We have safely arrived in Cincinnati. For most of you this may seem like a trivial or irrelevant issue but I have been a bit concerned the past few weeks with the logistics given the distance from Wabash to Cincinnati (about four hours by auto). I had to talk through options of getting Megan and baby to the hospital together or separately. Her local OB in Huntington wanted us to drive straight to the hospitals in Indy or Cincinnati, knowing he would be extremely limited in options to treat Ephraim locally.
Due to the severity of the birth defect and the resulting size of the baby and potential needs we need to be in a tertiary care facility. There are just two in Indiana and of course here in Cincinnati and they all require multiple hours in the car, which would have been interesting given the fact that Liam was born in two hours. The doctors discussed helicopters and delivering in ambulances and I am thrilled we now don't have to do that!
So where are we, you ask? We have the great fortune of staying with friends of my parents who live about one mile from the University of Cincinnati hospital where Megan will be delivering. They were friends of my parents from before my parents were married. They have been incredibly hospitable, cooking and spending time with us and truly the only reason this is possible. The boys are down here with us and we will be waiting and doing the check ups until Ephraim makes his arrival. If he doesn't want to come out by the end of the month, the doctor will induce.
You may know that tonight is a full moon. The nurses in labor and delivery at the hospital told me they staff according to the full moon and it is more than an old wives tale that the gravitational pull has an impact on the babies being born. As of yet, no signs of his arrival.
Also, thank you to the person who graciously mowed our lawn Saturday.
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