Introducing, at 23 1/4″ and 9lbs and 13oz born at 11:36pm on August 27th, 2009.
Zevry John Walker (Zev)

Heading to the hospital now! Baby is officially on his way and dear God does it hurt.

*this posting contains too much information, so don’t read it if you don’t want the gory details…
Midwife says I should have Baby in my arms in 24 hours. I am 3cm dilated, 50% effaced, and she can touch Baby’s head with her finger. I was so upset about an hour ago, with all the waiting and so forth that I wanted to cry but I am so happy now!!!
Every time you go to the midwife you have to give a urine sample, so I was doing that and I …

I think I am losing site of the prize here. For the last few days I have been viewing labor as the end goal, to the point where I have almost stopped thinking about the baby himself. I have been having contractions ranging from mild to quite painful for about 3 days now, averaging 20 minutes apart, but nothing is really happening. It is really frustrating. Its hard because I can’t really get a good night’s sleep, or even a good nap. The thing is, I have started to come …

At first I thought it would be the right thing to do if I soothed Jen and calmed her as we reach the homestretch of her pregnancy. After 30 seconds of that, I realized that sometimes in life you have to sit back, wait and enjoy the ride.

Needless to say, Jen is a wee bit cranky (she knows it) now that baby is a few days late. What does this mean? Well if you are anyone on the streets of London and more specifically the High Street Kensington of London, …

Around 4:30 or so I went for a walk to see if I could kick-start some contractions, and it worked! By a few minutes after 6 I was having a ton of cramps and some moderately painful contractions. Still nothing consistent or anything, but way more than I have ever had before. Then they started to get more and more intense, so I let Michael know (I told him there was no need to rush, but it seemed like there were some stirrings in my belly). He was just leaving …