Labor and Delivery

Thursday I was scheduled to be at the hospital at 7:30AM. It ended up that the hospital was completely full and they told me they couldn't admit me. Ok so those are words you don't say to a 4 week pregnant woman... The doctor had decided to induce me because I was dilated at 4 cm for several weeks and it looked like I was going no where.
After begging and pleading and making up a story that I felt I was already in labor, the hospital admitted and e began the Pitocin at 2:30PM. At 7:30PM my water was broke and it all REALLY began. The contractions began to get unbearable and by 10:00 I finally had my epidural...
Oh and the epidural...I guess i had to much confidence in modern medicine but God had other plans. About 30 minutes after the epidural was placed in I noticed I could still lift my right leg and I still had sensation. I called the nurses desk and they said that was completely normal. So I allowed the contractions to worsen thinking I should at least feel some of the pain. BY midnight I was NOT happy. I looked at Enzo and Mom and told them to get the doctor quick she was coming and I felt EVERYTHING. Sure enough the doctor came in and I was dilated at 10cm. The epidural was not working at all and I really think there is no pain greater than what I felt. I began pushing as soon as the doctor checked for dilation and I pushed till 2:06AM. I knew something was wrong with the epidural when I could turn around and flip myself, lift both legs, etc.. and I think everyone in the room knew how I felt about it as well!
But thank God for 2:06AM! Words cannot express the emotions felt during a time like this. It is an amazing miracle that God allows us to partake in. If you are an unbeliever in miracles you need to watch a baby being brought into the world!

Evelyn is Born

Thank God our baby was born healthy, sweet and cute at 2:06 a.m. today after Paige worked out a lot :)

Evelyn is as pretty as can be and is healthy enjoying company of family and friends, stealing the spotlight from her daddy ;)

We all love little Evelyn and again, thank God for such a great pregnancy, delivery and an amazing little girl...

Watching the baby be born and then holding her in my arms, seeing her snuggled up on her mommy's chest: Surreal... :)

Evelyn is our blessing from God.

Thank you Jesus for our little punkin.

Baby Evelyn is on the Way

Calm down... she is not here yet (at least not as I type this message). We have been at the hospital since around 11:30 a.m., after a great brunch.
Paige, as usual, hasn't been feeling pain, but she does have some contractions and has been on the pitocin for about 2 hours (as I type this post).

We can't wait to meet Evelyn (Evie). So far, everything is really calm: Paige is on her iPhone, we're talking to her parents in the room, her grandparents already came to visit with uncle Dan, Jessica Patterson (our photographer came by) and I have talked to my family via Skype / iPhone and such... :)

Everyone is cheering for Evie and Paige!

Thanks for the prayers and for keeping us in your thoughts.

This is our first child and everything has been so good and calm so far and we're sure it will be like this throughout the whole process.

Keep praying for us, for a smooth delivery, for Paige to stay calm and for a healthy baby.

Finally a light at the end of a dark tunnel!

Yesterday, February 9th, David Goldman got to visit his son for the first time in 4 1/2 years! There are not many details that have bee released due to Brazilian courts wanting to keep it all quiet but I am sure we will know more in the near future! YAY for David and Sean!
Check out this link for media links: http://bringseanhome.org/wordpress/

Shower with Church!

I have been such a bad bad blogger...I should have put this up here before now! Brenda Jones from my church had a great shower for my little Evie on January 18th. I got so many diapers... exactly what we needed! Here is a picture of me and Brenda. It's not a very good image because I forgot my camera... but thank goodness for Iphones!
Hopefully soon i will get up pics from my last shower.

Visitation Granted!

While in Brazil, David Goldman was granted visitation for the first time in 4 1/2 years! Pray that things go right for David. He needs our support. www.bringseanhome.org

Congressman Chris Smith Goes to Brazil with David Goldman

I am completely in shock that a congressman would actually care so much for someone that he would pack up his own bag and go to a foreign country to help a US citizen..that's exactly what Chris Smith did after watching the Dateline Special on David Goldman's case! Here is the emil I received this week with regards to the matter. I don't know Chris Smith but I am so thankful for what he is doing to help the situation.


February 6, 2009

Dear Supporters of David Goldman,

The response from the NBC Dateline special last Friday 1/30 was beyond our expectations, we've had tens and tens of thousands of people visit the web site and we know that they are working with us. We sincerely thank everyone, Americans, Brazilians, Canadians, British, Dutch, Portuguese, French, Swedes, Norwegian's, Germans, Belgians, Spaniards, Danes, - people from all over, who have joined the cause to re-unite David and Sean. Over 22,000 people have signed the Care 2 online petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/return-abducted-minor-sean-goldman-to-his-father) and +20,000 joined the Facebook group, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35278616563.

David is now in Brazil for a hearing today with Judge Luis Felipe Salomão, Superior Tribunal de Justiça, who announced a ruling requiring "mediation" between David and João Paulo Lins e Silva. We're all very hopeful that this trip will mark a turning point in this case and at the very least we are praying that David will be permitted to see his son.

It gets better, but we have to go back to last Friday night; U.S. Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District saw the NBC Dateline story and contacted David for a meeting. The Congressman promised to do all he could to help. David does not live in the 4th Congressional district but Congressman Smith is well known in New Jersey as a stand up guy who will go the extra mile for people. Congressman Smith is with David in Brazil right now and will be with him every step of the way! The added benefit is that the US Embassy will be providing a diplomatic security detail.

On Wednesday February 4th in the House of Representatives, Congressman Smith, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, entered House resolution 125 regarding Sean’s abduction. A transcript of H. RES 125 is online at http://bringseanhome.org/hr125.html.

IT IS VITAL that additional members of the House become co-sponsors of the resolution for it to have full impact. There is no reason why your Congressman should not sign up. Please email, write, telephone or fax your Congressman/woman and ask them to become a co-sponsor. Find their contact information at http://www.house.gov.

On the Blog you will find links to the latest news video by Jeff Peques of WABC, New York. Bill Handleman of the Asbury Park Press has written his sixth report, Lawmaker trying to reunite dad, son (http://www.app.com/article/20090205/NEWS/90205014). The Associated Press ran the story of Congressman Smith helping David and it's been picked up all across the country. We are told by reliable sources that the AP is not reporting the within Brazil, 180 million people are still in the dark.

Late Thursday New Jersey's two US Senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez issued a press release and joint letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, reviewing the case and requesting a meeting with Brazil's Ambassador to the U.S., Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, at his earliest possible convenience (http://www.brasilemb.org). Copy on the Blog or at http://bringseanhome.org/lautenberg.html.


There is a new page on the web site, with pictures of David and Sean. Pictures/Fotos http://bringseanhome.org/images.html. The complete video of the NBC Dateline story is also on the site, at http://bringseanhome.org/dateline.html, it is broken into six individual video segments plus three extra.

Dateline sent a full crew to Brazil to cover today's hearing and any subsequent events. We expect to hear news on the mediation hearing late tonight or Saturday and promise to share that news with you.

Please forward this email to your friends, relatives, co-workers, church groups, whomever you think might join in. Assure them that this is a perfectly "clean" email, 100% safe to open. If you prefer just send them an email with the link to this message, http://bringseanhome.org/email_02062009.html or http://bringseanhome.org

Thank you,

Friends of David Goldman