Just Me, My Boys, and a Girl!: October 2012

He's here! He arrived close to 3 weeks early, and I'm so glad! It was not the easiest pregnancy! Started out thinking it was a miscarriage, hospitalized twice for kidney stones, and the last month was sooooo painful! Much more than my previous 2 pregnancies! I thought he was going to be a huge baby just because I was always in so much pain! I thought he was going to come Thursday, but that day my house was such a mess, I was just in a complete frenzy to clean in! Once it was clean that night, I knew I was ready for the baby to come, and I felt like it would be any time now. Sure enough, the next day I started contracting. It was so frustrating! It would be 2 minutes apart for 45 minutes, then slow down for an hour. It did that the whole day! I called the office to ask if I should go in anyway because I had c/sections. The nurse was pretty dumb. She said not to come in until the contractions were 2 minutes apart and too painful to talk through. Then I would know my cervix was dilating. I said, "Well, that would be new, because I certainly never dilated with my other two." "Oh. You had c/sections?" Uh, yeah, that would be why I called and said it would be my 3rd c/section! Hello? Anybody there? So she then said I had to wait till they were consistent and not slowing down ever. Well, at that time it had been over an hour, so I called to find a babysitter and hoped and prayed it wouldn't stop. I didn't think it would take nearly and hour and a half to get somebody over! My mom was with her sister's, my dad was late getting off work, and Alyse didn't have a car! Finally, Alyse's fiance's mom said she'd drop Alyse off to watch the boys till my dad could come. They were leaving, when my dad made it home, so Alyse stayed with her fiance and I waited (impatiently) for my dad to come over. It just sucked he was clear in Payson at the time! But it turned out to be a good thing. Matt was able to make it home and get dressed, I was able to keep walking to keep the contractions nice and strong, and get the boys packed to spend a couple of nights at Grandma's house. We got to the hospital, and of course, they had to check my cervix. I was a 1. Big shock. They asked my pain level. 3 or 4, so I said, "About an 8." Always better to round up, cause I'd rather not wait for them to be extremely painful before surgery. That would be stupid. It was around 7 or so, so they didn't even make me wait a whole hour before calling the dr. After 45 minutes they came in and informed me I got to have a baby soon. Yay! No time to panic about surgery, cause I had to get ready for it! Matt and I called our parents, they did all the IV and fun stuff, then took me to the OR while Matt got dressed in his fancy OR outfit. The anesthetist did a wonderful job! I was so numb, I didn't even worry about feeling anything! Just the way it should be! He did make me wear an oxygen mask, but that didn't bother me too much. I hate having the spinal without my husband there to hold, though! There is just something so comforting about having him there, and the nurse is not a great replacement, though my nurses were all wonderful! Matt arrived and held my hand, and all was well. We then just waited. As they pulled out the baby, they told Matt he could watch. He stood up, watched, then with misty eyes told me, "It's a boy!" I was so happy! I've never really been one to be overly concerned about not getting my daughter. I would love to have one someday, but I adore my boys so much, I could never be upset about getting all sons! Matt looked torn over whether to stay or leave to go to our baby, so I said, "Matt, get over there and look after our little boy." He gave me a quick kiss, then left across the room. It didn't take long before I got to see my handsome little thing. The nurse said she wanted me to see how cute he was before they got him all cleaned and wrapped, and I was grateful! Matt said he looked normal size, so I was pretty surprised when they yelled out the weight, 5lbs 14 oz! No way! Matt is not a good judge of size! We got our first pic as a family in the OR, then Matt left while they finished stitching me up. I only had to stay in my room an hour before they wheeled my bed down. I saw Matt rocking the little guy through the window, and they brought him right in! Of course, recovery has sucked. They say each c-section gets easier, but I think they keep getting more painful! It didn't help that I ended up with a spinal headache! They gave me a blood patch, and it fixed me right up! I ended up staying an extra night, so I'll go home in the morning. But I'm so happy we have this sweet, special little boy in our care, and I just adore him! Totally worth all the pain!

Anxiously awaiting my little one. They all guessed girl, but I told them they were wrong:)

I was way off on size! I guessed around 7 lbs. So did not expect 5 lbs 14 oz! And only 17 1/2 inches!

Introduced to my sweet boy. I instantly knew his name was Thomas, it just fit him perfectly! His middle name is Brian after Matt's dad. Matt was pretty excited about that:)