Arthur Torque Kumar was born on May 19, at 11:02pm. He weighs 7 lbs., 7 oz. and he's 19.75 inches long.*
Arthur and I are both in great shape and feeling very well. We hope to be home tomorrow or Saturday at the latest to introduce Arthur to his big sister, his grandparents Suzan and Naresh (who are at home with Beatrice and the dogs), and everyone else.
*For those interested in the birth details: I started having real contractions for the first time at about 4am and went to the hospital at 11am, but I was still only 2cm dilated when I got there. From there I went along smoothly and relatively painlessly to 7cm, but then it stalled a bit. After much hemming and hawing, I finally decided to have my doctor artificially rupture the membranes (that is, break my water) at 10pm to speed things along because I was afraid I'd start to tire out otherwise having not eaten or slept in so long. An hour after the waters broke, we had Arthur! After only ten minutes of pushing and almost exactly 12 hours of labor.
**With Beatrice, by contrast, I had contractions off and on for several days before finally arriving at the hospital at 9am that morning. I checked into the hospital at 4cm dilated and they ruptured my membranes at around noon. Then I had Beatrice at 2:30pm after 5.5 hours of labor and about 20 minutes of pushing. She was 6lbs 3 oz, so Arthur is a quite a bit bigger, as well as two days older. (Beatrice was born at 38 weeks exactly, Arthur at 38 weeks and 2 days.) Overall, though, I'd say this was an easier, more relaxed, less painful labor than the last one, even if it took a bit longer.
*For those interested in the birth details: I started having real contractions for the first time at about 4am and went to the hospital at 11am, but I was still only 2cm dilated when I got there. From there I went along smoothly and relatively painlessly to 7cm, but then it stalled a bit. After much hemming and hawing, I finally decided to have my doctor artificially rupture the membranes (that is, break my water) at 10pm to speed things along because I was afraid I'd start to tire out otherwise having not eaten or slept in so long. An hour after the waters broke, we had Arthur! After only ten minutes of pushing and almost exactly 12 hours of labor.
**With Beatrice, by contrast, I had contractions off and on for several days before finally arriving at the hospital at 9am that morning. I checked into the hospital at 4cm dilated and they ruptured my membranes at around noon. Then I had Beatrice at 2:30pm after 5.5 hours of labor and about 20 minutes of pushing. She was 6lbs 3 oz, so Arthur is a quite a bit bigger, as well as two days older. (Beatrice was born at 38 weeks exactly, Arthur at 38 weeks and 2 days.) Overall, though, I'd say this was an easier, more relaxed, less painful labor than the last one, even if it took a bit longer.
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