Well, our handsome son arrived on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 5:03 am. Labor was unexpectedly quick and went very smoothly pain & all. We left for the hospital at about 8pm on Tuesday night after having contractions during dinner. At 11pm the nurses told me it was up to me whether we stayed or not as they felt I was not in active labor although I was 5 cm dilated. I opted to stay and within the hour was having hard and fast contractions which continued to pick up until he came out after pushing for 20 minutes-DRUG FREE!!! Not by choice….
I asked for an epidural an hour before he was born and they told me I was too late. UGH!!! But I made it! and he was delivered well and was alert and easy from the beginning.
He’s been a doll so far. Very even-tempered, likes to sleep, good feeder. We are just extending our stay in the hospital for another day so they can monitor his jaundice. It seems that I’m not supposed to let him sleep for 4/5 hour stretches without feeding him. Darn it!!! So, I have to wake him up every 2 hours now to feed but he casually goes right back to sleep in his bassinette again. So far, so good.
We all think he looks like Tim. He seems to have more hair than Edzea did at this stage and he seems a little swarthier skinned and skinnier.
He was 7 lbs 12 oz at birth and 19. 75 inches long. He has long fingers/toes/feet and he is really sweet.
That’s all for now. Edzea isn’t quite sure what to think of him yet but we’ll see how she does when we get home.
Here are some of the first pics taken by the nurses.