Hi All!

Jeremy Paul arrived at 10:50am Saturday 25th July!
He was 4.2kgs and 58cms long!! MASSIVE!! His older brother was 3.740kgs and 52cms at birth!
I achieved my VBAC that I had hoped for but did suck down FOUR tanks of gas and BEGGED my midwife for an epidural numerous times and also for a c-section as I was having severe leg cramps at the end of every contraction when I was pushing and that pain was WAY worse then the contraction pain.
I had hoped to birth in the bath with this baby but towards the end there was meconium so they dragged me (literally since I couldn't bear weight on my right leg) out of the bathtub and I ended up giving birth on my right side on the floor which ended up being VERY comfortable for my right leg.
My contractions started at about 9:30pm Friday 24th July, we were admitted to hospital just after 3am Saturday morning, and Jeremy FINALLY arrived at 10:50am! DS #1 was WAY longer (first contraction at 8:30pm Saturday night and he wasn't born until 12:15am MONDAY morning) so I was relieved!
We were discharged about lunchtime on Monday and I came home to AMPLE help as we had both my parents and both of my husband's parents around to help.
Jeremy is settling in VERY well. I had MAJOR feeding problems with DS#1 (attachment issues which then caused cracked, bleeding nipples) which didn't resolve until about 8 weeks of age so I was a bit nervous about how things were going to go second time around. However, from the FIRST feed in the birthing centre Jeremy seemed to have the idea of what to do and latched on perfectly and fed well. My milk came in on day four (as opposed to day 8 with first son) so that helped as well.
He lost the usual weigh in hospital (about 400 grams) but by the time the midwife weighed him when he was 10 days old he was up to 4.6kg!!! So he gained back his birth weight and another 400 grams on top of that!! AMAZING! He never wore 0000 and won't be in 000 very long either. In fact, I'm not even sure he'll wear all his 000 clothes before he outgrows them as well!
My parents headed back to the states on Thursday and my mother-in-law goes back to Brisbane on the 25th so then the boys and I can finally work on settling into a daily and weekly routine that will work well for us. Thus far I've returned to mother's group but haven't been brave enough to go to playgroup yet. I think I might wait a couple more weeks for that as we have a busy few weekends coming up and playgroup is on Monday.
My MIL turned 70 yesterday and we are having a surprise birthday party for her on the 16th and then we are having a dedication service for Jeremy at church on the 23rd followed by a luncheon!
I am hoping to be a part of this group for a long time as I think the information we can share with each other will be helpful!

Oops, Jeremy is awake from his nap - I had more to say but I'll save it for my next post!