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ANR1211
My loves

Member since 2/11

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A

My baby is here!

I had Chat Icon Reid at 7:28pm on 2/1/13! It was such an easy delivery, but it's been a rough recovery. I am so in love with my gigantic baby -- we came home today! The only time he cries is when he has a poopy diaper (which is basically every diaper -- this kid is a poop machine!) or when he's hungry.

Birth story--

Reid was measuring 9 1/2lbs when I went for my 40week sono. I had been 2cm dilated for the past 4 weeks with no changes, so the doctor recommended an induction because all he was going to do was get bigger. I wanted to wait a few days to see if he'd come on his own, so I scheduled an induction for Friday.

Well, stubborn baby didn't come and so I went in for an 8:30am induction at Good Sam. I was set up in my room with the best nurse ever by 9 and started pitocin. I had progressed from 2-3cm since my appointment the other day. I couldn't even feel the contractions when they started and when I could feel them, I described them as mildly uncomfortable. I knew I wanted an epidural, so my nurse helped me decide when to get it. I will say that I really felt no pain because by the time I decided on an epidural, my contractions were 2 minutes apart, but only hurt a little. After the epidural, I was good!

About 2 hours after my epi, I started to feel a good amount of pain on my left side and I was super nauseated. They told me that was a good sign because it meant LO was very low. Sure enough, they checked me about a half hour into my severe pain and the doctor told me I was ready to push!

I was told I was probably going to push for 2 hours because of how big LO was. It was hard to push at first because I had no feeling, but I started to get a little feeling back by my 2nd round of pushing and I pushed my 9lb baby out within a half hour!

Now comes the bad part -- he tore me apart Chat Icon ...I wound up with 2-3 cuts deep inside and 1 cut on the outside. It took them almost 2 hours to sew me up because they were so hard to get to. I almost needed a blood transfusion, I had to stay on oxygen, and I basically passed out at one point. It was scary -- I stayed in recovery until 11pm.

Recovery has been really hard. I'm beyond swollen down there, but it is 100% worth it because this baby is the love of my life!!!

Thanks for reading if you got this far. I will say, if you are delivering at Good Sam -- I hope you get Janet as your delivery nurse -- she is AMAZING. The nurses in the maternity ward where you stay are hit or miss. I had an amazing day nurse and a night nurse that annoyed me a bit.

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windest
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Windy

Re: My baby is here!

Congratulations! He is beautiful! Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Posted 2/3/13 9:10 PM
 

IVFmiracle
Complete

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Re: My baby is here!

Congrats!!!!

Posted 2/3/13 9:27 PM
 

Maybe-Baybe
My Sunshine

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My only Sunshine

Re: My baby is here!

Congrats!Chat Icon He's such a cutie!

Posted 2/3/13 9:28 PM
 

TyReseGreen
Lil Prince is here

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Theresa

Re: My baby is here!

CongratsChat Icon

Posted 2/3/13 9:47 PM
 

lizib60
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My baby is here!

Congratulations...hope you get to feeling better real soon!!!

Posted 2/3/13 10:12 PM
 

gdubs
This baby is awesome!

Member since 11/10

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Gina

My baby is here!

Congratulations!!! Wishing you a speedy recovery. Love his chubby little cheeks!

Posted 2/3/13 10:25 PM
 

ourhappysurprise2012
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Name:
Lori

My baby is here!

Congrats!!!!

Posted 2/3/13 10:27 PM
 

GlowSuarez
Baby Marz is here!

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G

Re: My baby is here!

Congratulations he is beautiful. Wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery

Posted 2/3/13 10:36 PM
 

Tori9299
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Name:
Victoria

My baby is here!

Congrats! :)

Posted 2/3/13 11:19 PM
 

Never2Part
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Adore my Che Che :)

My baby is here!

love those cheeks! Get well soon :)

Posted 2/3/13 11:45 PM
 

Ellynrose
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My baby is here!

So cute!! Congrats! Wishing you a fast recovery

Posted 2/4/13 6:22 AM
 

LoLaBlue
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Re: My baby is here!

congrats! Chat Icon

Posted 2/4/13 7:14 AM
 

babymill13
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My baby is here!

Congratulations he's so beautiful!! :)

Posted 2/4/13 7:52 AM
 

StaceyWill
It's a girl!!!

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Stacey

My baby is here!

Congrats! He's beautiful!! And a very speedy recovery to you!

Posted 2/4/13 8:41 AM
 

Hofstra26
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Re: My baby is here!

Congrats!!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

So precious. Hope you have a speedy recovery too. Chat Icon

Posted 2/4/13 8:44 AM
 

edfilippi
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Erica

Re: My baby is here!

Congratulations! He is adorable!!!Chat Icon

Posted 2/4/13 8:55 AM
 

AngnShaun
Sisters

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Ang

My baby is here!

Congratulations!!! Hes adorable!!!

Posted 2/4/13 9:06 AM
 

neener1211
:-)

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J

Re: My baby is here!

Congrats!! He's a cutie!

Posted 2/4/13 10:14 AM
 

Michelle1123
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My baby is here!

Congrats!!!

Posted 2/4/13 10:16 AM
 

Michelle1123
Baby #5 on the way!

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My baby is here!

Congrats!!!

Posted 2/4/13 10:16 AM
 

mnm918
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Michele

My baby is here!

Congrats!!! soo adorable!:)

Posted 2/4/13 10:40 AM
 

mommyof3girls
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Name:
Sue

Re: My baby is here!

Congrats!!!

Posted 2/4/13 12:04 PM
 

MarsB
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Martha

My baby is here!

Congratulations, he's a cutie! And you're a trooper! Hope you heal up quickly.

Posted 2/4/13 12:52 PM
 

NoStressMom
My Heart and Soul

Member since 5/05

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Name:
D

Re: My baby is here!

congrats love the name!! Hope you feel better soon!!

Posted 2/4/13 12:55 PM
 
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