Félix

Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
edited January 19, 2010 in People
So, here we were, December 31st, New Years Eve. My wife calls me at work at about 11:30am and says that she is starting to have contractions. No problem. At 12:30pm, she calls me and asks if I can come home soon so I can watch the kids (our 3 year old daughter and 16 month old son). I said, "sure, let me wrap things up here at work and I'll be home".

I got home, had some lunch with the kids, and proceeded to play with them while my wife laboured in the tub. Everything was going fine. I made sure that all the bags and everything was ready to go when it came time to go to the hospital.

4:15pm - My wife calls me upstairs to the bathroom where she tells me "it's time to go NOW. Call the babysitter". So I called the babysitter, got the truck loaded, and we were off by about 4:45pm

5pm - We get to the hospital, and make it up to the birthing centre. My wife was int he room for about 5 minutes. Her water broke, and in the bed she went.

5:40pm, the Doctor walked into the room, and proceeded to get her gloves on and told me to get mine on also.

5:44pm - With the assistance of the Doctor, I delivered my new son Félix Theodore Dukovac! Healthy, both mum and baby!
Midnight - we celebrated New Years, our anniversary and our new son!! WOOT!! :clap

My wife went from 0cm to 8 in the span of about 20 minutes. Unfortunately for her, she progressed so fast that there was no time for an epidural. A

Anyhow, below are some photos of our new son, 11 days old. He already sleeps most of the night (thank you sweet Jesus!).

Enjoy!
Joe

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Joe
North View Studio
http://www.zoradphotography.com
Montreal, Canada

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  • lilmommalilmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    congratulations!!!! what a little cutie! iloveyou.gif
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Congratulations!!! What a sweet baby....
    3/16m/0m ? Wow, what a busy household you have. Sleeping through the night is a true blessing...
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  • GringriffGringriff Registered Users Posts: 340 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Congratulations! A very handsome boy there.
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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Priceless!!!
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  • rhondavidrhondavid Registered Users Posts: 433 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Congratulations on your newest addition the family. What a way to end the year and bring in a new year and new decade.

    He is adorable. Great series of shots.
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  • kreskres Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Great stuff! clap.gif

    Congrats!
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    edited January 15, 2010
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  • sweet carolinesweet caroline Registered Users Posts: 1,589 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    SWEET! Congratulations. Of course, I would say it's fortunate that your wife did not have time for an epidural;)
  • MissBMissB Registered Users Posts: 463 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    holy crap thats a fast labor!!!!!! great story and beautiful photos..thank you for sharing!!
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  • JulieLawsonPhotographyJulieLawsonPhotography Registered Users Posts: 787 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Congrats!! I often wish I would have been into photography when my kids were newborns. sigh! These are precious.
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    Congratulations! Very cute baby!!!

    The photos are also very well doneclap.gif
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  • Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    Thank you everyone for your warmest wishes :D It's been a little bit of an adjustment, but a pretty easy one since he's so quiet. Anyhow, thanks again everyone!

    Take Care,
    Joe
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  • Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    JulieLawsonPhotography wrote:
    Congrats!! I often wish I would have been into photography when my kids were newborns. sigh! These are precious.

    Hey Julie,

    Unfortunately, I did not get newborn shots of my oldest two.....I hope they don't get jealous when they get older rolleyes1.gif
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  • Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    sweet caroline wrote:
    SWEET! Congratulations. Of course, I would say it's fortunate that your wife did not have time for an epidural;)

    I think because she didn't have an epidural the labour went much faster, and so did the delivery. I'm of course not a medical professional so I don't really know. :D
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  • Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Congratulations!!! What a sweet baby....
    3/16m/0m ? Wow, what a busy household you have. Sleeping through the night is a true blessing...

    Yeah, our kids are very close in age.....hopefully they will remain very close while growing up because of it, then again they might fight a lot more too rolleyes1.gif
    Joe
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  • Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    MissB wrote:
    holy crap thats a fast labor!!!!!! great story and beautiful photos..thank you for sharing!!

    Yeah, I thought it was pretty inanely fast myself. Our other two kids were 16 and 12 hours.....I guess if we have a fourth, he/she will be out in about 1 hour!! rolleyes1.gif The nurse told us that if we decide to have another one to get to the hospital as soon as labour starts.
    Joe
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  • sweet carolinesweet caroline Registered Users Posts: 1,589 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    Joe Dukovac wrote:
    I think because she didn't have an epidural the labour went much faster, and so did the delivery. I'm of course not a medical professional so I don't really know. :D

    Well, that's generally what they say. And the recovery is usually easier on the mom and baby. I never had an epidural, so I can't compare, but I was walking around within minutes of delivery.

    Caroline
  • toddbtoddb Registered Users Posts: 114 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    congrats
    what a way to kickoff a new year -- great pics, too!
  • l.k.madisonl.k.madison Registered Users Posts: 542 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2010
    Happy Anniversary to you and your wife.
    Happy Birthday to Mr. Felix.
    Happy New Year to you and yours!
    Congratulations on an adorable baby boy!

    Now that the congratulations are out of the way...

    He.is.sooooo.adorable!!!!

    Those pictures are so cute! And yes, big siblings will be jealous when they're older, but that's years away :)

    So I guess one more "congrats" is in order: Congratulations on such beautiful shots!!
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  • kidzmomkidzmom Registered Users Posts: 828 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Oh Joe and family...CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm been off the board for a spell. I'm so happy for you! I can tell you (after having 4 myself) that things generally go WAY too fast after #2. He is just beautiful! The pictures are gorgeous too..I'm so happy for you! :D
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  • chainchain Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    clap.gif

    Babies Rock!

    Congratulations!
  • Joe DukovacJoe Dukovac Registered Users Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    kidzmom wrote:
    Oh Joe and family...CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm been off the board for a spell. I'm so happy for you! I can tell you (after having 4 myself) that things generally go WAY too fast after #2. He is just beautiful! The pictures are gorgeous too..I'm so happy for you! :D

    Thanks Kelly! Yeah, it seems that each subsequent baby is being delivered faster and faster. Thanks for your kind word thumb.gif How have you been? Haven't seen you online in a while.
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  • kidzmomkidzmom Registered Users Posts: 828 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2010
    Hope you are managing the nights..sounds like you've lucked out in that respect. HOPE IT CONTINUES!! I've been guiltily absent lately. I made the move over to Flickr in December and have just been having FUN there. Here I feel that it can be a bit harsh. Don't get me wrong I've learned a TON but just like to kind of "vege out" with my pictures---only hear the good without the bad, lol! I come here for my spankings and over there is all about "GREAT shot", lol! I've been into baby, baby lately too. You are SO lucky to have a young live in model. I'm dying to get shooting some newborns soon but it won't be until my youngest heads off to nursery school (in 2 years). With 4 kids at home I'm on BIG time 24/24 shifts.

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    Joe Dukovac wrote:
    Thanks Kelly! Yeah, it seems that each subsequent baby is being delivered faster and faster. Thanks for your kind word thumb.gif How have you been? Haven't seen you online in a while.
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