Noah Forge Pascale

We are so excited that Noah is finally here. It seemed at 41 weeks we had been waiting for a very long time, but once it was time for him to arrive it was rather fast.

We called the hospital at 6am to confirm the induction would be done today. The nurse told us to come by 7am and the earlier the better. Lillie was thrilled to know that we were finally going to the hospital. The last few days she was disappointed to see me each day at school pick up time.

My water was ruptured at 8:06am and soon after I was dilated 5cm and 80% effaced. I immediately started to have pretty intense back labor so after a consult with anesthesia we decided it would be safe to get an epidural despite my prior back surgery.

I did not feel immediate relief from the epidural and we almost took it out because I was in alot of discomfort. Within an hour or so I found a position that decreased the pain and then we just waited to see what would be next.

The nurse checked me and said it would not be much longer. I was thinking maybe by 4pm our son would arrive. I told Dave to go out and get some lunch since he was pretty hungry and it was almost noon. He ran over to Wendys. The nurse checked me again since my contractions were only about 2 minutes apart. Dave came back just in time to eat and then hear the nurse say I was 100% and ready to push. It took about 10 minutes till he doctor came in and then she set everything up.

At 1:00 the doctor told me to start to push. The baby was already crowning so by 1:06pm he was delivered. He is beautiful and healthy. Although we always knew he was a boy I still wanted to see it to believe and they were right. He weighed in at 8 pounds 3 ounces and 21 inches long. Lillie was 7 pounds 14 ounces and also 21 inches. Lillie was born on Feb 26th and Noah was born on May 26th. We think it is pretty special they share the same day.

We were so confused about what we wanted to name him because Lillie, Dave and me all had different ideas. We had settled on two final names and once he was born we knew for certain he was Noah. Dave and I feel in love over the summer where we spent many days and nights at Valley Forge park. We wanted his name to reflect something special about us and having 20 years together leaving Forge to be a wonderful middle name and very unique.

Lillie was just here to meet her baby brother. She was glad he finally joined us and was so happy to meet him. She was tired from a long day and tomorrow has a field trip to the Philly Zoo so we kept her visit short. She is going to be a fabulous big sister!

I will post some pictures when I get home. I am at Paoli hospital till Friday. I can tell you that Noah has a full head of hair that is medium brown, gray eyes and very rosey skin.

I will have a quiet day tomorrow with Dave and Lillie at the zoo but intend to get some much needed rest. We want to thank everyone for their prayers, concern, empathy and support. Thank you to all who offered to help and allowed themselves to be on call. Thank you to Ms. Mary for caring for Lillie today and being so flexible with us.

God is good all the time and today went amazingly smooth for us today and I know it was God working. Praise the Lord!