Hi all!! I'm just sending a quickie note, as I am supposed to be sleeping. I've only had a chance to skim the posts but huge congrats to all the new mommas and babies!
I hope to have the birth story written out in the next couple of weeks, depending on when I can finally stop driving to the NICU. For now the basics are I woke up needing to pee but it turned out to be a 5 minute contraction that had me already feeling the need to push. A couple more normal contrax (30 sec - 1 min) about 5 minutes apart, then 3 min, then 2, then I thought I needed to poo, but turned out I was complete, with the water bag bursting out into my hand and all over the bathroom. Then it was the next hour or so trying not to push as the paramedics (who were SO freaked out!!) whisked me out of the bathroom and off to the ER. I really was bearing down through most of the hour, cause I couldn't stop it, my body just took over, but in the end it was just one push from the ring of fire and he came flying out, 15" head and all. Thank goodness the paramedics choose the hospital farther away and for the cocky OB intern on his last day who took a chance (not like he had much choice, there was no stopping this babe!!) My MW actually said she was gonna call Ina May!! (oh, yeah, they're friends)
Anyway, Kieran is still in the NICU with pneumonia. They thought it might just be some fluid that didn't get squeezed out in delivery, but that would have been gone by now. He is steadily getting better, stayed on each breast for at least 25 minutes today without needing the oxygen turned up whereas yesterday he had to unlatch every couple of minutes to rest. He isn't very "sick", just breathes really fast sometimes and has to be on oxygen levels about 2 - 10 % more than room quality air. We did choose to have a feeding tube put in last night so that I could come home for a few hours to sleep. We could have let them use a bottle but I would prefer not to even flirt with nipple confusion, plus it gives his body a rest from the work of eating. We've got 2 more days of antibx and beyond that it is just up to his body to get well enough to come home.
Anyhow, I have to go pump and head back to the hospital. I'll try to post more updates when we have them. labor vibes, belly rubs and baby kisses to all!!
