So it's Sunday afternoon and all 3 (yes 3) of my family members are napping. Why I'm not sleeping as well...good question. I have come to find out that I don't nap well and I feel better about my day if I've been productive and gotten things done rather than taken a nap. Right or not...probably not and I should rest, but my mind doesn't let me if I know there's things I want to/should be getting done.
Anyways, updating my blog on Kellen's birth has been one of those "To Do" items on my list so I figured I have a few minutes so I'll see how much of it I can get typed out before nap time is over. :)
Our son finally arrived!! We have a healthy baby boy who has been an absolute JOY for us the last week and a half. I wanted to write about his birth so I don't forget any of the details so here is the story....
My due date was December 1st and with Keira coming right on her due date, I wasn't anticipating going early. I was mentally preparing to be late and having to stay pregnant for awhile longer. I went to my 39 week checkup and Dr. Hague said I was already dilated to a 3-4. Crazy as I wasn't feeling anything yet, just a lot of pressure and feeling awfully large. :) I didn't let that fact convince myself that I was going to go any earlier as last time it didn't make a difference. I was still planning on being pregnant another week. I stayed busy that week and tried to rest as much as I could knowing that after he was here my sleep would be much less. My body was achy and I was so, so, so ready to be done being pregnant! (Side note - this time around, I was ready to be done being pregnant as soon as I found out. Not that it wasn't exciting, I just realized that I do NOT like being pregnant at all! Yes I love feeling the baby move and it's definitely a miracle what is happening, but I don't like how I feel or getting fat or being tired all the time or not sleeping... I had crazy insomnia with Kellen and there were multiple nights in a row that I would lay awake for hours...not fun!)
Anyways, that week was Thanksgiving and we obviously stayed home. It was actually a very relaxing Thanksgiving and we just spent it together just the 3 of us. We went out for dinner at Ryan's Steakhouse and I actually thought I was going into labor that night. I was having contractions about 5-10 minutes apart and so we were mentally planning that we might be going to the hospital that night. My contractions lasted about 2-3 hours and then stopped....ugh! I was so disappointed! Good thing we didn't get Keira all packed up and go to the hospital only to get sent home. That is one thing I did NOT want to happen!
I had another doctor's appointment the next Tuesday morning, November 29th first thing. Pete came with me as I knew that we were going to schedule an induction date with my doctor and I wanted him there to figure out when would be best. She checked me again and this time I was dilated to a 5!!! She told me she couldn't believe I wasn't in labor yet!! She also told me that if I have 3-4 contractions in an hour to just go to the hospital because once my labor started I wasn't going to have much time since I was already so far along. We decided to go ahead and get induced the next day - Wednesday, November 30th.
I took Keira with me that night to my friend Angie's house where she spent the next 2 nights. The next morning we checked into the hospital at 6:30 am. I got changed and around 7:30ish Dr. Hague broke my water to see if that would start contractions because I still wasn't having anything regular. That didn't work. An hour later they started pitocin. By 9:30 my contractions were beginning to get pretty regular and starting to really hurt. By 10 am I was in serious pain. No, actually I was in excruciating pain!!! The most pain I've ever experienced!! I wanted that epidural NOW!!! By the time they got the anesthesiologist down there and the okay from Dr. Hague it was about 10:30 and I was just crying as each contraction came. The doctor got the epidural in and within about 15-20 minutes it was starting to take. I was feeling a little relief. By the time it was all set, I was complete and ready to push. When Dr. Hague said "It's time to have a baby" I lost it! They all still thought I was crying from pain but in between sobs I said "No, these are happy tears! I get to meet my baby" (it's making me cry right now as I type this thinking of those crazy emotions!!)
I pushed for an hour and a half and it was one of the most exhausting things I've ever done! In between contractions it was all I could do to keep my eyes open as I was just so, so tired! Kellen James finally made his entrance into this world at 1:11 pm and it was once again, one of the most incredible moments ever!!!! Holding my baby boy for the first time was such an amazing feeling! I was expecting a big baby as Keira was just about 9 lbs and usually boys are bigger, but Kellen was only 7 lbs 13 oz and was 19 1/4 in long. Compared to Keira he was itty bitty. :) He was absolutely perfect! 10 fingers and 10 toes, perfectly healthy and a complete miracle!! What a blessing our baby boy is to our family!!!
So far Kellen has been a great baby and the 2 kid thing hasn't been that hard (yet!). He is nursing great and sleeping well. He's up about twice a night which isn't horrible. My mom was here for the week after he was born and she was such a great help. She basically took care of Keira which gave me the freedom to just enjoy Kellen and soak him in. :) I healed a lot faster this time around than I did with Keira which I was so thankful for. I was feeling more like myself about 3-4 days after he was born. I was so ready to feel "normal" again so I was thankful that it didn't take very long to adjust!
So that's it! And now we begin life as a family of 4. I still can't believe I have 2 kids...I love it!! I love spending the day with both of them and playing and laughing with Keira and snuggling with Kellen. I am so, so blessed to have two healthy babies and I'm just so thankful that God has chosen ME to be their mother!! What an honor!!
Here are some pictures...
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