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| 463.1 | | ALFA1::DWEST | but i play one on tv... | Fri Jun 23 1995 13:20 | 1 |
| and from da ve too... :^)
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| 463.2 | :^) | USOPS::MNELSON | Inspiration, move me Brightly | Fri Jun 23 1995 13:32 | 5 |
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Big congrats to the Fields!!!!!! Grate News indeed
Mark
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| 463.3 | | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Mail Order Wives | Fri Jun 23 1995 13:35 | 10 |
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4:30am... Ahhh, a fellow morning child! :-)
Conga Rats to the three Fields!!
:-)
- jeff
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| 463.4 | | ALFA1::DWEST | but i play one on tv... | Fri Jun 23 1995 15:12 | 2 |
| actually, conga-rats to the 4 Fields... :^) we can't forget
big sister Julie... :^) :^) :^)
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| 463.5 | | ROCK::FROMM | This space intentionally left blank. | Fri Jun 23 1995 15:36 | 6 |
| >4:30am... Ahhh, a fellow morning child! :-)
aren't most babies born in the middle of the night? i think i was born around
4-something AM.
- rich
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| 463.6 | | USOPS::MNELSON | Inspiration, move me Brightly | Fri Jun 23 1995 15:47 | 5 |
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I am not sure about being born, but I'd say many are conceived in the
middle of the night, after the bars close
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| 463.7 | but then again, it's always the middle of the night SOMEPLACE... | SMURF::PETERT | rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty | Fri Jun 23 1995 15:55 | 6 |
| Congrats to the Fields.
As for the middle of the night stuff, my children do not support
that statistic. ;-)
PeterT
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| 463.8 | | USOPS::MNELSON | Inspiration, move me Brightly | Fri Jun 23 1995 16:36 | 5 |
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Same here with my kids, Lindsey was born at 5:41 p.m., Daniel was
born at 6:03 p.m.
Mark
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| 463.9 | | CXDOCS::BARNES | | Fri Jun 23 1995 17:11 | 3 |
| congratulations all! happy birthday Eric!
rfb
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| 463.10 | | SMURF::HAPGOOD | Java Java HEY! | Fri Jun 23 1995 18:06 | 5 |
| Wow, Congrats to Chris, Jen and Julie.
Fantastic!
bob
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| 463.11 | | NETCAD::SIEGEL | The revolution wil not be televised | Fri Jun 23 1995 18:18 | 4 |
| Eric is God!
Eric is God!
congratulations Mr and Mrs. Fields! :-)
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| 463.12 | | BIGQ::DCLARK | let your soul shine | Fri Jun 23 1995 18:23 | 2 |
| congrats! It's also my son Jimmy's birthday (we call him
purplefinger instead of slowhand) :-)
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| 463.13 | | MROA::MCONNORS | | Mon Jun 26 1995 11:18 | 6 |
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congrats to the Field's! :-) Happy news!
:-)
MJ
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| 463.14 | Yippeeeee! | CSLALL::LEBLANC_C | Please don't dominate the rapJACK | Mon Jun 26 1995 13:27 | 2 |
| Wonderful news to hear first thing on a monday
COOL!
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| 463.15 | | BINKLY::DEMARSE | Enjoy being | Mon Jun 26 1995 13:45 | 1 |
| AWESOME!!!! :-) :-) :-)
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| 463.16 | | DELNI::DSMITH | We've got mountains to climb | Mon Jun 26 1995 14:12 | 5 |
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Awesome!!!
I thought fer ser we would have heard something before Highgate...
leave it to Sparky to wait for the Summer Solstice :-)
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| 463.17 | apologies to the big sis! | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Mail Order Wives | Tue Jun 27 1995 15:29 | 11 |
| > actually, conga-rats to the 4 Fields... :^) we can't forget
> big sister Julie... :^) :^) :^)
Yipes! <smack!>
How could I forget!!!
%-)
- jeff
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| 463.18 | | STOWOA::JOLLIMORE | Back from the Dead | Tue Jun 27 1995 15:51 | 6 |
| Eric 'Slohand' Fields. kinda rings, don't it? ;-)
BIG congrats!!
:-)
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| 463.19 | | STAR::HUGHES | Captain Slog | Thu Jun 29 1995 17:22 | 4 |
| Big congrats to the Fields family. Another member of Future Deadheads
of America...
gary
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| 463.20 | | WILLEE::OSTIGUY | | Mon Jul 10 1995 14:22 | 97 |
| posted per Eric's Daddy...
From: US4RMC::"fields@slohan.shr.qntm.d5net.qntm.com" "Ain't gonna worry my life anymore" 10-JUL-1995 10:00:50.49
To: "ostiguy@willee.enet.dec.com"@shrdns.enet.qntm.com
CC: FIELDS@shrdns.tdh.qntm.com
Subj: WES CAN YOU POST THIS IN THE ERIC NOTE OF GRATEFUL
Eric William Fields June 22, 1995
As I look at my beautiful son, Eric William, I realize just how
fortunate I am to be a mother. Children are miraculous, and ours
is no exception. Reflecting on the 14 hours prior to his birth,
I feel an even greater closeness to Eric and to his wonderful
father.
Chris and I had gone into my regular checkup on Wednesday 6/21
@2:30PM. The mid-wife could not be certain if the baby was in the
head-down position and called in an OB/Gyn doctor to check. He
could not be certain either. Since I was 39 1/2 weeks and had been
4+cm dialated for over 3 weeks they requested an ultrasound to
verify the baby's position. Off to St. Vincent's we went...but
not before stopping by the house, feed Navajo Kitty and grabbing
my bag (instinct is truly amazing!).
By the time we got to St. Vincent's, were checked in and brought
to a labor room it was @4:00PM. They hooked me up to the monitors
and to our surprise I was having contractions @4-5 minutes apart !
(And I still couldn't really feel them.)
The OB/Gyn doctor on duty that afternoon was Dr. McNicholas. She
came in and checked the baby. Definitely breech. Rear-end down.
At this point I was still in a state of disbelief... as though
it weren't happening to me.
Our first course of action would be to try and turn the baby. I
was given a shot to relax my uterus (which has the not-so-wonderful
side effect of uncontrollable shaking), and the attempt was made.
No luck.
Reality set in when Dr. McNicholas gave us our options. If the baby
was small enough (a weight would be determined via ultrasound) we
could try labor. If anything started going wrong or labor stalled
I would be given a cesarean. Or, we could "go home", have a nice
dinner, a good nights sleep and return in the morning for a cesarean.
Either way I knew I wouldn't be getting much, if any, sleep. I also
knew that it was rare to even be given an option. Most doctors
nowadays will not deliver a breech baby - they will automatically
give a C-section. Because I had been born breech I knew it was
possible - my Mom did it and I had to try.
The ultrasound showed the baby to be @7 1/2 lbs. give or take a
half pound. Pitocin was started to regulate my contractions and
keep them going. We were on our way.
By 10:00PM I was 5cm dialated and feeling the contractions. I knew
they were going to give me an Epidural sometime before delivery...
standard with breech births to relax the muscles as much as possible
and in case forceps would be required during delivery of the head.
Around 11:00PM I gave into severe back labor and requested the
epidural. They were quick to oblige as I was too weak to try alternate
positions and too emotionally drained to care.
1:00AM 6/22 still only 5cm dialated, no progress. This is when the
threat of a C-section really hit me. I cried on Chris' shoulder for
around a half an hour before facing reality. If a C-section was the
way my baby was to enter the world, that's the way it was to be.
3:30AM 9 3/4cm ! No wonder I could feel the contractions !
Dr. McNicholas, bless her soul, had been delivering all night. She
wanted one hours sleep before breaking my water and starting the
pushing. Chris and I dozed until 4:10AM when my water broke so
loudly it woke him.
In a matter of 5 minutes the nurses had cleaned me up and started
me pushing. 4:30AM they wheeled the bed into Delivery. There were
approximately 15 doctors/nurses standing by and observing. A breech
delivery was so rare all that could attend were in attendance.
4:38AM. The most amazing surge of adrenaline and emotions as Eric
William makes his entrance into the world to a standing ovation
from all in the room. No forceps, only a very large episiotomy
required. As Chris and I cried, hugged and then I held Eric for
the first time it all blurred away. I lost sight of all who were
in the room....it was just the three of us and for an instant,
nothing else existed.
It is true what they say - it is worth it, all of it. When Eric
looks up at me with those loving, curious eyes I know I'd do it
all again for him. I have yet to decide the best day of my life
so far - the day Chris and I were married or the day I had his son.
I do know I'm terribly lucky to have two such wonderful men in
my life !
Jennifer Fields
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| 463.21 | | CXDOCS::BARNES | | Mon Jul 10 1995 15:00 | 4 |
| sniff, sniff.....wonderful, simply wonderful....i need a cup of coffee
and to go wipe my eyes.....
rfb
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| 463.22 | | ALFA2::DWEST | paragon of avian virtue... | Mon Jul 10 1995 15:06 | 1 |
| awwwwwwwww.... :^)
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| 463.23 | | AWATS::WESTERVELT | i feel good about hood | Mon Jul 10 1995 16:06 | 5 |
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shucks! :-)
That's a note to cut out and save to show Eric someday...
Tom
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| 463.24 | | ASDG::IDE | My mind's lost in a household fog. | Mon Jul 10 1995 16:52 | 5 |
| Obviously the epidural hasn't worn off yet. :-)
Congratulations to all.
Jamie
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| 463.25 | | AWECIM::HANNAN | Beyond description... | Mon Jul 10 1995 17:13 | 3 |
| Great story! I wonder if that's what my mom went through...
/Ken, breech-born too ;-)
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| 463.26 | Conratulations to the Fields's | FABSIX::T_BEAULIEU | Happiness is a warm gun | Mon Jul 10 1995 22:09 | 6 |
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That was a beautiful note!!!
It makes you realize (Childbirth) just how precious Life is.
Toby_typing_with_tears_in_my_eyes
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| 463.27 | | ZENDIA::FERGUSON | Split open and Melt! | Wed Jul 19 1995 19:53 | 3 |
| congrats mon!
JC_400+_behind!
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