From Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale

People disappear when they die. Their voices, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living mempry of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is an exception to this annihilation. For in the books they write they continut to exist. We can rediscover them. Their humour, their tone of voice, their moods. Through the written word they can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you. All this, even though they are dead. Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic.

--Diane Setterfield



Sunday, January 4, 2009

the e-mail I sent to my co-workers and friends... that did not go through to many of my friends...

Hi! I know there have been folks trying to get ahold of us to find out how things are going.

Here's the scoop: (I don't have a list of everyone's e-mail at work. Please share this e-mail with your department!)

We had a regular check-up scheduled for Tuesday (12/30) for an estimated birth weight and cervical check. The ultrasound went okay but the Dr. had a hard time getting a head measurement because she was sitting low.

When Dr. Maxey did the cervical check, we all discovered that I was dilated 4-5 cm (it took me a moment to understand this meant I was in labor...)

So I was admitted right away.

I was doing well, but after my water broke and I got drugged up (petosin and an epidural) Jaedyn's heart rate dropped after every contraction.

This slight complication gave us two options; we could wait and see what happened (and risk her health) or have a c-section (and know she is healthy). We opted for a healthy baby :)

Jaedyn Olivia was born at 8:05PM on January 30, 2008. She weighed in at 5 lbs and 3.3 oz and was 18.5 inches long. Tall and skinny; a true Quigley :) She is small but very healthy.

Here is a link to her first video (don't mind me, I'm still drugged at the time of filming). Jaedyn is an hour or two old:

Baby Jaedy on Youtube

Everything / everyone is still doing well. We had the option of going home on the first, but I wanted to utilize the nursery and nursing staff, so we'll be going home Jan. 2, 2009.


Daddy's hand .


Cold baby...

Beautiful baby.
Me and my daddy holding Jaedyn.


PROUD PAPA!
Mommy glamour shot.

Arren and Jaedyn.

Big eyes. I call them "alien eyes"...

tiny toes... big feet.

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3 comments:

Michelle said...

Oh Arren, I hope you're doing well with your C-section recovery. Just remember, it's OK to take the pain medication if they're offering it to you and say it's ok!! (A lesson I learned kinda late) I'd say you were super smart to utilize the hospital nursery while you could! (How was the food!? That was a big decision maker for me! ;) ) I'm so glad things are going well. Get some rest and give your new babe a few kisses for me. Oh they're so sweet...

January 4, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Unknown said...

Thanks Michelle. The hospital food was great! I really miss it... and I'm loving those pain killers, (nursing is a beast)I feel like a pill popper sometimes but it's so much better than not taking them. My incision is doing great also. I hardly feel it. Dr. Maxey did an awesome job.

January 5, 2009 at 4:53 PM
James Quigley said...

I'm an UNCLE!!!

Woohoo!

Good Job Arren and Scott...Tell Jaedyn hi for us and pump her full of fluids so she can be ready to see her favorite uncle in March hopefully. :P

January 5, 2009 at 5:11 PM

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