We have the cutest little guy!!! Phillip was born a little over a week ago- and considering today was my actual due date - i am very happy that he is already here!!
He entered this world with a bang- to say the least! I don't even know where to begin to talk about the day of labor. The beginning and the end were great, but the middle was all too scary for my liking.
I'm not quite sure what I want to write about it all yet......... basically the epidural made my blood pressure pretty much stop, which in turn made phillip's stop- i just remember hearing through my oxygen "it's been 6 minutes, we have to do something." The medication they used to counter act the epidural made me feel closer to death than i ever want to feel again. We were {this} close to an emergency c-section when phillip's heart rate picked back up. They had to completely stop my labor so we could both take a couple hours to recover from all the drama. When they started it again, things weren't good. Every time i had a contraction, phillip would drop back into danger zone. Lucky for me, the epidural i had didn't cause me to loose control of my legs. i was able to roll back and forth, get up on all fours, and pretty much do whatever i needed to in order to try to get phillip to change positions.
Finally, my midwife tells the OR doc to get ready for a c-section (again). I was still only dilated to a 9 and not totally ready. But then phillip started to drop even more, and she says "we have to get him out now." She tells me just to try pushing and we'll see how it goes. Not more than 2 minutes later our beautiful (VERY BLUE) boy was out. His cord was around his neck twice. Lucky for us, he popped right out. After a little oxygen and some lovin' from his momma, he was a beautiful bright pink!
He weighed 8lbs 15oz, was 21 in long. He is one big boy!! His brothers are the cutest things in the world to watch with him. They are so quick to love and comfort him when he makes the smallest peep. He the first one we haven't had billi issues with- which has been so nice! We are all just totally in love with him. And i don't know if it's just because i'm getting older, or what, but i feel like i'm taking FOREVER to recover! My body just isn't what it has been in the past ;(
* and i feel like i need to add a disclaimer for all you epidural haters out there. I don't know yet if it was solely the epidural that caused all the problems. I had been having heart problems throughout the entire pregnancy. But the cardiologist had cleared me for labor- so i thought things would be fine. I'll be having surgery to close the hole in my heart in the next couple of months- so hopefully we won't ever have this problem again!
Phillip is one month today!! i can't believe how fast this last month has gone. he is just as cute as can be. for the most part he is still calm and easy going, with a few fussy moments here and there. I'm thinking of cutting dairy out of my diet to see if it helps his digestion a little better.....i've done it for a few days, but don't have much willpower. I LOVE CHEESE (and cow milk and yogurt and MILK CHOCOLATE) we shall see how it goes......i figure in the long run it would probably help me loose weight too, so i might as well do it!
