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Birth Story!
Hi Ladies! Things have been busy at home so i'm now getting around to post! I've been spending as much time as I can w/ Jameson! He's awesome!
Here's our birth story!
So Wednes I woke up to a bloody show and felt off started having some contractions about every 5 mins so i called the dr and he told me to come on in and to take my time i was probably in early labor but wanted to check me out anyway. Cory and I went to Walmart to get a memory card for our video camera and headed to the hospital. I was checked and was 2-3 centimeters only. Dr said nurses begged her to ask me if I wanted pitocin since today was going to be crazy i said yes! We started pitcoin at 8:30 and the contractions started right away and i was progressing quickly. I think they broke my water at about 9 the day was flying by. Contractions started coming quickly and they hurt like hell! I was already 6 centimeters having a contraction every 2 mins for 1 min each. Nurse said I could have some morphine but b/c they were so intense we went right to an epi! the epi hurt but it was heaven!
Cory kept watching the monitor and saying oh that was a big contraction i was like yeah no biggie! my mood was so much better i was having conversations and quite pleasant! I had predicted that Jameson was going to be born by 4:30 at 3 I took a nap and at 3:30 we knew it was getting close to pushing time. At 4 I started pushing and he was born at 4:27. I was surprised that I felt his head coming out and I asked them to place him on my belly b/c I wanted him (something I had said i def didn't want to do) He is just perfect and I'm so in love! The nurses and dr were so surprised I got him out as quick as I did seeing as it normally takes 2 hours to push.
He's 19 inches long 6 lbs 9.5 oz he's a little peanut. He was latching pretty good but I'm having some issues so now were bottle feeding and i'm pumping w/ a hospital pump to see if my milk will come in b/c my reduction could be screwing up my milk supply.
Hubby and I love him to pieces and it's so amazing how much nothing else matters besides your little family.
Re: Birth Story!
Awww! So happy for you both. We need some pics of Jameson!
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Yay, I'm glad it went so well for you!
Baby #2 - D&E - 10/1/10 @ 19w2d - thanatophoric dysplasia confirmed.
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That's great Marilyn! Being a mommy is certainly amazing and you will see that it only gets better every day : )
If you have any questions re: BFing I can put you in touch with my lactation consultant...her name is Tiff. LOL
LOL! I'm here if you have questions! Pedis and other ppl don't always know what they are talking about. feel free to ask me anything.
Glad his birth went well. Very glad that he got to pick his b-day!
congrats momma!!!!!