After a fast and furious labor last night Rohan arrived at 1:55 amCST. He weighs 9lbs 1oz and is 22 inches long. He seems to be a happy contented soul and his sisters are madly in love 
DH w/ his first son It's funny though.. everyone just KNEW he wanted a boy and he still says he could have carried less what came out
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Okay, here's the birth story Rohan is in a hold me or I'll cry mood so I sat at the computer and typed it up
So, I was just sick and tired of being pregnant LOL.. SO, last night (Nov 19th) at 40wks 5 days I took a dose of castor oil at about 5:30 and then the second dose around 7:30. I’d been having lots of more painful BH contractions over the past 2 days and been losing a lot of mucus so I was really hoping that would kick it into high gear. After the second dose I went to town while DH watched the girls and shopped for my mom a b-day gift. While there I felt a few contractions that made me really stop and take notice.. They just felt diff. than the previous BH’s. But, they weren’t consistent and they were at least 17-20 min’s apart so I sorta ignored them. I got home about 9:30 and we got the girls to bed and I got on the internet. By 10:30 I was noticing contractions fairly often but they were mild enough to be BH’s.. from 9:30-10:30 I was also spending a lot of time w/ the porcelin throne while the castor oil did it’s job LOL. That actually wasn’t that bad.. And it was sorta nice to know that I wouldn’t have to worry about a difficult bowel movement after labor! Anyway.. At around 10:30 I started timing contractions on the computer and noticed they were about 2 min’s apart and lasted about 30-40 sec’s.. still extremely manageable. So, I went and started a movie Come about 11:30 I had noticed them becoming more and more uncomfortable but they were still feeling like BH’s. So, I quit the movie at around midnight and went back to the computer to update some folks and time more contractions. I was still not seeing ANY bloody show or mucus.. And the contractions were still quite mild so I wasn’t sure if it was the real thing or not yet! At around 12:30 I decided that it was def. The real thing.. The contractions were still 2 min’s apart but lasting longer so I called the midwife to let her know I was in labor. I told her I’d call back when things got more intense.. Just wanted to let her know that I’d probably need her that night. About 20 min’s later I got DH to call and tell her to come ON. LOL.. They picked up VERY quickly past 12:30 and I knew I didn’t have long. It takes her 30 min’s to get here. While we were waiting on her I moved to the toliet to labor since I still had a bit of castor oil in me apparently LOL. While there I noticed blood and several clots.. Sorta freaked me out but not really KWIM? I though.. Hey weird.. But didn’t worry about it. I’m thinking that by the time I got to that point w/ the girls I was already on a hospital bed before so I just didn’t notice. After just a few contractions on the toliet I was getting REALLY pushy.. I just went w/ what my body needed me to do. Was strange because some contractions I would really need to push and the next one I wouldn’t. I was also almost falling asleep in between contractions at this point. They picked up so quickly in intensity that it was a bit overwhelming.. My water broke at around 1:25 or so and it was a light pea green color.. Surprisingly that didn’t worry me either! I had DH call the midwife to let her know though and she said she was about 5-10 min’s away so that was a relief. It cracks me up to remember because at this point DH was standing outside the little potty room and every time I’d have a contraction and push I’d see him staring down there in total fear that a head was about to pop out LOL.. He later said he wanted me to move off the toliet but didn’t want to say anything but mainly he was convinced he was about to catch a baby himself. At that point I didn’t care if the midwife was there or not.. I had DH lay towels down on the floor so if I did deliver before she got there I could scoot of the toliet real quick and have him there.
Anyway, the midwife arrived around 1:35 or so I think.. Set up super quickly and came to take my blood pressure.. Then she noticed I was pushing LOL.. SO they quickly moved me to the bed (I didn’t want to have the baby on the toliet).. DH almost had to carry me because there was no easy moving at that stage. I ended up laying on the bed because it took the least amount of energy from me. She looked real quick and told me that she could see the head.. I never once got a cervical exam to see how dilated I was I had been quite worried that she would find me to only be 6-7 cm’s because I’ve got the pushy reflex early w/ both girls.. Thankfully that wasn’t the case this time around. So, I started pushing probably around 1:45 or so.. Only w/ contractions and no forced pushing.. She supported my perineum which actually kinda hurt but I’m now super thankful for since I didn’t tear. I could tell while I was pushing this kiddo was harder to get out than my girls were.. They were both right at 7lbs 13 oz. W/ 13 inch heads. Pushing those last few min’s was super uncomfortable too.. It hurt between contractions quite badly. Finally I felt the head crown and the midwife had me blow thru that contraction.. With the next one I pushed the head out and was surprised that the rest of the body didn’t “slither” out after it like the girls. I had to wait until the next contraction and push the body out. The midwife immediately laid him on my stomach and I got to admire him while she checked me out. He didn’t cry at all.. Just laid there and looked around She asked me what we had and I realized I hadn’t checked.. Looked and he was def. All boy LOL. She looked at him real quick, proclaimed him nice, healthy and pink and then told me to tell her when I got another contraction. It took about 10 min’s but I finally got one and the placenta came out w/ one easy push. The cord had already stopped pulsing so she went ahead and cut it after DH let her know he did NOT want to do it LOL She went ahead and checked me out and said there were no tears.. Which really surprised me because I had a 2nd degree tear w/ both of the girls (an epi w/ the first one and tear w/ the second) She started cleaning up the area, putting down fresh pads, etc.. got DH to get me a drink and we just admired our new little boy for awhile After that she helped me to the bathroom, got me some pads out etc.. and let me shower while DH held the baby. After I got done w/ a shower (which felt GREAT) she checked the baby out.. She hadn’t did anything w/ him until then.. Just let us admire him He was 22 inches long and 9lbs 1 oz.. Quite a bit bigger than my 19inch 7lbs13oz. Girls. His head AND chest were 14.5 inches which explained why I had to push again to get that chest out.. It was actually a bit bigger than his head.
He’s a contented happy little thing.. Too much soo LOL.. It’s hard to wake him to eat! But, everything went well and we are doing great.. I couldn’t be happier w/ my midwife either She left 2 hours after he arrived and we had fresh sheets on the bed, the mess had been cleaned up, she had got us all ready for bed and we went to sleep
DH w/ his first son
It's funny though.. everyone just KNEW he wanted a boy and he still says he could have carried less what came out http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/DSC_0639.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...DSC_0642-1.jpg
Okay, here's the birth story Rohan is in a hold me or I'll cry mood so I sat at the computer and typed it up
So, I was just sick and tired of being pregnant LOL.. SO, last night (Nov 19th) at 40wks 5 days I took a dose of castor oil at about 5:30 and then the second dose around 7:30. I’d been having lots of more painful BH contractions over the past 2 days and been losing a lot of mucus so I was really hoping that would kick it into high gear. After the second dose I went to town while DH watched the girls and shopped for my mom a b-day gift. While there I felt a few contractions that made me really stop and take notice.. They just felt diff. than the previous BH’s. But, they weren’t consistent and they were at least 17-20 min’s apart so I sorta ignored them. I got home about 9:30 and we got the girls to bed and I got on the internet. By 10:30 I was noticing contractions fairly often but they were mild enough to be BH’s.. from 9:30-10:30 I was also spending a lot of time w/ the porcelin throne while the castor oil did it’s job LOL. That actually wasn’t that bad.. And it was sorta nice to know that I wouldn’t have to worry about a difficult bowel movement after labor! Anyway.. At around 10:30 I started timing contractions on the computer and noticed they were about 2 min’s apart and lasted about 30-40 sec’s.. still extremely manageable. So, I went and started a movie Come about 11:30 I had noticed them becoming more and more uncomfortable but they were still feeling like BH’s. So, I quit the movie at around midnight and went back to the computer to update some folks and time more contractions. I was still not seeing ANY bloody show or mucus.. And the contractions were still quite mild so I wasn’t sure if it was the real thing or not yet! At around 12:30 I decided that it was def. The real thing.. The contractions were still 2 min’s apart but lasting longer so I called the midwife to let her know I was in labor. I told her I’d call back when things got more intense.. Just wanted to let her know that I’d probably need her that night. About 20 min’s later I got DH to call and tell her to come ON. LOL.. They picked up VERY quickly past 12:30 and I knew I didn’t have long. It takes her 30 min’s to get here. While we were waiting on her I moved to the toliet to labor since I still had a bit of castor oil in me apparently LOL. While there I noticed blood and several clots.. Sorta freaked me out but not really KWIM? I though.. Hey weird.. But didn’t worry about it. I’m thinking that by the time I got to that point w/ the girls I was already on a hospital bed before so I just didn’t notice. After just a few contractions on the toliet I was getting REALLY pushy.. I just went w/ what my body needed me to do. Was strange because some contractions I would really need to push and the next one I wouldn’t. I was also almost falling asleep in between contractions at this point. They picked up so quickly in intensity that it was a bit overwhelming.. My water broke at around 1:25 or so and it was a light pea green color.. Surprisingly that didn’t worry me either! I had DH call the midwife to let her know though and she said she was about 5-10 min’s away so that was a relief. It cracks me up to remember because at this point DH was standing outside the little potty room and every time I’d have a contraction and push I’d see him staring down there in total fear that a head was about to pop out LOL.. He later said he wanted me to move off the toliet but didn’t want to say anything but mainly he was convinced he was about to catch a baby himself. At that point I didn’t care if the midwife was there or not.. I had DH lay towels down on the floor so if I did deliver before she got there I could scoot of the toliet real quick and have him there.
Anyway, the midwife arrived around 1:35 or so I think.. Set up super quickly and came to take my blood pressure.. Then she noticed I was pushing LOL.. SO they quickly moved me to the bed (I didn’t want to have the baby on the toliet).. DH almost had to carry me because there was no easy moving at that stage. I ended up laying on the bed because it took the least amount of energy from me. She looked real quick and told me that she could see the head.. I never once got a cervical exam to see how dilated I was I had been quite worried that she would find me to only be 6-7 cm’s because I’ve got the pushy reflex early w/ both girls.. Thankfully that wasn’t the case this time around. So, I started pushing probably around 1:45 or so.. Only w/ contractions and no forced pushing.. She supported my perineum which actually kinda hurt but I’m now super thankful for since I didn’t tear. I could tell while I was pushing this kiddo was harder to get out than my girls were.. They were both right at 7lbs 13 oz. W/ 13 inch heads. Pushing those last few min’s was super uncomfortable too.. It hurt between contractions quite badly. Finally I felt the head crown and the midwife had me blow thru that contraction.. With the next one I pushed the head out and was surprised that the rest of the body didn’t “slither” out after it like the girls. I had to wait until the next contraction and push the body out. The midwife immediately laid him on my stomach and I got to admire him while she checked me out. He didn’t cry at all.. Just laid there and looked around She asked me what we had and I realized I hadn’t checked.. Looked and he was def. All boy LOL. She looked at him real quick, proclaimed him nice, healthy and pink and then told me to tell her when I got another contraction. It took about 10 min’s but I finally got one and the placenta came out w/ one easy push. The cord had already stopped pulsing so she went ahead and cut it after DH let her know he did NOT want to do it LOL She went ahead and checked me out and said there were no tears.. Which really surprised me because I had a 2nd degree tear w/ both of the girls (an epi w/ the first one and tear w/ the second) She started cleaning up the area, putting down fresh pads, etc.. got DH to get me a drink and we just admired our new little boy for awhile After that she helped me to the bathroom, got me some pads out etc.. and let me shower while DH held the baby. After I got done w/ a shower (which felt GREAT) she checked the baby out.. She hadn’t did anything w/ him until then.. Just let us admire him He was 22 inches long and 9lbs 1 oz.. Quite a bit bigger than my 19inch 7lbs13oz. Girls. His head AND chest were 14.5 inches which explained why I had to push again to get that chest out.. It was actually a bit bigger than his head.
He’s a contented happy little thing.. Too much soo LOL.. It’s hard to wake him to eat! But, everything went well and we are doing great.. I couldn’t be happier w/ my midwife either She left 2 hours after he arrived and we had fresh sheets on the bed, the mess had been cleaned up, she had got us all ready for bed and we went to sleep
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