Announcing the Proud Arrival of...

After 20 hours of induced labor followed by a Caesarian birth, "Caelan Nathaniel Shyu" joins the world on August 18th, 2007 at 9:09AM, weighing in at a whopping 8 pounds 8 ounces and 21inches long.

Both mom and baby are doing fine.  Here are some first pictures:

Long Night Ahead...

Currently posting from the hospital room where I snuck onto the wireless network that's not supposed to be working.  =)

So Betty was induced at around noontime today.  We pushed back from an 8AM start due to a crowded house here at the hospital.  Luckily the suites here are single patient only, so we have privacy.  After the nurse induced with Pitocin, it took a while for the contractions to build up enough for her to reach 4 cm.  We got the epidural going.  Drugs are good, but comes with a heavy price.  Gone are the pains associated with contractions.  In its place are bad nausea, chills, heartburn and the inability to move or feel anything below the waist.  Doctor broke her water shortly after the epidural and we're now waiting the long wait for her to reach 10cm before the pushing begins.  As of this post (9:30PM), mom and baby are doing fine and resting.  I expect the next post to be after the baby's born.

Pray for energy for mom to push and for a safe continuation of the delivery.  It's only a matter of time now...