I've had quite a few people ask me about the labor and how it went. Mostly my preggo friends, but in case anyone wants to know how things went for us then here ya go :)
We got to the hospital a little late..It was bc of me of course. It was SO ugly outside but I knew it would get pretty when Kellan was born and it was gorgeous outside! My day didnt start off great at all. My veins kept rolling and the nurse blew two of them in my right arm which is excruciating. So she moved to my left arm and finally got the IV started there. They started my pitocin around 8ish and it took a good hour for the contractions to start. Once they started, they didnt ease up. I got my epidural around 930 and only the left side of my body wass feelingless. I started freaking out at this point. Nothing helped the right side get numb, we tried everything. They finally had to up my dose, which I didnt want to do bc my left side was so numb that I couldnt move my leg at all. I was scared that I wouldnt feel to push or that I wasnt going to be able to move around like I should have been. About an hour and a half before I started pushing, my right side finally started going numb. By this point I was in so much pain that I thought I was going to throw up and pass out. My back was hurting so bad and the contractions went all the way through my body. I was shaking really bad from the epidural and the pain, not to mention I was a hair away from screaming and going irate. I dilated really fast from there and had to push about 5 sets of 3, so abouht 15 times. I didnt tear, nor did I get an episiotomy. He came right out once I started pushing. Thank you Mom and Memaw for my big hips! They let him stay with us for about 30 minutes before they weighed him and bathed him. I guessed that he would be 7.6 and 19 inches long, but he turned out to be 7.9 and 20 1/4 inches. He is a long big boy with the chance of red hair! I keep wondering what color his eyes will be bc they are already changing so much. As far as his personality so far, he is SO calm and laid back. He doesnt cry at all, he wimpers when he wants to be touched or swaddled. At first he didnt eat very well and acted like he didnt want to latch, but they found out he had swallowed amni fluid and had to suction it out of his tummy. By 5 this morning he was feeding so well and ate a lot. So Im glad breastfeeding is going great so far. This has been such a great experience although it was not as easy as Lanie's birth, it was worth every second. I am so in love with my little boy and wish theyd hurry and bring him back to me now. Jeannie left her laptop and camera since she wont be here until 12 today, thankfully because I have to kill time until he comes back to the room! I am still hurting pretty bad with the after birth contractions, but I am managing it. I hate taking medicine but I dont want to hurt. Colby has been absolutely wonderful through this whole entire pregnancy. I have had my mood swings bc I was so uncomfortable, but he stuck through it and either ignored me and let me be grumpy or he did anything he could to appease me. I couldnt ask for a better best friend to share everything with. My dad is on his way here now and I cant wait to see him. We get to go home tomorrow, which is Colbys birthday! We met 3 years ago on his bday, so we both coulodnt ask for a better birthday present for him :) I never thought that moving here on May 25, 2007 that I would meet the love of my life on may 28, 2008, and have such an amazing life for myself come May 26, 2011. I am so happy with the way things are headed and couldnt be more thankful for everything that I have been given. I love my family and Colby's family so much.
