Welcome to the world, little one!

Damien Jaden Storch entered into this world at 5:02 am on December 18, 2007, in Redding, California. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 5 ounces, and measured 20 inches long!Sunday night my water broke while sleeping and I had begun having contractions about 15 mintues apart aroundnoon on Monday, so we were directed to go to Mercy Medical Center where my doctor was working on call. After an exam was performed, it was decided that I should receive Pitocen, an IV solution to help further my contractions. Rick stayed with me throughout my labor, my grandmother spent time with us for a few hours in theevening after volunteering in the hospital's gift shop, and my mom drove up from Sacramento to join us in the earlymorning hours. Thanks to the epidural, I wasn't in much pain but was ready to begin pushing at 4 am.
My doctor came into the delivery room at by 5 am, Damien made his entrance into the world.Damien scored a '7' and a '9' on the Apgar test but had meconium (the waste he made in the womb) in his lungs and stomach, so Rick spent the first hour with him in the NICU in order to make sure his lungs were alright. Aftera clean bill of health, my mom and I met the two Storch boys in my post-natal room. After many tests later (allof which came back perfect), we were discharged early Wednesday evening and have been getting along famously with our new little guy!
My mom has been so fantastic by helping us get some cleaning done around the house thatwe were unable to do before our unexpected hospital trip. Both myself and Damien are resting up as much aspossible and we're overjoyed at finally seeing this little person that we've been preparing for for 9 months!