a day in the numbers

20 the total number of hours in labor
10 the number of hours in labor before the epidural
3 the number of centemters Ashley was dialated after 10 hours of labor
12 the highest point on the “contraction-richter-scale”
4 the number of 12-rated contractions Ashley had before deciding to get an epidural
35 the number of minutes pushing
33 the circumference of jacob’s head in cm
123 jacob’s birth-weight in ounces (7lb, 11oz)
20 jacob’s length, in inches
503 the number of our hospital room
15 the number of people who visited us in the hospital
1 the number of children we came home with

3 Comments »

  1. Erin Fulton said

    September 18th, 2008 @ 1:06 pm

    I love this! You guys are so clever.

  2. Sam Neylan said

    September 18th, 2008 @ 10:23 pm

    FANTASTIC post!!!!
    aaand, love the last point.
    :)

  3. Erin said

    September 19th, 2008 @ 4:12 am

    On the point of the number of level-12 contractions before deciding to do the epidural, I think Ashley’s words were, “I was being sawed in two!”

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