baby time

[qjraven8]

k, surprise of all surprises ..... headin out to the hosp!!!!
send good energy please :

[bohemama]

good energy and peaceful birth vibes coming your way!!!

[AutumnMama]

Hope you have a wonderful healthy labor and birth!

[noteworthy]

thinking of you, best wishes!

[maciascl]

peaceful labor & healthy baby vibes comeing your way!!!

[littleteapot]

Thinking of you.

[RainbowsMum]

Sending positive vibes!!

[quinbearzmama]

Thinking of you and sending you peaceful birth vibes

[ish]

Sending lots of quick easy labor & healthy baby and mama vibes your way!

[Sanguine]

Thinking of you... wishing you both an easy & peaceful birth!

[unitytree]

sending you thoughts for a gentle birth!

[dvons]

Wishing you a wonderful birth!!



Deb

[soccermominsd]

blessings to you for a wonderful birth

[qjraven8]

update

hello all!

sitting here holding my precious ds, exhausted and exhilerated all at once
being a new single mom is quite a task but worth every bit ... even the horribly swollen sore breasts cuz we're having a rough start with the bf. he nursed like a champ at the hospital, but of course my mild didnt really come in until i was home and both of us bein new to it all, its a bit of a challange ... one i refuse to back down from though

last few days have been a bit of a blurr starting out with saturday and fooling myself for quite a while that it couldnt be the real deal, i wasnt really in labor, my body was just practicing ya know?
i had worked a 10hr day on 3rd shift the prev. night and really only got about 3-4hrs of sleep before i realized i was waking up every 10-15min with contractions. tried walking around, drinkin water, all kinds of different stuff to see if it changed at all. kept thinking, "i haven't lost my plug at all" among other things that would signify that i was in labor "so it must not be the real deal" ... plus my baby shower was at 7pm and i wanted to be there for it
anyway, called my midwife about 4pm and told her what was going on and she said, well let me know when you want to meet at the hosp, cuz it sure as hell sounds like the real deal to me! she thought i was pretty funny .... so i called her about 5pm and said ... yeah, i think i should prob go to the hosp, the cx were starting to get hard to talk through and were getting to be 7-10min apart ... finally got ahold of my mom who said she'd shower and come pick me up (had been sweaty and doin yard work all day) and i thought that would be fine ...
realized i hadnt packed my bag -- oooops!!! -- so got as busy as i could trying to gather things together, also took a shower cuz i thought it was a good idea for some reason, that's when i really started to kinda worry that i would make it to the hosp ...
-----by the way sorry this is all so disjointed :
anyway, mom got here and i was ready to run out the door - kinda - so we did and on the way realized the cx were about 3min apart. mw beat us to the hosp which was good. had silly paperwork to do first - i thought i filled out preadmission forms, but apparently those were just practice? : - by the time i was in the room, mw checked and i was at 8cm. she filled the tub for me and i got in. basically i had been at the hosp all of 1hr 15min (paperwork included) before i had my ds. pushed for all of 15min. mw was a god send, nurse was a blessing, mom was super wonderful, and best friend was the best support energy ....

stats

felix emerson q----
09/16/06 @ 6:43pm
8lbs 10oz --- good thing he wasnt born at the edd!
20 1/2in long
(thank the universe no stitches!!!)


i'm so in love :



ps thank you all for sending the wonderful birthing vibes

[Earthy~Mama]

WTG Jen!!! Congrats on baby Felix!

[soccermominsd]

Congratulations Jen and WELCOME sweet Felix!!!

You sound so wonderfully happy!