march 4th 2009

26 hours of labor , 2 epidurals 6 attempts at a spinal block and I finally have my son. I went into the hospital on march 3rd at 4 pm because ,y blood pressure was dangerously high. (159 over 109) they started my induction but I labored for 26 hours and only got to 2 centimeters dilated. It was shear hell and toward the end Andrew changed positions and jammed him self under my lungs so I couldn’t breath the wouldn’t give me pain meds because he kept kicking him self off the monitors. James was there for a few hours in the beginning but ats luck would have it he had to start his new job the next day.
My mom, and grandmother never left my side my whole family was there dad tried reading to me to make me sleep yeah that didn’t work but it was a nice try lol they did a c section which I was awake for he weighed 7 pound fourteen inches and was 19 and ¾ inches tall. I got to see James before I went in but my mom was with me threw the surgery. The recovery room arts mostly a blur it seemed like a dream but when I got to my room I had them bring Andrew to me. I didn’t cry when I saw him more just stared he is the piece I didn’t know I was missing.
I lay in bed after the took him back, talking to my mom until three am and I was like I bet my sons awake my mom went to check and sure enough he wasn’t only awake he was alert. He seems so intelligent , hes a very laid back baby, he gripped my fingers and just stared as I talked to him. I love him more then words. Everyones in love with hm its amazing.
We tried breast feeding and it amazed me how he new what to do but the drugs from the surgery made my body not function right so he only got fed that way a few times.. But that was an amazing bonding experience for sure.
James came up the next night to stay with me, he wasn’t all that into the baby until I made him hold him so I could go to thte bath room then his whole face lit up lol all the jokes about a dna test went out the window Andrew looks just like his daddy ! Well ill up date again im still in a lot of pain but hes healthy and amazing and im getting threw it, my mom has been so amazing threw all this I don’t know what im gonna do when she leaves…..