Matthew was born yesterday afternoon at 3:27pm weighing a whopping 8lbs 12ozs and 20.75" long. He is happy, healthy, and the whole family is doing great!
Our journey to grow our family by one started yesterday at 6:15am when we arrived to the hospital. While Brian, Morgan, and Peppy were treating Morgan to a special big sister breakfast, I was getting hooked up to monitors, IV, and Pitocin. By 7:30, things were ready to go and I was having regular contractions. Things moved VERY slowly at first. I went in at 2cm and by 2:15, many painful contractions, and an epidural, I was only 4cm. That quickly changed just a little after 3 when I started to shiver, feel a lot of pressure, and just weird. The nurse came in and Matthew was on his way out. They quickly paged to the doctor to come ASAP, and even though it only took a few minutes, it felt like an eternity while we waited. After a few pushes and two contractions, Matthew joined the world. Thankfully, he was happy and healthy. Because Morgan was whisked to the NICU when she was first born, it was a huge relief for Brian and I when he was able to stay with us and we were immediately able to hold him.
So far things are going well. It will definitely take some time to get used to having a newborn again. I guess I don't remember all of the sounds newborns make. Between his noises and the nurses coming in all night long, we definitely didn't get a lot of sleep. However, we aren't complaining. Matthew is doing well, I am recovering quickly, Brian is a awesome dad, and Morgan is a proud BIG sister. We look forward to live with our new family.
Brian's pictures can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/blemmings/MatthewBrian
Mimi's blog with pictures: http://breeze-thelatest.blogspot.com/2008/03/auntie-mimi-times-two.html
Our journey to grow our family by one started yesterday at 6:15am when we arrived to the hospital. While Brian, Morgan, and Peppy were treating Morgan to a special big sister breakfast, I was getting hooked up to monitors, IV, and Pitocin. By 7:30, things were ready to go and I was having regular contractions. Things moved VERY slowly at first. I went in at 2cm and by 2:15, many painful contractions, and an epidural, I was only 4cm. That quickly changed just a little after 3 when I started to shiver, feel a lot of pressure, and just weird. The nurse came in and Matthew was on his way out. They quickly paged to the doctor to come ASAP, and even though it only took a few minutes, it felt like an eternity while we waited. After a few pushes and two contractions, Matthew joined the world. Thankfully, he was happy and healthy. Because Morgan was whisked to the NICU when she was first born, it was a huge relief for Brian and I when he was able to stay with us and we were immediately able to hold him.
So far things are going well. It will definitely take some time to get used to having a newborn again. I guess I don't remember all of the sounds newborns make. Between his noises and the nurses coming in all night long, we definitely didn't get a lot of sleep. However, we aren't complaining. Matthew is doing well, I am recovering quickly, Brian is a awesome dad, and Morgan is a proud BIG sister. We look forward to live with our new family.
Brian's pictures can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/blemmings/MatthewBrian
Mimi's blog with pictures: http://breeze-thelatest.blogspot.com/2008/03/auntie-mimi-times-two.html
3 comments:
What beautiful children you have. My kids were big babies like yours.
Matthew is absolutely precious! What a perfect little baby! Your family is so adorable! Morgan is going to be a wonderful big sister!!!
And Jen I don't think it should be legal to look that good after giving birth!
We are praying for you and love you all very much! --Alicia for the Goehrings
We're so happy to hear everything went so well! Matthew is a beautiful baby. Congratulations on this little, BIG blessing in your lives.
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