Wow, it has been a while... and man has our life changed! For the better of course. :)
Albert Joseph Reinberg was born at 1:19am on August 9th. (He didnt want to compete with all those Olympians on the 8th..haha) He was 19.5 inches long and weighed 6lb 4oz. He has a massive cone head bc he was so far down in the birth canal while I was stalled out in my contractions!
What happened...
First of all, I could NOT wait to have this baby. I was miserable. I had been sleeping on the couch for weeks bc I needed to be upright to get comfortable. I am telling you, I dont miss being pregnant at all right now. So, Thursday night (the 7th) I started having regular contractions again. So naturally, I started cleaning the house and then Beau and I went on a 3 hour walk... I mean, I wanted this baby out! We went to the hospital at 11pm and I was so upset bc I was still only dilated to a 2 and 50 % effaced!! Ahhh.
We went home, slept (somewhat well actually... a blessing from God), and went to work the next day. My water broke at 9am on Friday and I was elated to say the least. Mariella, a girl that works with me, brought me to the hospital and Beau met me there with our bags. Al was finally going to come for sure! I was dilating just fine and got to a 4 1/2 and then stalled out. At 3 they came in and told me I need to get the show on the rode since my water had broken. I was at a higher risk for infection the longer the baby stayed in there. So they wanted to start Pitosin, which totally freaked me out and made me upset. I really wanted to have this baby naturally and I was so afraid the ptosin would be unbearable. But, I said they could start it anyway... didnt want to risk infection to the baby. Man... I the early labor contractions are NOTHING lik active labor contractions! Holy cow. I thought I was going to die... literally. I think I said those very words about a thousand times. At 10pm I had still only dilated to a 6 1/2 and they said I could be in this pain for another 10 hours if I couldnt relax in between contractions. (RELAX!, are you kidding me... I felt like I was on a bad rollercoaster, just waiting for the next drop). Finally at 11, I got an epidural... wow, I thought the sky opened up and the heavens were shining down on me; it felt so good.
I dilaed, effaced and pushed the baby out in 2 hours after the epidural... piece of cake.
He is adorable. I just want to snuggle with him all day. The hospital stay was so nice.. all those people doting on you and making sure you are doing ok. Sometimes I would like to go back, just for a night. haha
He is doing so well now. And, I am so lucky bc I feel great and have felt great since the day after he was born. I am up and moving with minimal pain and he is a champion breast feeder. I couldnt have asked for a better senario. Beau has been so helpful, and since he only works a couple of blocks away, Al and I walk down to see him periodically, which is nice. I am getting used to this being off work, though I am not sure if I could do it all the time. I think part- time would be perfect... but we dont live in a perfect world now do we... :)
Al had gained 3oz at his first Dr.apt last week and we go back this week to make sure he is still gaining. We'll let you know how it goes! Grandma Leslie is coming in tomorrow and will be here for a week!! Nana and Papa are coming over labor day wih Great Granny Marak... we cant wait to see all of them!
