He was born on January 5th, at 4:52am
He is now just over a month old and is doing wonderful. He is a true joy in our lives.
I wanted to just tell you a little bit of the time line flowering his birth story.
On Thursday, January 1st, I was feeling very uncomfortable and my contractions were very close and the doctor told us at our last apt that he would be here any day, well I wanted to speed it up a bit so Matthew and I went out to get some errends done. And while out I was getting worse and worse when people ask when my labor started I say Thursday because that's when everything started to get moving.
By Saturday I was a mess and we went to the hospital, but they sent me home because I wasn't progressing like I should have. That night I slept very little, my contractions were very painful and very frequent.
When Matthew got home from work on Sunday he helped me manage the pain and helped me be a little more comfortable, but it didn't last long and soon I was calling my doula asking her what I should do, her response, go to the hospital. And in a flash we were there.
I was in full labor, I had jumped from a 2 to a 5 over night, I was really excited because that ment I was going to be having a baby very soon, or so I thought.
At 1am on Monday they broke my water and that's when we found out that something was wrong, my body was running on so little sleep and it was very stressed that it didn't know what to do, so it wasn't letting me have James. The doctor have me two options, get an epidural and maybe that will work, or get a c-section. So I got the epidural, they let me sleep for an hour, and 45 minutes later he was born.
He came out at 7 lbs and 11 oz, 21 inches long. He was 39 weeks gestational.
I was in hard labor for a total of 40+ hours, I was trying to do it all natural, but due to circumstances I wasn't able to. But I am happy with my birth, it was a wonderful experience for me and I am happy with the end result.
So it didn't go according to my birth plan, but it was what needed to happen and I am happy that everything was okay.
My husband was such a trooper, he suffers from narcolepsy, but stayed awake for the whole birth. And my doula was wonderful, she was very supportive and was there when I needed her.
Here is a picture of James at two weeks
This was him right when he got home from the hospital and had his first sponge bath.
This was him on his one month mark.
And this was two days ago.
He is s very happy content baby.
I love my little family so much, and James it's such a wonderful blessing. I can't wait to see what the future will bring.
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