[Resi]

Hi ladies. The last couple of days have been really long. I was way too tired to post or send messages to Shannon or Anna.

First off I must say I'm so in love with Oliver. He is beautiful. He has a full head of dark brown hair and blue eyes. He has Damon's mouth and my ears. I think he looks like Damon. I will work on pictures put it's going to take some time. Breastfeeding seems to be going well so far but we are both learning.

Oliver was born yesterday around 3:15 PM. He weighed 7 lbs, 15 ozs. 21" long. My water broke at 6AM on Saturday morning as our alarm clock went off. Damon called into work shortly after. I called my mom and she came over around 7:30 AM. We waited until Noon to go in to the hospital and got there by 12:30 PM. My doc was not on call and I had another lady doc from the same practice. She gave me an hour to walk around and see if labor would start. I ended up taking 2 hours and labor had not yet started. I was started on PIT by 5 PM. By 10 PM I got an epidural. I already gave up on the natural thing after getting the PIT. I also knew that after my water broke things most likely would not go as I had hoped for. It was a long night with no sleep. My epidural worked well most of the time but I was feeling contractions on my left side for a lot of the time. They were still managable but hurt. I was fully dialted by around 11 or 12 PM. I can't remember the exact times because I was left for some time before they checked me to make sure I was a 10. I believe I had a small lip in the way that I dialted through once I started pushing or they pushed it with there hands (doc & nurse). My first time pushing I could not get the hang of it because I was numb from the epidural. They ended up turning it down and uping the PIT and left me for an hour or so. I then spend another almost 2 hrs pushing. By this time I could feel a lot of pain. I had not sleep or eaten in way over 24 hrs. I think I pushed total 3 hrs with both times included. We could see his head move down and he was at plus 2 from what I remember. He just would not go under the pubic bone. I felt so defetied(spelling) at this point. I could not believe how long it had all taken, the pain, the exhaustion, everthing was too much to bear. My on call doctor wanted the baby out ASAP because my water had broke way over 24 hrs, I was having a small fever. At one point a vacuum was mentioned but I didn't want to try that. I just said give me a cesection (this was also something the doc mentioned at the same time). I was in tears because of everything I went through and could not believe my body didn't do a better job. I just thought I would have an easier labor & delivery. My mom was with me and got very upset when I said I wanted the c/s. She broke down crying and went out to talk with the doctor. I just was ready to meet Oliver and get past everything I went through. Damon was in agreement with me. I have to say that my mom was great the whole time I was going through everything. Damon stayed in the background. I figured he would be that way which was fine. After giving consent for the c/s I was preped and brought to the operating room. I was in so much pain from all the PIT and my epi was either turned off at the end of pushing or very low. Damon came in right before they started. I always thought I would have a lot of fear and anxiety if I ended up with a c/s. I hate drugs that make my mind feel funny and that was my big fear. I just had them give me the epidural and said no to morphine or anything like it. I felt a lot of tugging and pulling but was fine through the surgery. I held Damon's hand tightly. When we heard Oliver's first cries it was the sweetest sound every. Damon was crying so much and that made me cry too. It seemed like forver before we saw him but our nurse took a couple pictures while they looked him over. I would guess it was ony 5 to 10 mins before they brought Oliver to Damon to be held. I got to give Oliver a quick kiss before he was handed to his Daddy. That is when my tears started. Damon was still crying at this point while holding him. About 5 mins later they wheeled me with Oliver in my arms back to my room to recover for awhile. I cryed my eyes out the whole way. I could not believe how beautiful he was and he was finally in my arms. He was nothing like I pictured him lookng. Way cuter and more perfect than I could ever dream. My mom held him soon after. An hour later we got brought up to our room that we will stay in for the next few days. We leave either Wed. or Thurs. depending on how I feel. I very sore but doing well. I'm taking vicodin for the pain and toradol (which is like a strong motrin or something). I got up today and it is very hard to walk around. I'm just very sore and it hurts. I was told after my c/s that the placement of his head was crooked or something and that it most likely would not have gone under the public bone. He also had a couple bowel movements while in my uterus so it was good we got him out when we did.

I had a whole birth plan and everything went the other way but in the end I'm very happy. I don't feel disappointed in myself. Yes, I would have rather gave birth vaginally but what happened happened. I'm not going to get myself down or upset about it. The important thing as we all know is that I have my healthy beautiful baby boy next to me. Nothing else matters.

BTW, Damon is totally in love and emotional about Oliver. He changed his first wet diaper today. He is also able to calm Oliver down when he starts to cry. Damon has a hard time expressing his emtions but when he has gone home (yesterday & today) to feed the cats he calls me up crying about how he was worried for Oliver and I when I was having my c/s. I think he is overhelmed by the love he feels for his new son.

[soImarriedAnerd]

I am bursting with love I am sooooo happy for you and your two men

[Frozendesire]

Oh wow Resi, what an amazing birth story! I know it didn't go the way you had planned, but you are totally right, a beautiful healthy baby boy is the end result and that's ALL that matters. Can't wait to see pictures!! Isn't it amazing watching your husband with your son? I couldn't get over that, I just loved watching my hubby's love and admiration for Curtis.

[LisanAndy]

Aww hun congrats on your son! Can't wait to see the little guy!

[niknok]

Oh Resi, you made me cry. Darn hormones! All the emotion you describe sounds so beautiful, and I'm ecstatic you have Oliver in your arms, healthy and safe & sound. That end result is all that matters. We do our best making birth plans, but in the end -what will happen, will happen. I'm happy you are at peace with it all. Damon sounds like the sweetest thing ever. Can't wait to see pics of your beautiful son!!!

[Garfieldbear]

AWWWWW, I'm so happy for you guys....I'm so glad that you and little Oliver are doing well....I can't wait to see the pictures, I'm sure they will be adorable

[midnight_starr]

Congrats Resi and Damon!!! I am so happy for you guys!! I can't wait to see pictures of Oliver!!!

[~*sierra*~]

Welcome Oliver!!!!!!!
Congrats Resi and Damon! its so nice to hear that you are both absolutely smitten!

[*Anna*]

Oh Resi!!! I am sooo happy for you!!!! COngrats!! I know it didn't go the way you planned, but you have your son!!!! I can't wait to see pictures of him!!!! Congrats Mama!!!!

[*JenJen*]

congrats hon

[freesiangel]

Congratulations Resi and Damon!!! I can't wait to see pictures of your precious little guy!

[*vi]

Congratulations to you and Damon!!! I can't wait to see pics, I bet he is beautiful!!!

[Mod-LadyCoconut]

Goodness what a sweet story! I am so glad little Oliver is FINALLY here! What a little booger giving you such a hard time! I'm glad you're okay with how things wound up... what's important is you're both here & healthy! I absolutely CANNOT WAIT! for photos! I'm so glad Damon was so moved through the whole thing... what a perfect emotional experience! Oooh I can't wait for pics! Glad BFing is going well too! CONGRATULATIONS Resi & Damon!

[♥Ashley♥]

Awwww!!! That is so sweet how Damon is being! I cant believe Oliver is finally here! Congratulations!!! And i cant wait to see pics!!!

[thepinkleprechaun]

Congratulations Resi! I know it didn't go the way you planned but you have a beautiful little baby boy and that's all that matters

Can't wait to see pics!

[misfitinmn]

Welcome to the world, little Oliver!! Congratulations Resi & Damon! I can't wait to see his pictures!

I completely understand everything you said about the c-section - I, too, never thought I would end up going that route, but it was what was best for us and in the end, we had a healthy baby. What a long trial your labor was, my goodness!

[Hoosier Kitty]

aawww Congrats!!! I can't wait to see photos!!!

[~* Helen *~]

Aww I'm so happy for you guys !!! Congrats on Oliver !!!!

[Kiwi]

Congrats on your new son!! I'm so glad that you are happy with your experience even though it didn't go as planned. Hope you recover from you c/s quickly.

[**Jenn**]

Congratulations Resi and Damon!!! I can't wait to see how gorgeous little Oliver is!