10-23-16, 06:04 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Toronto!
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Baby Charlie is here!
I've been at VF such a long time, I feel like you ladies deserved a proper announcement for those who have not been following in the pre-natal/post-partum check-in. But yesterday, on October 22, my baby Charles Louis was born. I'm a mom now!
There was some drama involving a few days of high blood pressure readings and 'monitoring' before I hit 38 weeks and they finally decided to just induce me. Early labour involved a day and a half of various extremely unpleasant interventions to get that started, but after they broke my water yesterday afternoon, things progressed surprisingly quickly. I started the really strong contractions right after that, got an epidural an hour later, and was 9 cm in under two hours thanks to my cooperative baby. The birth itself was a blur. I remember it started well and they told me I was really good at the pushing but then baby's heart rate dropped. I remember a second doctor coming in, a huge rush of fluid, the doctor saying 'oh no, that's bad!' and a suction machine. A minute later, he was plopped on my chest, crying and dripping wet, with the cord wrapped around his neck. He was fixed up quickly and is fine now. He has not gotten the hang of eating yet and they had to check his blood sugar too, so I was feeding him bottles last night and will have to do a breastfeeding class if I want to try that again. He loves cuddling and listening to my voice and barely cries at all. He is a sweet little baby! He has to get a proper exam from pediatrician today, and a bath, but we will likely be home on our own tonight. I'm feeling pretty good and other than a little stinging down there, you'd barely know anything has happened. I've been a member of this board since my second year of university. Now here I am years later, with a baby! I'll upload a pic once we are home and I can get one onto the computer :-) But trust me, he's a cutie. 2016-10-23 06.24.18 by ficbot, on Flickr ETA: Picture! |
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