Lincoln was born last night, 12/19/2008, at 9:20 pm 
:. 8 lbs, 3oz., 21 inches long. We returned home from the birth center at 2:15 am and managed to get a little bit of rest. Baby is doing great! I will add details later!
Haven't had time yet to write up the birth story, but we did get some pics posted here.
:. 8 lbs, 3oz., 21 inches long. We returned home from the birth center at 2:15 am and managed to get a little bit of rest. Baby is doing great! I will add details later!Haven't had time yet to write up the birth story, but we did get some pics posted here.
Lincoln! Love your name.
But, when our midwife checked, I was only 4 cm. Very disappointing! She said I should try walking around or getting in the birth tub for a couple hours and she would check me again at that point. If nothing progressed further, she was going to send me back home to labor there. Well, there was no way I was getting back in a car to go home, so by the end of the 2 hours I somehow managed to get to 6 cm. Our midwife said there was no way I was going home now without a baby! 
, so said it was fine. I didn't even notice her do it! As soon as she did, she suggested I get out of the tub because she felt the water was really tiring me out. I really didn't want to, but was so glad I did. I think because I was in the tub for so long, it had begun to stall things because as soon as I got on the bed, things really began to get intense! Lucas laid next to me and helped me get through the constant contracting. They were starting to hurt my back. After about an hour, I was ready to push. I never imagined giving birth on the bed, but it turned out it was for the best. In all, I pushed for 45 minutes. The head came out, and then things got a little frantic. I was unaware of it at the time, which was good! Lincoln was stuck with a combo of shoulder distocia and occult cord prolapse (it was resting on the shoulder) and couldn't turn to come out. Lucas says at this point the head started turning deep purple and he was sure something bad was going to happen. I was oblivious to all of this, only noticing that Lucas was crying a little (which I thought were just happy tears). Our midwife told me she needed me to roll over on my hands and knees right away, so I did and after one push (and some help from her, Lincoln was born! He was very, very purple and not breathing right away, and at this point I began to think something was wrong because Lucas hadn't said anything at all. So I turned around and saw Lincoln laying on the bed with the midwife and apprentice working on him and then he took his first breath! It was amazing. I looked back at Lucas, who was crying, and told him it was a boy. He had been too scared to look. As soon as Lincoln was breathing on his own, the midwife handed him to me and Lucas and I got to meet our son. 
