Our son Dylan Daniel finally made an appearance on Sunday, December 28th at 1:47pm - 11 days past his due date. He is incredibly healthy - weighing in at 8lb14oz and just beautiful. He doesn't look "overdone" at all - he didn't have any vernix but he also didn't have any peeling - very soft, wonderful skin.
He was born at home after a hard but beautiful 10 hour labor. Contrax started out at about 4-5 minutes apart and quickly progressed to what felt like a really long transition (like 3 hours of it). It was definitely very difficult but one contrax at a time really helped me to get through it. I had a wonderful support team including my 9 year old daughter who was just amazing through the whole thing. I didn't tear except one labial laceration requiring just one stich - even though he came out pretty fast and had a big unmolded head. Overall, it was my dream come true homebirth. Recovery has been awesome and he and the whole family are just doing great.
You can see pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3379349...7611756070783/ (Yes, the midwife is the one featured in Business of Being Born - and she was phenomenal!)
Good luck to everyone still waiting. I REALLY know how hard the waiting is.
He was born at home after a hard but beautiful 10 hour labor. Contrax started out at about 4-5 minutes apart and quickly progressed to what felt like a really long transition (like 3 hours of it). It was definitely very difficult but one contrax at a time really helped me to get through it. I had a wonderful support team including my 9 year old daughter who was just amazing through the whole thing. I didn't tear except one labial laceration requiring just one stich - even though he came out pretty fast and had a big unmolded head. Overall, it was my dream come true homebirth. Recovery has been awesome and he and the whole family are just doing great.
You can see pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3379349...7611756070783/ (Yes, the midwife is the one featured in Business of Being Born - and she was phenomenal!)
Good luck to everyone still waiting. I REALLY know how hard the waiting is.
elcome Dylan and great job Mama!
