He's arrived!
Just want to announce the birth of Nicolas Craig Fendley!
He was born on March 27, 2007 at 11:20 AM
He is 6lbs 10 oz and 19 in. long. He's also very cute! You can see pics at www.fendleyfam.blogspot.com
I guess I'll have to update my pic that's on this site now, huh?
I lost my mucous plug around 9:15 on Monday night (the 26th) after returning from the grocery store. I informed Craig that that usually meant you went into labor within 48 hours. With Val it was about 36, so I guess Wed morning I'd go into labor. But, over the next few hours it kept coming. Around 11, I started having some inconsistent contractions. Thinking they were just the braxton hicks I'd been having for 2 weeks I decided I wanted to sleep so I went downstairs to eat something and walk around to get rid of them. Well, they only got more consistent and closer together. So I went upstairs thinking...perhaps I'm in labor and need to rest to get through this. I tried for about an hour but couldn't sleep. Around 1 I woke Craig up to help me to get through them. Then, we went downstairs where I could be more comfy and get regular drinks, bathroom, etc. I could also walk around which was bring my contractions closer together. I wanted to get it over with! Around 2 AM we called Craig's parents to let them know we were in labor and they might want to get things ready as we'd be needing them soon. We hung out at home and they started getting under 5 min. So we called the midwife. She said we could stay home. I was starting to get to that not wanting to move around so much, don't want to leave my position phase, so we thought we'd better call the parents as it would take them 30 min. to get here, and who knows how I'd feel by then. They got here and we got to the hospital around 5AM. There's something about getting to the hospital that intensifies my labor. Things started to pick up and my contractions were quite painful. Intense pain around my hips and under my belly. I think it was in my back as well, but it was so much worse in the other spots that it wasn't as noticiable. This was NOT what I had with Vallarie. Her's was much more manageable by breathing through it. I was up walking around which felt much better this time. Around 9, I started to feel slight urges to push. So midwife said I could as I was pretty close with just a small lip of cervix. I tried a few times (we were hoping it would also break my water). Then around 9:30, she broke my water telling me he'd just come right out. Yeah right.(you see what time he was born). So I sort of lost my urge to push and rested through contractions for about an hour. They were really painful though. Around 10:25 (according to the nurse) I started pushing again. I pushed in about every position we could think of...standing up, on the toilet, hands and knees, on my sides...but what seemed to work the best was flat on my back holding my knees against my chest. That's when i started making progress. I had been told that it usually just takes a few pushes on the 2nd baby. Hmm...we were wondering why it was taking so long. I asked if he could be posterior and she didn't really know. She's a newer midwife, but has done plenty of deliveries. I was getting discouraged thinking he was never coming. I kept watching the clock which didn't really help probably. Then, she said that she saw a tuft of hair on one of my pushes and that really encouraged her. She said he was moving down. The problem was, he kept going back up. Finally, he stayed down on one of my pushes and I could feel it. I gained some strength from somewhere...thinking in my head...I HAVE to get this child out of me and I'll do anything! Oh yeah...in between pushing I was sleeping because I was so exhausted by this point. Anyway...I did it! He came out! She said shortly before that she could almost see eyebrows. I was like...what?? isn't that the wrong way? So yes, he decided to come posterior...sunny side up! I guess many times they consider C-sections with this ...she even thought about calling the dr. to check it out, but didn't. They were all impressed that I got him out that way. I was ecstatic mostly because he wasn't in anymore and most of the work was over! Checked him out and discovered he was a boy...exciting! So that's pretty much it! Much more intense than with Vallarie and much more exhausted after the birth. After Val, I was ready for a party!
He is doing really well and breastfeeding great! At least that part is much easier than with Val. He is just a sweetie and I hope that you can all meet him soon!
He was born on March 27, 2007 at 11:20 AM
He is 6lbs 10 oz and 19 in. long. He's also very cute! You can see pics at www.fendleyfam.blogspot.com
I guess I'll have to update my pic that's on this site now, huh?
I lost my mucous plug around 9:15 on Monday night (the 26th) after returning from the grocery store. I informed Craig that that usually meant you went into labor within 48 hours. With Val it was about 36, so I guess Wed morning I'd go into labor. But, over the next few hours it kept coming. Around 11, I started having some inconsistent contractions. Thinking they were just the braxton hicks I'd been having for 2 weeks I decided I wanted to sleep so I went downstairs to eat something and walk around to get rid of them. Well, they only got more consistent and closer together. So I went upstairs thinking...perhaps I'm in labor and need to rest to get through this. I tried for about an hour but couldn't sleep. Around 1 I woke Craig up to help me to get through them. Then, we went downstairs where I could be more comfy and get regular drinks, bathroom, etc. I could also walk around which was bring my contractions closer together. I wanted to get it over with! Around 2 AM we called Craig's parents to let them know we were in labor and they might want to get things ready as we'd be needing them soon. We hung out at home and they started getting under 5 min. So we called the midwife. She said we could stay home. I was starting to get to that not wanting to move around so much, don't want to leave my position phase, so we thought we'd better call the parents as it would take them 30 min. to get here, and who knows how I'd feel by then. They got here and we got to the hospital around 5AM. There's something about getting to the hospital that intensifies my labor. Things started to pick up and my contractions were quite painful. Intense pain around my hips and under my belly. I think it was in my back as well, but it was so much worse in the other spots that it wasn't as noticiable. This was NOT what I had with Vallarie. Her's was much more manageable by breathing through it. I was up walking around which felt much better this time. Around 9, I started to feel slight urges to push. So midwife said I could as I was pretty close with just a small lip of cervix. I tried a few times (we were hoping it would also break my water). Then around 9:30, she broke my water telling me he'd just come right out. Yeah right.(you see what time he was born). So I sort of lost my urge to push and rested through contractions for about an hour. They were really painful though. Around 10:25 (according to the nurse) I started pushing again. I pushed in about every position we could think of...standing up, on the toilet, hands and knees, on my sides...but what seemed to work the best was flat on my back holding my knees against my chest. That's when i started making progress. I had been told that it usually just takes a few pushes on the 2nd baby. Hmm...we were wondering why it was taking so long. I asked if he could be posterior and she didn't really know. She's a newer midwife, but has done plenty of deliveries. I was getting discouraged thinking he was never coming. I kept watching the clock which didn't really help probably. Then, she said that she saw a tuft of hair on one of my pushes and that really encouraged her. She said he was moving down. The problem was, he kept going back up. Finally, he stayed down on one of my pushes and I could feel it. I gained some strength from somewhere...thinking in my head...I HAVE to get this child out of me and I'll do anything! Oh yeah...in between pushing I was sleeping because I was so exhausted by this point. Anyway...I did it! He came out! She said shortly before that she could almost see eyebrows. I was like...what?? isn't that the wrong way? So yes, he decided to come posterior...sunny side up! I guess many times they consider C-sections with this ...she even thought about calling the dr. to check it out, but didn't. They were all impressed that I got him out that way. I was ecstatic mostly because he wasn't in anymore and most of the work was over! Checked him out and discovered he was a boy...exciting! So that's pretty much it! Much more intense than with Vallarie and much more exhausted after the birth. After Val, I was ready for a party!
He is doing really well and breastfeeding great! At least that part is much easier than with Val. He is just a sweetie and I hope that you can all meet him soon!