Daniel's Birth Day

My boy is being checked out by the pediatrician so I have a little time before he's back and hungry. And man, that boy loves to eat. But more on that later.

I was supposed to be induced yesterday at 5:30 am. Well, I ended up going into spontaneous labor at 3 am, contractions 7 minutes apart. We didn't rush to the hospital as we knew we had an "appointment" anyway. We got to the hospital around 5:15. I was at a 2 when I was first checked, 80%effaced. Contractions hurt like hell.

I was making great progress but still needed a minimal amount of pitocin. Before the pitocin even kicked in, my contractions were at an 8 pain level, and I think I have a pretty high pain tolerance. I decided to get my epidural: best decision ever. Once we got the dosage correct and figured out that most of the medicine was dripping to my left, I was able to lay on my left side and sleep on and off for three hours.

At that point I was about 6 cm and progressed rapidly after that. I started pushing at 2:00 and he was born at 2:17!! Sparky was the best coach I could've ever asked for. The pushing was great and I felt no psi. I did have a tiny episiotomy unfortunately. She gave me the option to keep trying but with the cut, baby came immediately.

Daniel weighs 8 pounds 3 ounces and is 20 inches long. For a 5'4" girl, that's a big baby! He's precious and alert and as of now, easy to soothe. We had him in the nursery last night and I fed him every three hours. Sparky and I got some sleep which was nice. He's being circumcised right now (wahhhh!!!) and then he'll be back here with us.

Breast feeding is tough but I think we're getting the hang of it. The post partum recovery is difficult. I wasn't expecting this much pain or needing pain medicine. But that's ok.

I'm sure I will post more pics soon :) the first pic is from yesterday and the second one is from this morning.