I know, I know, I'm so behind on posting...but here is the story of our wonderful addition to our family...Alexander Paul! We are planning to call him Xander.
I have low platelets during my pregnancies...this pregnancy was my best yet (I think) and I worked hard to keep those numbers up! But just in case, we thought I should be induced at 39 weeks to make sure I didn't run into any problems.
We arrived at 730ish in the morning.
My Certified Nurse Midwife stripped my membranes and broke my water which caused labor to come on and looked promising...but slowed so much by 1:00 PM that I had to be given Pitocin.
Shockingly, Pitocin wasn't the nightmare drug I had thought it would be. My contractions increased gradually and slightly. it definitely got me where I needed to be to have this little guy!
Finally by 6:00ish I decided since this labor was moving much slower than my previous one, I would ask for an epidural.
Got my epidural, and turns out only my left side got medicated! It wasn't horrible, but if I'm going to be medicated, it should probably work correctly...right? So, we got the anesthesiologist back and he shot me up with another round, and no joke...I could feel NOTHING from the waist down within minutes! It was ridiculous (in a good way)!
I was definitely changing and my body was complete at about 10:00pm. I actually somehow felt "pushy" and with one good push...and a bunch of laughing...my Xander was born.
I literally laughed him into this world!
The best part about this delivery, aside from my new little baby boy, is the interesting fact that I came into the hospital and saw the nurse that had actually delivered Emalyn 5 years ago. She was my nurse from 7AM-3PM.
I just think that's crazy...!! It was awesome to have them be my nurses again.
Here's our first family photo of the 5 of us!
1 comment:
Congratulations! So excited for you. 3 little ones is so busy, but so much fun. I can't imagine life without a little baby in the house!
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