Baby Nathan Is Now 3 Weeks Old
Posted in March 3rd, 2009 by slotvent | Filed under Life | Comments (1)
Who would have thought it … I can actually cope with a baby, even with my stress levels. Joking aside, Nathan has made me the happiest person on the planet.
3 weeks ago the little fella was born and i have to say that the whole process was totally different to what i expected. You read all the posts on the internet about childbirth but until you actually experience it there is no telling what can happen. The saturday before is when all the fun started we were in the hospital for 12:00 and sent home again at 1:00 am the only perk from this is that there was no traffic on the roads. The midwife however did tell us that we will be back the next day and just as her word we were. 11 am on sunday is when all the fun started. We made our way to the delivery room, had all the checks and found that keri was 5 cm’s and the clock was ticking. We then got moved to a room ready for birth.
To start with Keri wasn’t in that much pain and could quite happily deal with the contractions. But, before we knew it she was on pethidine and i was the water boy bringing her a fresh cup of water every 10 mins, This i didn’t mind. Cutting out all the middle bit to save you all the food you made have already eaten, at 5:00 pm we moved on to stage 3. The big push.
The last stage only lasted 19 minutes but believe me it felt a lot longer than that. Maybe it was my own fear playing a role in destroying my own bodys timekeeping or maybe it was the fact i was being pulled by keri into the side of the bed, I really had no idea that she was that strong. Then without warning the baby arrived and that too was a shock and the panic kicked in. He was grey. Apparently this is because the cord was wrapped around his neck twice and there was also a knot in there for good measure. The panic ended when the midwife gave him that special rub with a towel and a rush of pink entered his little body.
After a few checks and a weigh in, little nathan was good to go and we were sent on our merry way around 7 pm.
When we got home it all started to sink in, i couldn’t even change him from the thought of hurting him but 3 weeks later everything has fallen into place. He wakes us once a night for a feed, sleeps 20 hrs a day and has even started to smile. I couldn’t be any more proud of the little fella.
More to the point i couldn’t be anymore proud of keri, just seeing the pain of the contractions and everything else that comes with it, i know that there is no way that i could do that. She has given me the best looking and most well behaved son, even better than i could have wished for.
March 3, 2009 at 6:05 pm
What a well written (and more to the point) beautiful post!! You made the whole experience fantastic (believe it or not) You made me smile…even after giving birth!!! You gave me the strength I needed to get through it. Love you lots smelly, you most certainly are…One in a million! x x x x