all of our kids were delivered in Evanston by Dr. Hansen...so, we didn't want to rock the boat...but circumstances changed and we had to find a local doctor...we were fortunate to be put together with one of the very best doctors in the area...Dr. Wheeler...he instantly put us at ease and we knew he was supposed to deliver baby Damian...
It was crazy I checked in at five in the morning and they started giving
me Pitocin around 8:30...Dr. Wheeler got there around 845 and broke my
bag and said I was Dilated to a 4 and could get my epidural at anytime...then they kept upping the Pitocin
and around 9:00 I still rated my pain at a 2 to 3...so my mother went
home to switch with Eric...by 915 it started really hurting and Eric
wasn't there yet so I asked the nurse to have the anesthesiologist come
for the epidural...he came quickly within 15 min...around 9:35...it was
Steve Croft, whom I was in scouts with...awkward...
but I asked to wait another 10 minutes to see if Eric would
get there in that 10 minutes it went from a four or five to like an
eight
every contraction rated higher on the pain scale...Eric got there at 9:57 and I was fully dilated ...there was no time for an epidural...and Dr. Wheeler
came in and Damien's official birth time was 10:15!
He was ready...and there was no stopping him!!! Welcome, Damian Eric Phillips! Born June 17, 2015
The Card Max made me...when I asked where the sisters were he replied, "Are you kidding me....I was too stressed...I had no time to draw the sisters!"
Here is Damian at his one week checkup...he was already past his birth weight and was our only baby without jaundice!!! His circumcision went great and is already all healed and his belly button fell off at 10 days exactly... love our little "DD."
