Welcome my new Baby Belle-uga into this world!

Reagan Belle Masias was born on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 10:32 AM. She weighed an astounding 9 lbs 3 oz and measured 21.5 inches long.

We had an induction scheduled on Tuesday at 8 AM and we were told to call the hospital to make sure that they had enough space for us and when we did we were told that we had to wait because they had too many moms in labor. They told us to call back at 10 AM to see if there was any improvements, so we did and they were still full. This continued to happen every couple hours until 4:00 PM when they called us and said that we could come in. The nurse also said that we could not bring anybody that was pregnant and if we saw anyone pregnant in the parking lot of the hospital we needed to run them over. Come to find out on Monday they had 16 moms in labor at the hospital and were over capacity.

So we finally went in on Tuesday at 5 PM and Jasmine got induced around 6. Here is the timeline.

6:00 PM: Jasmine induced

7:00 PM: Tim's dinner time

8:00 PM: We watched Wipe Out on TV

9:00 PM: Matt has a hard time staying awake

10:00 PM: Jasmine begins to really hurt

11:00 PM: Matt and Jasmine's mom go home and Jasmine asks for an epidural

11:45 PM: Jasmine finally gets epidural after being forgotten about

12:15 AM: Tim leaves Jasmine alone in her pain and goes to bed

1:30 AM: Jasmine gets her water broken by nurses and Tim wakes up due to noise

1:35 AM: Jasmine is dilated to a meager 4

2:15 AM: Tim falls back asleep

6:00 AM: Jasmine is dilated to a 9 and Tim wakes up

8:15 AM: Doctor arrives and says that it is go time

8:30 AM: The pushing begins

8:35 AM: The baby crowns and we see brown hair

8:45 AM: The pushing continues

9:00 AM: The pushing continues

9:15 AM: You get the picture

10:15 AM: Pushing has not gone anywhere and Dr. asks Jasmine if she wants help

10:16 AM: Jasmine says heck yes!

10:20 AM: Dr. gets forceps

10:32 AM: Baby is born

It was not an easy time for Jasmine at all but she did it and she did an amazing job. She really taught me a thing or two about what it means to be strong! I cannot believe all of the hard work it took.

It was not an easy labor for the baby either. She was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck 2 times and she also swallowed meconium so the staff immediately had tubes down her throat sucking all the crap out (no pun intended) of her. Poor thing. She was place on Jasmine's chest for only a matter of seconds before we had to take her to the Newborn ICU. She was place under an oxygen helmet for about 12 hours and was given an IV for nurishment. We could not hold her that whole time. She recovered from her breathing problem overnight and another day or so later she was off of her IV. We finally got to have her in our room with us on Friday morning which was also the day that we left the hospital. The first night that we spent with Reagan was on Friday night at home. That story can be saved for another post but I will say that I have never been more worried about something so bad in my life.

I really understand what a blessing this baby is to our little family. I have fallen in love with her and I must admit that she already has me wrapped around her beautiful finger. She is the most precious treasure that I have in my life and I am sure that Jasmine would say the same thing. This last week or so has made me realize how great blessing my family is to me and how much I love my them. I am a dad!