Our Family Story: Its a boy!

I was 10 days overdue and I had been bumped from 2 induction schedulings. I was very large and starting to feel pretty uncomfortable. On the morning of November 30th I was to be induced when i phoned in and found out they could not do it that day, I was pretty upset. That evening around 4pm Darren and i went to Earls for an early dinner while Juliette was at daycare. I started feeling contractions during dinner, these would carry on throughout the evening. I would ignore them in disbelief and carry on with shopping, stopping to hold onto things every now and again. That night by 2am i hopped in the bath to try and get some relief, when i realized my contractions were already 5 minutes apart i knew it was time to head to the hospital. We dropped Juliette off at the dayhome at 3am and got to the hospital 5 minutes later. The maternity ward was full so they put us in a different section. Things were happening very quickly i was 7-8cm already when i arrived. I was too late for an epidural so the doctor broke my water to speed things up more. Next thing i knew they told me to push and 12 minutes later we had a baby boy.

This was about an hour before delivery at the Whitehorse general hospital.

Our son Virgil Cole was born at 5:07am on Thursday, October 1st 2009. He weighed 9.3 lbs, 21 3/4" long and was born with a full head of hair and long toes.

All swaddled up and exhausted from a long night.

Mom and Dad with baby Virgil. We were so happy to hold him, the wait was finally over.

Proud father holding his son for the first time.

Here is Dr. Tadros holding Virgil. This picture is extra special as They share the same birthday.

When Juliette came to the hospital to meet her new baby brother for the first time, she kept looking at him very seriously. She wasn't sure what to think of him. The next day when she came again, she smiled at him a little. when we asked her where the baby was she pointed to my belly and glared over at him. It was definite denial!