Last Tuesday, Donovan came to join the world! He was born at 12:26, weighing 5 lb 14 oz, measured 19 1/4 in long. He is absolutely adorable! With a head full of hair and the perfect complexion, I just want to hold him all day long. But alas, there are other things that need done too! Currently he is sleeping, so I thought it might be a good time to update.
A quick recap of last week:
-Monday-went in to the hospital to have an amniocentesis done to make sure his lungs were mature enough to be induced. I can honestly tell you right now that I will never have that done again! It hurt, and it made me sick, and if they had come back to tell me that his lungs were not mature, it would not have been worth it. The only reason it is worth it now is because I have a little boy to love on! Anyway, about 5 pm they came back and said that he was ok to come out, so they gave me some medicine to soften my cervix and told me to go to sleep for the night.
-Tuesday the nurse came in at 5 in the morning, told me I was dialated to 2 and that at 6 they were going to start the pitocin. They didn't really start it until 6:30, and at 9:30 the doctor, whom I highly reccomend, came in and broke my water. At that point I was 4 cm dialated. They told me that when the contractions get unbearable to let them know and they would call for the epidural. About 10:30 I told them that I needed the epidural and I needed it now. So they called and came back and told me that the guy would be in soon. So, I waited and waited, and waited some more. At this time my contractions were coming very strong at every other minute. Finally about 11:15 the epidural man came and gave me the medicine. After it finally kicked in, I was doing much better. The nurse checked again right after he put the epidural in to see how far I was and her response was "oh my". I was 9 cm and fully effaced...this baby was coming. So she ran off to call the doc and to get everything ready. I laid there happily carrying on a conversation with Caleb, after all, I couldn't feel a thing! She came back in about 10 minutes later and told me the doc would be here in 5 minutes. I said ok, but I am feeling a little bit of pressure, can you check this out. She checked and she immediately put on her gloves because she thought she was going to deliver a baby right there. She poked her head out the door and told a nurse to call the doc to come now. As I lay there peacefully waiting on the birth of my boy, I can feel him inching his way out. The nurse gets herself into position to deliver as the doc comes running through the door! (Meanwhile I am watching a pretty good show on TV) He tells me to push once and the doc replied with, "Wow, this baby is ready to come right now!" I pushed three more times and heard the jubilient cry of my baby boy. I was so happy to hear that sound it made me cry. (Caleb did too!) And the rest of the story is nothing more than your normal clean up of the baby and things like that. Now we are home and I am so thankful for my little man. Even if he does get me up in the middle of the night.
I am still working on the nursing thing. It is terribly painful right now, but I am hoping that eases.
Well, I hear him crying, so I am off to rescue and feed him! I will update again soon, but here is a pic so you can see him!
CONGRATS!!!!!!!! He's precious, and I am SO excited for you! I just wanted to encourage you to stick with the nursing... we had a terrible (and I mean terrible) first 3 weeks with Corban, but after that, it was a piece of cake! It's such a learning thing- for both of you! Don't be afraid to pump if necessary to give your sore body a break. I had to do lots of that the first few weeks with both kids, but once my body adjusted, all was (mostly) well. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!! Praying for you as you adjust! I'd love to meet the little guy sometime!
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