Nayeli's Birthday

Nayeli Isabela
The morning of May 24th, Soco went into the hospital with contractions. The doctor checked and found that the cervix was only 2 cm and was told to come back when the contractions get worse and are 3 minutes apart. That didn't happen until 2000 at night. We came to the hospital and Soco was suffering from some "monsterous" contractions. She got on all fours and screamed for 8 hours. When she couldn't handle it anymore, she asked the doctor for an epidural to numb the pain. After that, no more screaming. She was asked, "What is your pain?" Soco replied, "I have no pain, only pressure." At 0408 on May 25th, Nayeli was born. I got to cut the cord and blood splattered everyone without a face shield. She was a beautiful baby girl.

Celebration Meal - Lobster Tail and Fried Shrimp

Now, with both of us being hospital staff, I would automatically think that I would have absolutely no privacy what-so-ever. It is true. As soon as Soco's blood was drawn, the news spread like wildfire. People tried to visit us while Soco was giving birth and an hour after. We requested no visitors until Soco rested up and she only allowed her closest friends. They then took pictures with their camera phones and showed them to everybody in the hospital, which stirred more emotion.
It wasn't long before Soco's room was full of balloons, flowers, greeting cards, baby clothes and visitors. It looked like it was a party. My team of Biomeds came in uninvited all ghetto style with a huge piece of equipment rolling in. They said, "We need to test the ultrasound machine on the baby." It was funny. Everyone congradulated me on my first baby. The Commanding Officer also spent some time out of his busy day to congradulate me.

Baby Girl