LADIES....JEREMIAH JAMES HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!

chantal21

He is here! I am soooooooooooooooooo in love. I post pictures ASAP. Gotta give me a little time. I haven't slept in about 24 hours...so I am about to go to sleep now. My little miracle is 8lbs 4oz. and 20 inches long! Little bit of hair but what is there is daddy's red hair....TOO CUTE!!! He was 2 weeks early, but PERFECTLY HEALTHY! I got to the midwife about 2:45pm.....everything went REALLY quick until I hit 8cm.....Oh man...I thought I was going to have him really quick....but because his head was slightly turned...it slowed EVERYTHING down once the sun went down. They had to give me 2 bags of saline water because I got so dehydrated from diarrhea even though I had 10 bottles of water all day. I must have looked like a ghost or something, they were very concerned. I thought he would be here on the 10th...but he decided to show up at 4:20 a.m. on the 11th after a long 5 hours in agony because nothing was happening, and the contractions were on top of eachother with no end (or so it felt) and EXTREMELY painful. I was perfectly fine until I hit 8cm and everything slowed down. My midwife was contemplating taking me to the hospital at one point, she kinda threw it out there as an option and that it could happen, so I was prepared. (and believe me, had they broken down and taken me I would have had an epidural) Thankfully they didn't and I held out just fine!! WELL WORTH THE PAIN....LET ME TELL YOU!!! =) Would I do again??? YES....but come back to me in 10 years and then we'll talk! LOL!!!!
Then we were thinking maybe we would just go ahead and break my water. After careful planning and ready to go to the hospital if the baby didn't respond well, she broke my water. His heartrate stayed great so it was okay. After she broke it, I pushed for an hour and 20 min and FINALLY he was out. WOW....that really hurt and it took a lot out of me. I feel soooooo tired and ready for sleep but I had to update you ladies.
Oh yea...also, I did not have the water birth...I did however labor in the tub before I was 8cm and it felt great. After I was 8cm for hours on end, the tub really didn't work anymore....but because the baby was having position problems...they didn't want me to push in the tub. I was on the toilet, birthing stool, bed, standing, nothing really felt good. In between pushing, I would fall asleep for a min or two, regain my strength, and pushed again. I was laying down most of the time on my side pushing and screaming bloody murder (up until that point I was quiet as a mouse and noone believed I was 8 cm!!!) Then once the head finally came out (oh my goodness) I got on all fours and he came right out!!! Thank the LORD!!! =) We are trying to nurse and having some difficulties, but that is to be expected, and I am NOT going to give up. OH LADIES....I AM SOOOOOO IN LOVE!!!!! I can't stop kissing him and staring at him. He has my almond eyes...and everything else is my husband's! LOL. HE doesn't really look like my child....I am a very tanned woman with a white baby!! hehe. =) Can't wait to share those pics...later today I will put them up. He already opened his eyes and was trying to look at me. HE is such a good baby so far! He is out like a light right now so time for MOMMY (hehe tha'ts me!!!!) to get some sleep! Thanks be to God for keeping us both safe and healthy. =) EEEEEEK!!

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