Thanks for all your well wishes, guys. Yes, my little man is FINALLY here and he was definitely worth the wait. It was a very long process – I will write a full birth story when I get time (probably in 2010) but in a nutshell… induced at 9 am and had niggly contractions all afternoon but nothing established. Was supposed to get the second lot of gels at 3 pm but there was something in the water in Brisbane and heaps of women decided to go into labour, so they were running SIX HOURS late. Didn’t get to the birth suite until after 9 pm, by which time I was already in established labour. After an internal things got very painful. Toby decided to keep his gymnast act up and turn posterior during the labour, so had an epidural at around 1.30. Got a bit of sleep and woke up to find my waters had broken and I was fully dilated. Toby had opened his bowels inside me too, so I was really worried, but after about 20 minutes of pushing he popped out all perfect. Tears are SHOCKING (will tell you about it all later) but thing are going well. He’s a good feeder, doesn’t have any trouble attaching at all, but he keeps falling asleep while I’m feeding him so he never has much. I reckon he’ll start to feed longer and longer over the next few days, but because I had so much trouble with Charlie I don’t know what to expect. Any ideas? Anyway, we came home last night because I hated being in the hospital on my own. He woke every 2 hours but went back to sleep easily, so I don’t mind. That’s the short version anyway. We’re so glad to have him here. Tonight is the first night with all four of us home (Mum had Charlie last night) so we’ll see how it goes.
Vic – sorry to hear that the kids have been sick. I bet that must happen a bit with so many littlies in the family – once one gets sick the whole family is down! IKWYM about needing someone during arsenic hour… I have been ok with just Charlie but I think things are about to get a lot more difficult with two. Poor little Mel getting jealous too. It must be hard for them – I can see that Charlie is going to get a bit of the green monster about him in the next couple of days. Wish you lived closer, then Mel and Charlie could console each other and we could have a cuppa!
Jess- I’m sure Patrick will put on some weight soon. When is his next check up?
Lea – sorry you didn’t get the message! DH did sms you (I saw him do it) but maybe I copied down your number wrong? Sorry about that. Congratulations on becoming an aunty too! It will be so nice for Em to have a playmate as he grows up.
Kim – thanks for posting a birth announcement for me. And yay Darcy putting on weight so well! That’s great news.
Mummy – lovely to meet you and congratulations on your little bundle! Exactly one month older than my Toby (although I’m still staying in here thanks!). Look forward to finding out all about your little one.
Alison – don’t worry too much about switching to formula. Happy bub equals happy mum, and yes, sleep is good! Don’t feel bad about it at all. I hope you’re doing better now – it sound like you are.
Sheree – yeah, my thought was to call a parenting hotline or something like that just to get an idea of whether it would be worth going to a doc. You’re right, it could have just been a reaction to something you ate. I suppose if he gets worse rapidly then it could be cause for concern, but just keep an eye on him and see how he goes. Sometimes babies just go through weird patches like that and then they’re fine again. Hope you’re feeling better about things now and that Lachy is better too.
Hello to Shan too. Has anyone heard from Sara?
Anyway, an early night calls. DH was even able to do some French horn practice just now, even though the kids are both asleep! What good boys I have…
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