On Monday, a 3:42PM my son was born. Because I know there are a few gashes around here that will want to know, he was 21" long and weighed 9 lbs even. His name is Soren Thomas Patrick Chappell.

Wife wanted to deliver naturally but the boy wasn't cooperating. During an exam, the doctor noticed that the baby's hand was on it's head and it was too painful for my wife for the doctor to try and move the hand back down where it was supposed to be. At this point, my wife opted for the epidural, and the hospital policy on epidurals is that the husband can't be in the room. So I went to get a cup of coffee and came back to the room to wait outside since they told me it would be 5-10 minutes. While I'm waiting outside the room this lady walks up and tell me "You're not allowed to be here. You need to go to the waiting room." The problem here was that something was happening in the room, and in fact I was supposed to be in there. This lady had no business telling me anything, because she was uninformed. My wife told me later that one of the nurses heard them send me away and told someone to go get me. However the hospital is a big place and it took them about 5 minutes to find me (Even though I was in the waiting room).

While I was out of the room, the situation had gone from bad to worse. The baby had somehow got his right arm up along side of his head and actually grabbed the doctor's finger during one of the exams the doctor did. At that point there was no way to get his arm back down or for my wife to deliver without either breaking his arm or breaking her pelvis. So they started prepping my wife for an emergency c-section. All of this was taking place without my knowledge because Retardo-Nurse-On-A-Power-Trip had sent me away without finding out what the fuck was going on.

Once they found me and had me come back to the room, I noticed that there were a lot more people than had been there when I left, and there was a different sense of urgency. One nurse threw some scrubs at me and told me to go get changed. I still didn't know what was going on. I went and got changed and when I came out the room was empty, One of the nurses popped her head in and told me to wait so I sat down and waited. She then took me to the OR and explained what was going on. She also apologized for the other nurse sending me to the waiting room.

The c-section took about 10 minutes and i was stationed behind a giant blue sheet so I couldn't see anything. I tried to peek a few times but there were too many people.

After any surgery, the hospital x-rays the patient to make sure nothing was left inside, so while they did that, me and my son had to wait outside the OR. I was laughing and crying at the same time while sitting there holding my boy. This is the greatest feeling in the world.

Anyway, everything worked out ok and the both my wife and my son are healthy. They will both be in the hospital until at least Thursday.

And here he is: