Well here we are, all settled in at home and loving family life!
Since Asher is sleeping and Daddy is making breaky I figured it would be a good time to start writing the Birth story, and hopefully finish it too!!
Tuesday July 14, 2009 - My due date arrived!! Aunty Tricia and I had plans to hang out and go for a walk. So after having breakfast and some coffee we decided to call Tesia (another prego friend) and see if she wanted to join us for a "labour inducing walk".
We headed over to Tesia's place around 10am and went for a beach walk. When we came back around lunch time, we were all pretty hungry and for some reason all craving Poutine! We decided that since New York Fries is in town we could settle for A&W poutine so we headed into Langford for some lunch.
After lunch we went back to Aunty Tricia's place so Tesia could take Cousin Kiana's bassinet since her baby will be arriving shortly and need a bed!
We were all sitting on Aunty Tricia and Uncle Glen's bed playing with Cousin Kiana when I felt my water break!!! On Uncle Glen's side of the bed!!! Hehe sorry Big Brother! I headed for the bathroom, and ended up being in there for a good 20min since it wouldn't stop leaking. When I finally came out I was having some pretty major contractions. Aunty Tricia called Gord at work to let him know, and I called my doctor's office. While waiting for my doctor to call back I decided we needed to go... I had to get to the hospital.... Boy was I right!
I think Tricia should write a blog post about the car ride there.... clearly I was in transition for the first half of the ride, and during the second half of the ride and the walk into the hospital I was doing all I could to not push!!
We got to the hospital at 2:37pm and into the delivery room shortly after that. I started pushing as soon as they checked me and determined that I was good to go.
Gord came in the room shortly after, and was AMAZING!!! I could not have done it with out him... literally you feel like a crazy person because your body feel out of control. The way Gord talked to me and coached me through it, brought me down a level and focused me. Once I was in the zone and knew what to do and how to do it, within 3 contractions Asher arrived into the world! He arrived at 3:22pm, weighing in at 6 pounds 1 oz! (I think Grandpa P actually won the baby pool but I have to double check!)
His nose was a little flattened so they had to check his oxygen levels and we were giving him a bit of oxygen for the first bit after birth but within a few hours he was good to go!
The first night he slept quite a bit, but we didn't... too busy rehashing the unreal birth experience and trying to get the little man to eat (he just wanted to sleep).
The second night we finally started to get the hang of Breastfeeding!! For the first 24 hours we struggled to get him to latch, because he couldn't seem to figure out how to suck once he was on. Turns out his tongue was just too far back and we had to work with him to teach him to bring it forward when he sucks! Within no time he had it down!
We came home on Thursday night, it was a very gassy night for the little man. Poor little guy was hurtin. But we did end up getting a few hours sleep after a little gripe water, a diaper change, a feed and a swaddle!
Friday was a great day, he was a happy little man and got to go visit his Aunty Tricia and Uncle Glen! Then we went out to find some newborn clothes since his is such a little guy and none of his 0-3 months outfits fit!! We didn't have much luck so we will be headed out again today to see what we can find!
Anyways, there is the quick update/Birth story, I'm sure there's lots I missed. But overall we are all doing wonderfully! Asher is feeding and sleeping great, and right now is being burped by daddy! Life is good!
Since Asher is sleeping and Daddy is making breaky I figured it would be a good time to start writing the Birth story, and hopefully finish it too!!
Tuesday July 14, 2009 - My due date arrived!! Aunty Tricia and I had plans to hang out and go for a walk. So after having breakfast and some coffee we decided to call Tesia (another prego friend) and see if she wanted to join us for a "labour inducing walk".
We headed over to Tesia's place around 10am and went for a beach walk. When we came back around lunch time, we were all pretty hungry and for some reason all craving Poutine! We decided that since New York Fries is in town we could settle for A&W poutine so we headed into Langford for some lunch.
After lunch we went back to Aunty Tricia's place so Tesia could take Cousin Kiana's bassinet since her baby will be arriving shortly and need a bed!
We were all sitting on Aunty Tricia and Uncle Glen's bed playing with Cousin Kiana when I felt my water break!!! On Uncle Glen's side of the bed!!! Hehe sorry Big Brother! I headed for the bathroom, and ended up being in there for a good 20min since it wouldn't stop leaking. When I finally came out I was having some pretty major contractions. Aunty Tricia called Gord at work to let him know, and I called my doctor's office. While waiting for my doctor to call back I decided we needed to go... I had to get to the hospital.... Boy was I right!
I think Tricia should write a blog post about the car ride there.... clearly I was in transition for the first half of the ride, and during the second half of the ride and the walk into the hospital I was doing all I could to not push!!
We got to the hospital at 2:37pm and into the delivery room shortly after that. I started pushing as soon as they checked me and determined that I was good to go.
Gord came in the room shortly after, and was AMAZING!!! I could not have done it with out him... literally you feel like a crazy person because your body feel out of control. The way Gord talked to me and coached me through it, brought me down a level and focused me. Once I was in the zone and knew what to do and how to do it, within 3 contractions Asher arrived into the world! He arrived at 3:22pm, weighing in at 6 pounds 1 oz! (I think Grandpa P actually won the baby pool but I have to double check!)
His nose was a little flattened so they had to check his oxygen levels and we were giving him a bit of oxygen for the first bit after birth but within a few hours he was good to go!
The first night he slept quite a bit, but we didn't... too busy rehashing the unreal birth experience and trying to get the little man to eat (he just wanted to sleep).
The second night we finally started to get the hang of Breastfeeding!! For the first 24 hours we struggled to get him to latch, because he couldn't seem to figure out how to suck once he was on. Turns out his tongue was just too far back and we had to work with him to teach him to bring it forward when he sucks! Within no time he had it down!
We came home on Thursday night, it was a very gassy night for the little man. Poor little guy was hurtin. But we did end up getting a few hours sleep after a little gripe water, a diaper change, a feed and a swaddle!
Friday was a great day, he was a happy little man and got to go visit his Aunty Tricia and Uncle Glen! Then we went out to find some newborn clothes since his is such a little guy and none of his 0-3 months outfits fit!! We didn't have much luck so we will be headed out again today to see what we can find!
Anyways, there is the quick update/Birth story, I'm sure there's lots I missed. But overall we are all doing wonderfully! Asher is feeding and sleeping great, and right now is being burped by daddy! Life is good!
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