He's here!!!!

Well... he got here Sunday, October 13th... it just took me this long to get around to posting my birth story online.  Who would have thought that chasing around a 4 year old while simultaneously breastfeeding a newborn would be such hard work?! (That sentence is DRIPPING with sarcasm by the way).

So on to the story, and at the end I'll post pictures for reading the novel ;)


On Sunday, the 13th of October, I went it work and felt off all morning; my stomach hurt and my back was killing me.  As soon as my co-worker came in to close I left to head home.  Around 230 I ate lunch, then went to unlock the front doors so my grandparents could come in and drop off Lennon.  I went to sit on the couch and sat weird on my foot, I heard a faint pop and then a rush of warm fluid hit me.  I jumped up just in time to avoid breaking my water on the couch and ran straight to the bathroom,  just as my grandparents showed up with Lennon.  Adrian met them at the door to tell them my water broke and that Leni had to go back with them since I was in labor ☺.  We said hi and bye to Leni and then headed to the hospital (after I changed out of my soaking wet jeans).

By 315 I was in a triage room and checked, 4cm and 90% effaced.  By 345 I was in my own delivery room and getting IV fluids.  At 430 I was at 5cm and still 90% and got my epidural... Which was amazing by the way.  Dad and Adrian kept making me laugh to keep my contractions going... Which surprisingly worked! At 630 I was checked again and was at 7cm so they turned up my pit (epidurals make my progress very slow).  By 800 I was at 9cm and 100%, and my epidural had worn off (Adrian says that he saw me accidentally tear it out of my back, when I was rotating from side to side).  At 850 I paged my OB and told her I had to push, now!  She checked me and I was at 10cm, 100%, and +2 station.
 
They quickly set up the room and got me into position to push.   I felt every-damn-thing as I pushed.  My OB stretched me with every push, I think she was using mineral oil.  I got to feel the top of his head as he was crowning, which made me even more determined to push him out faster.  15 minutes later, at 906 Mister Maddox James Dillie made his grand debut into the world weighing in at 9.8 pounds and 20" long.  I am still in shock I gave birth to an over 9 pound baby!

And onto the pics...

Baby Air Guitar

Squinty Eyes!