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With the assistance of an epidural and pitocin, I dialated nicely to 10 cm and it was time to begin pushing. Unfortunately, my epidural wore off and I couldn’t keep up with the closeness and severity of the contractions. After 90 minutes of pushing, we went to surgery for a c-section. Jack was born within the hour. Our little moose weighed 8 lbs 9 oz and was 21 inches long. Meeting him for the first time was amazing and the greatest possible gift we could ever get. Thank you for everyone for checking in on us and the wishes.

Jack Joseph Judge

• Born on 11/15/2008 at 7:50 PM at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• 8 lbs, 9 oz
• 21 inches long
• A full head of brown hair

We checked into Prentice Women’s Hospital (part of Northwestern) last night at 10:30 pm and waited 2.5 hrs for a delivery room to be prepped (not a good first start). Once we got into our room, Erin was hooked up an IV and we spent time talking to nurse and asking lots of questions. We both feel asleep around 2 am. Erin was woken up at 3:30 am for her easy catheter and to be given pitocin to help her body start prepping for the am. At 4:30 am her water broke and she complained of being wet :) We both woke up around 8 am. Around 8:30 am Erin’s doctor came into to check everything out and reported that she was 5.5 cm, and that the baby was going to be a little smaller than we had thought (a good thing). Erin then took a shower, and we decided we should order the epidural as her contractions were 1 minute apart and really strong. I left to grab breakfast and write this. I’ll write another update as soon as the baby is born :)

Jeff and I went to our scheduled doctor’s appointment this morning for an ultrasound and fluid check. Suprisingly, our son weighed in at 9.1 lbs +/- 1.5 lbs and we learned that my amniotic fluid was on the low side of normal. Since my doctor felt he was ready to come out, she decided it would be best for all of us to be induced and deliver on his due date 11/15.  Although we were expecting him tomorrow…we were not expecting to check into the hospital tonight at 9:30 pm to “get things going”. After the initial shock…Jeff and I spent the day together and hung out with Dylan and Roscoe. We can’t wait to meet our little moose and look forward to announcing his birth stats! Stay tuned.