Tweeting My Girl's Birth

This last Sunday my wife gave birth to our daughter Claire. It was an amazing experience and mother & daughter are doing great. This birth was quite a different experience than the birth of my son. One major difference was the way I was able to keep friends and family updated moment by moment through Facebook and Twitter. It started with me posting a few updates once we got to the hospital. After about the third post people were cheering us on. My wife asked me, "You're not going to post everything are you?". I said back to her, "I can't stop now, they're rooting for us." After letting her read peoples comments, she decided to give in to my posting frenzy. It turned out to be really exciting having an online community sharing the experience with us. So, I decided to share the feed here on my blog. Realize that it reads from bottom to top. Enjoy.


Jeff: Thanks for everyone's support. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Goodnight. June 14 at 11:13pm
Michelle: Jeff...that is so awesome! I enjoyed you posting so frequently during her labor...I hope your wife felt the same :) What a beautiful blessing to have a sweet little girl! Can't wait to see pictures...congrats to your family! June 14 at 10:39pm
Jeff: 8.3 lbs 21.5" long. June 14 at 10:38pm
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Carole at 10:38pm June 14 Big girl! no wonder
Shakeh Angelo at 1:36am June 15 Congrats on #2! Yay!
Mark at 5:14am June 15 Solid...praise God! How's Cristin?
Jeff Yea!! Welcome baby Claire!!!
June 14 at 10:33pm You and Carole like this.
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Carrie at 10:34pm June 14 it is YAY!!!!
Michelle at 10:50pm June 14 Congratulations Jeff...from Pat and Michelle
Charlie at 11:12pm June 14 Hooray!!!!
Jeff More pushing!!!
June 14 at 10:29pm You like this.
Jeff Spotlight on. Waiting for Claire to make her entrance! She'll be here real soon. Promise!
June 14 at 10:24pm You and Carole like this.
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Cassandra at 10:27pm June 14 Yeah!!!
Stacy at 10:29pm June 14 I love the play by play. ;) Go Claire go!
Jeff Still waiting. This is one stubborn girl.
June 14 at 10:18pm You like this.
Jeff 14 at 9:42pm
Carrie at 9:59pm June 14 oy! come on claire!!!!
Carole at 10:01pm June 14 oy vay!
Carrie at 10:04pm June 14 seriously!!!!
Jeff Pushing!!!
Carole at 9:30pm June 14 push, push!!!
Lynsey at 9:34pm June 14 ooohhh good! i can't wait to hear the good news!
Cassandra at 9:41pm June 14 How exciting!!!
Jeff Doctors here!!!
Charlie at 9:28pm June 14 anticipation!
Jeff Bearing down! June 14 at 9:26pm
Jeff 8 centimeters!!! Doctors on the way in. June 14 at 9:14pm
Carole at 9:15pm June 14 hang in there! Waiting to hear! Love you!
Cassandra at 9:18pm June 14 Yeah!!!
Jeff It won't be long now. Everyone: push her out, shove her out, way out! June 14 at 8:54pm
Erin at 8:56pm June 14 You can do it Cristin! We love you guys!!!
Anne at 9:08pm June 14 Go Cristin go, push her out, shove her out, waaaaaaay out!!!!!
Charlie at 9:10pm June 14 I keep refreshing my home page to find out the latest from you, Jeff!
Jeff We have water breakage.
June 14 at 8:31pm Erin at 8:34pm June 14 woo hoo!
Anne at 8:36pm June 14 sounds like things are moving along. Praying it goes super smoothly and everyone is healthy!
Stacy at 8:47pm June 14 yay!
Jeff iContraction is a great iPhone App for tracking contractions.June 14 at 7:31pm You like this.
Charlie at 7:33pm June 14 oh my goodness.
Carole at 7:46pm June 14 how's she dong?
Jeff at 7:49pm June 14 She's doing great!
Jeff RT @c: @avman26 are you going to tweet the whole birth??? you are cracking me up!! I'll tweet as much as Cristin will let me.
Jeff 5 centimeters! Wohoo June 14 at 5:49pm
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Erin at 6:33pm June 14 Finally!! We're praying she comes quick!
Steve at 6:57pm June 14 Good luck hope all is going well !!
Charlie at 7:26pm June 14 go baby go!
Jeff We're at the hospital!!
June 14 at 5:34pm
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Carrie at 5:40pm June 14 YAY!!