Our oldest boy was SO excited that we were having another baby that he asked the birthing version of "are we there yet?" just about every day towards the end of the pregnancy. Both of the older boys were, I would say, borderline devestated when we all found out Finn was a boy; Cowen kept saying "Maybe it will change into a girl" and "Why are you having another brother, I really wanted a sister momma." Jonas would tell us that maybe its just a boy while its in my tummy and when it comes out it will change into a girl. Way to dissapoint, I know. Back to the day of the birth, around 3am on the 4th I was awakened by stronger contractions, not painful but noticable, started timing them and about an hour or an hour and a half into it I think they started becoming closer than they were when I went to bed; we lived two hours from the hospital and Jonas made his grand entrance in about 6 hrs so we thought we were going to be cutting it close if we waited it out too long at home, so we gave it another hour or so then we showered and Loaded up the car. Then loaded up the children around 5 am. They were a little confused as to why we were getting in the car at dark time and I told them, the baby is on his way! Cowen was all smiles and started laughing, told us he was "so excited" and then racked out about 10minutes into the drive. Jonas was still mad at us for pulling him out of bed. Boy likes his sleep.
We got to the hospital around 7, my contractions were 3-5min apart lasting well over a minute at that point. We got all checked in and put on the monitors to see if I was actually laboring. They checked me and sure enough I had dilated a cm since the day before, and I was contracting. I showed some changes after a couple hours, though I was still in early labor and not progressing very fast. They kept us because we lived so far away!
Casey was amazing and got the boys all situated, brought all our bags in from the car, had packed hospital bags for the two older boys as well. Stuffed full of snacks, brand new DS's and games, and a couple different action figure toys. The. Best. Idea. Ever. The boys kept asking every hour "is he here yet?" but after 19hrs of labor they did so good, couldnt have been prouder. only one fight and it didnt get completely physical. YAY!!
When it came time to push the little sucker out, the boys were in the back corner playing with the cameras on their ds's and playing with the video camera (which btw, if you want some interesting birthing angles from your childrens birth, give cameras to your toddlers! oye. needless to say some pictures were deleted) The nurses were busily getting ready to deliver the baby, cause me and my sneaky self started pushing before telling anyone so that I could spend as little time strung up as possible. They checked me and could see his head, BOOYAH! during all this the boys didnt seem to even realize anything was actually going on. Until he cried. They both had no idea what to think of the boy, but were happy to sit and stare at him. They sat and looked at him laying on my chest while they waited to cut the cord(automatically waited, I never asked so that was awesome! apparently my doctor had a thing for placenta, so knew the importance of delayed cord clamping)Cowen looked at him and said "He looks disgusting!" and then asked if he was still a boy. Sadly, yes.
after I told them they could wipe him down they brought him back unswaddled, which was a shock to me, but they wanted immediate skin to skin so that he would breasteed a bit more willingly. Amazing Dr.s and Nurses at this place, im telling you. When they gave the baby back to me, Jonas came and whispered in my ear "Mommy, why'd the baby come out your weiner?" Well honey, cause he couldnt come out any place else!
What a dream this little boy has been in our lives, such a live wire already and has wasted no time trying to beat his way into the pecking order. Cowen adores him and is so willing to do anything for him, and I think Jonas would rather send him back! He has started walking here and there this week! hopefully he'll be running around driving us all insane in no time.
So, Happy Birthday my little man, you make our hearts SO happy! I cant believe how fast this year has gone, today is a huge milestone for him in two ways, made it to a year in one piece despite his brothers efforts and we also made it 12 months breastfeeding! Has never had a drop of formula. I still see many months of nursing ahead of us and I couldnt be happier with the decision we made to continue breastfeeding past 6 months. what an experience this year has been, Wish we could have a few more :)
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