Monday, February 27, 2012

Birth!

Mommy's

Not Kamen Rider though lol.

He gave the finger within an hour of birth. K. Barlow was there as witness. Dad Blue was holding him and made a comment about it not being his nose and Prince started screaming until he apologized lol. If I remember correctly that was shortly after we realized he was sitting there giving his dad the finger lol.

On mommy's end I was so overwhelmed by everything they were doing. They wanted to stitch me up, have me push out the placenta and hand me the Prince all at once. I was trying not to scream in his face over those damn stitches. I could feel it and it hurt! They kept telling me no I couldn't it was just the anesthetic, but yes I could! I also apparently spattered and splattered the nurses and had blood EVERYWHERE. They told me to push so I pushed like I did with Prince. Everything just kind of exploded out at that point.

I could feel myself tear when I pushed Prince out. S. told me much later that I turned purple. It HURT!  There was no breathing through that! And I let loose a few good yells.

The drugs they gave me through the IV had me so loopy, at one point I was telling S. how I could see the pain lol. And I don't know whose bright idea it was for K. Barlow to come so damn late into labor. It was a distraction I didn't need! I remember there being a knock on the door, and of course neither S. nor I were keeping up with our phones at that point, so they just decided to pop up.

Speaking of distractions, they had me doing something (the doctors) and I remember the thought in my mind after Prince had come out that I couldn't hear him... and it was so huge, so scary that I just focused on whatever it was they had me doing. When I heard him cry it was the best sound ever!

I felt so empty afterward... like there was an invisible weight that was there but not there, it made it hard for me to breathe if I was standing or sitting unsupported.

He was beautiful! Still is. Everyone stops us and tells us how handsome he is. I can't believe he's 5 months already! Time is flying too quickly <3 :(

Daddy's