fear the experience - it's something everyone should have to witness in their lifetime.
Some pictures of Mackenzie Faith Sheehan's hospital experience . . .
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