Real labor pains began at almost 1 am Wednesday night but wouldn't remain constant. They kept waving up and down going 9 7 7 7 9 11 etc. It was very frustrating because I was nervous about getting to the hospital before traffic started. I told hubby I wanted to go in at 3 am no matter what, but when 3 came around he looked peacefully asleep and I was still waving at around 6-8 minutes. Around 4:15 I ended up just deciding that with all the things we needed to do like pack up all our misc things, put baby girl in the car, drop her off at the in-laws, check in at the hospital, etc, it was time to leave already. I was waving at 3-6 and so even though it still wasn't constant, something told me I had to get going.
So we pack up, (it's freezing outside for once) and drop off baby girl then head out. The hospital had me down as checking in at 5:27 am and I had the baby 59 minutes later. It would have been sooner if my doctor could have gotten there faster too. They made me hold him in for 15 longass minutes.
I had a natural birth again with no drugs at my request. Second births are supposed to be faster so I didn't think I'd need any and it went very smoothly. I pushed twice and he flew out. My husband is telling everyone it was only one push though since my doctor went over with me that once the head was out I was going to have to stop while she suctioned the meconium out and then I could continue after that. So I had to pause mid push and wait in agony for her to tell me it was ok to get the rest out. But one contraction and he was out and holy damn did I feel good. I kept telling everyone how great I felt to have him out and to not be pregnant anymore.
The experience this time around was pretty different. The labor rooms at the hospital are humungous and beautiful and the last time I gave birth it seemed like there were like 6 people in the room. I'd pushed with my eyes closed the entire time because of the effort. This time there was my husband, my doctor, and one nurse. It was very quiet and peaceful and according to my husband, very neat and tidy because there was a huge bag to catch everything instead of it all pooling on the ground screaming at him, "Come on, you can barf if you want!" This time I was actually aware of the head and body and placenta all coming out but it really didn't hurt much at all. Just as I'd remembered, the pressure drove me out of my mind.
The hospital was packed full with newborns so I couldn't stay in the nice labor room like last time. 34 babies had been born the day before!!! They moved me upstairs to the maternity ward where I shared a room with some horrid couple who first thing asked a nurse to get rid of me. That would have been fine by me since it turns out they watch tv til 2 am even with their baby there, snore like they have megaphones sewed to their lips, swear like no tomorrow, are deaf and need MTV on full blast, and like the room temperature to be 80 mofarking degrees. Oh, and they are not of age to drink and are on MySpace. lol
First day he was really sleepy and I had to fight with him to wake up and eat so we were kinda worried. It's now day two and I can't seem to find 10 minutes where he doesn't want to eat. So I have those damned nipple blisters again. But I'm home, I can walk around fine, I tore very little, and baby girl smiles and says "bay-bee bozsher" when I'm carrying him.
My only real downer is that the god damn doctor didn't put enough lubricant on his peepee after the circumcision and now the gauze is totally stuck. We have to take him to see this bean (our regular ped is on vacation) tomorrow so she can fix the damage. Or so we were told. We're planning on requesting someone else since she's already f*cked things up. Hubby is really upset. It looks so terribly sore. ;(
Hubby gave baby girl a bath then passed out in bed with her so the pictures will need to wait until tomorrow. Thanks for all the well wishes! They all worked apparently!!
