Wow! What an experience! I can not begin to tell you how blessed our family is. We went in LATE Monday night to begin our induction only to find out that the Labor and Delivery unit was extremely busy. I was terrified that they would send us home and make us come back in the morning, which would have only been about 5 hours away. But, the nurses were great and hurried to have a room cleaned for us. By about 1am they had finally gotten us settle, IV in and pitocin started. Let me tell you, pitocin sucks but epidurals are amazing!!! After laboring about 6 hours without the epidural and having made very little cervical change my nurse (who was really great) said it was time to call the anesthesiologist. I love that doctor!!! The IV pain meds did nothing to cut the pain just made me feel very dizzy and weird, so I had only had one dose. The epidural worked miracles! At 2:30pm they checked me and said I was still only 4.5cm, an hour later I began to feel really hot but still had no pain. The doctor checked me and...10cm and a little head that was very, very low. At the same time the Labor and Delivery unit was bustling. My nurse, who was also taking care of another patient got called away. Her other patient was only 27 weeks pregnant, bleeding, contracting and going for a c-section. Since I was still comfortable and Liam was doing great they had me sit and let the contractions continue to push him down. Waiting actually turned out to be a great thing since I only had to push for half an hour. It was physically the hardest thing I have ever done. I remember the doctor instructing Frank to count to ten and after a few really hard pushes I told him, "you have to count FASTER!" Before I knew it, Liam was put on my belly and every pain and discomfort I experienced was completely forgotten. (Don't worry, the pain and discomfort was remember again when the epidural wore off!) What an amazing, perfect baby. The doctor, who had told me early in the morning that she felt Liam would be "an 8 pounder" looked and him and was shocked. We were all shocked! 9lbs 5.6oz!!! That's huge! Liam has been wonderful. He is breastfeeding amazingly well, is only slightly jaundice and sleeps....like a newborn! We are all very happy, tired and amazed. I still can't believe he is ours. We feel so truly blessed.
The Heavenly Temple
3 years ago
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Frank, Kim, Liam and Finn,
I am so happy for you. So glad you had a good birthing experience. Liam is perfect, such a handsome BIG boy. Enjoy every minute of being Mommy and Daddy - time goes by way too fast. You've given your parents the title of Grandma and Grandpa - nothing compares to it! I can't wait to meet Liam! Take care of yourselves, gets lots of rest, take (and post) lots of photos and cherish your roles of Mommy and Daddy!
Love,
Aunt Nancy
I am so excited for you guys!
Ya!!! He's here and you lived through it! No doubt pushing is so physically draining! I'm glad that you only had to push for a half hour (although I'm sure it felt like and eternity)! I wish I was that lucky. Maybe next time... I can't believe I just said that... we're adopting the next ones! :) I am so glad that Liam is finally in your arms. They are so much more fun on the outside then on the inside! Keep posting those pictures! We love seeing him!
Congratulations!
My biggest was Sam, and he was 9'3", and now he is my smallest kid! People always ask me if he and Evan are twins! I'm so glad he's eating well- that's the worst for me. And I hope you guys get some sleep, every now and then. I bet you are having so much fun! And I don't mean that sarcastically. I just love looking at them all day (and night) long. He's a lucky boy to have such great parents!
Yeah! Thanks for the delivery story. I am so happy that everything went well. I too am a big fan of epidurals. Love you all!
Congratulations!
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