JONAH WILLIAM PONTIER 5/8/07

Not to be outdone by his big brother... Jonah William Pontier graced us with his tiny presence tonight just 342 days after Isaac was born. There are any number of things that can be claimed as “remarkable” about the whole situation, not the least of which being that we have two baby boys!!!

Earlier this evening after finishing up our weekly ritual of watching “Heroes” we cleaned up a bit and headed off to bed around 10:30pm We were reading and talking and not long later Cindy began to mention feeling “uncomfortable” in the uterus area... And about an hour and a half later Jonah was born.

Most of you know we were sent home on bed rest last Friday after briefly going into labor last Monday. That was stopped and everything looked okay at our doctor’s appointment today. Cindy went from feeling fine to uncomfortable to uncomfortable at regular intervals to medium discomfort at regular intervals to great pain every 5 minutes in the course of about 30 minutes. When things started coming close together I packed a bag and got ready to go to the hospital. We called the doc on the way there (knowing they would just tell us to go anyway) and by the time we got into the building Cindy was screaming with pain.

Once the got her up in her bed I went down to move the car and came back up only to find Cindy already under anesthesia undergoing an emergency C-section. Apparently Cindy was fully dilated and little Jonah was identified as “breech” to start and then was noticed that the little guy was trying to exit arm and leg first. Not a smart idea. So they put Cindy under right away and began taking the 2 1/2 lb. boy out. Unfortunately I had to stay in the hallway the whole time, so both Cindy and I “missed” the birth.

I walked with him to the special care nursery and watched as they hooked him up to his ventilator, put leads on him and started his IV’s. Save the ventilator, all of it way too familiar of a sight. But his sats are good – his respiratory rate is good – and his heart rate is good. And he looks beautiful. He’s doing well but has a long road ahead... All the way to his due date of July 26th...

Cindy will be recovering for a while and is still eager to meet her new boy:)

At least Jonah has one thing on his big brother: Isaac was 28 weeks & 2 days along when he was born – Jonah was 28 weeks & 4 days. But both came 3 months early. And quickly! I have a feeling this is only the beginning of the trouble these two will get in together!

We are tired. And scared. And joyful. And confused. And probably so not ready for another summer in the NICU – with 1 infant already.

Thanks for being in our lives – we obviously wish this was much closer to so many of our friends & family but we know God has been faithful and will continue to be!

I guess I’ll start warming up the blog... http://pontier4.blogspot.com

Scott