Caleb Vincent Begley
August 9th, 2005
Our son arrived a few days ahead of schedule at 9:00am on the nose, August 8, 2005. He’s healthy, happy and not too fussy (yet) and weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. and is 21 inches long! We took 3 trips to the hospital between Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning, and Megan did an awesome job of dealing with the pain and delivering our son without any pain relief! We found out she was 8cm dilated on our last visit to the hospital so there wasn’t enough time to give her an epidural. She did a fantastic job despite the lack of pain relief and I am completely amazed (and have only increased my love, respect and admiration of her) at how well she managed everything. I have no doubt the entire experience was incredibly painful, exhausting and emotionally challenging.
Here are a few photographs we took between Sunday afternoon and late morning Monday…
Megan rests between contractions early Sunday morning.
Nadine sits with Megan through a contraction.
Yum, peanut butter sandwich…
Peter sneaks a photograph with Megan.
Nadine knows something is happening.
Our first hospital visit on Sunday afternoon.
Caleb’s heart-rate on the left, Megan’s contractions on the right. Unfortunately her contractions were still too far apart for her to be admitted. (On our second visit a few hours later, they were close enough, but she was only dilated 1cm! The third visit did the trick!)
Still in pain, but dressed to head back home! (I didn’t take any more photographs until Caleb was born about 18 hours later…)
Caleb in Megan’s arms a few minutes after delivery!
Caleb’s first bath.
Caleb holding Megan’s finger during his bath.
More bath time!
Caleb yawning or rooting — we didn’t know which at the time.
Sleeping in Megan’s arms.
Caleb opens his eyes for the camera.
Caleb and Peter have some bonding time.
Caleb in his crib with his huge footprint looming in the background.
Caleb sleeping soundly (not for long…)
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1. Becky and Charley | August 7th, 2005 at 9:56 pm
We just found this part of your website….very fun! We absolutely love the photos and are having such a hard time choosing. There are so many outstanding shots! Thank you both for being part of our magical day.
So exciting to hear that Caleb is coming! We can’t wait to hear of his arrival. Good luck!
2. Peter | August 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
Thank you! We’ve been pretty occupied with spending time with Caleb (he arrived 11 hours after you wrote!) and seeing family but are enjoying every minute!
You are both such cool people and it was a lot of fun photographing your wedding. Please give us a call when you’re passing through — we’d love to take you out for lunch!
~ Peter & Megan
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