I finally had Leo, after seven days past my due date my midwife finally said, "alright, your water is low I think it's time to induce you" now as some people may or may not know, there are usually some possible complications with inducing, the possibility of a C-section is significantly higher and it's usually a longer process than it would be if things had happened naturally.
But luckily I'm a baby making master and my labor practically went perfectly :D
With of course the exception of a little tearing, Leo decided he wanted to put his hand up next to his cheek when he was coming out so that made the need for a bigger doorway which he promptly made for himself, about ten stitches (which hurts like crazy but I don't care, they were worth it <3)
I ended up getting the epidural, I know I said I didn't want it but I'm so very glad I got it, I would have been dying without it, and possibly growling at my mom the entire time (I had already started when I decided to get it) I didn't even feel it, the nice guy did it between contractions and within maybe even less than 10 seconds I was starting to get numb after that I was in heaven :D
After all this I was able to hold and feed my baby, everything was perfect, of course he didn't breathe for the first 5 seconds of his life but he did and then he got his weight and length and all that good stuff, blood type and the such. Then I got to feed him which was amazing in its self.
Of course things had to get not so perfect, the day before I was going to be discharged the nurse came and told me that Leo was spitting up blood and when they put a tube in his tummy to try and see what was going on, fresh blood started to come out when originally it was old blood. This was scary, I cried, I didn't want my baby to have anything wrong with him, he was so perfect before all that and then suddenly something goes wrong, what could that mean? Well, turns out it was just some of my blood he swallowed during delivery. Phew! breath of fresh air.... what? now he's pooping fresh blood? DAMNIT! we were so close to being discharged I'm glad they caught it before we left though I would have freaked out so bad if I had taken him home and then things started to go wrong again.
They tested him again and couldn't find anything obviously wrong so they asked me to stop nursing for a while.. after that the bloody stool stopped coming and they were feeding him the most expensive formula you could buy. No worries though I would have done it if I had to, plus WIC would give me some for a while if I needed it. So basically they told me to stop drinking milk for a while so we could try him on the breast later because they were assuming that he has an allergy to cow proteins.
They sent us home on Tuesday after noon and everything has been going great with the formula, we went to a doctor appointment for Leo this morning and they gave me the go-ahead to start breast feeding again (YES!! no more precarious trips up and down the stairs in the middle of the night!!!)
So now for the facts and info :DD
Name: Leonardo Nathaniel Brewer
Birthday: March 26, 2010
Birth weight: 6 lbs 13 oz
Height: 19 1/2''
