Asher is 2 weeks and 2 days now so I thought I'd better write some of the details down before I forget! So, here goes! I was having a really bad pain in my right side all night the night before he was born, so we didn’t get a whole lot of sleep. At 4:30 am my water broke. I jumped up and said, “Isaac I think my water just broke”. He jumped up really fast too. I went to the bathroom and Isaac felt like he was going to pass out. He came in to ask if I was ok and I told him to go lay down. His face and lips were completely white! I thought he was going to pass out. He laid down and felt better though, thankfully! We called the doctor and he said to go to the hospital around 6. We were worried about the baby, though, since I had been having that pain, so we went a little before 6. I wasn’t having any contractions, which was weird compared to Kason’s delivery!! I could feel them a little bit, but not too much. One time the baby’s heart rate went down during a contraction, but it only happened once. Because of that, though, I stayed hooked up to the monitor things around your belly the whole time. The doctor came and checked me. He had to go do a surgery and said he would be back after that. So, we watched Dancing with the Stars on the laptop. I could definitely feel the contractions, but I knew they weren’t nearly what they could be. So, they kept checking me and things were progressing, but kind of slowly so they started me on Pitocin. I was a little worried about this, but it turned out fine. I think this was about 9:30 or 10? The contractions definitely started to hurt then. Holy cow. It’s a good thing you forget how badly it hurts. For some reason I just don’t want to get an epidural. I know everyone loves them, but I just am worried about it for some reason. The nurse told us about something called an intra thecal (sp) that is similar to an epidural, but not as strong or long lasting so that was my back up plan. It seemed like I was at an 8 forever. I mentioned getting the intra thecal and the doctor said I might only have half an hour left so I said I would try to wait half an hour. I think about 5 contractions later, though, I said I wanted it , but then I had to push. The doctor let me and 10 long minutes later he was born! When Asher came out he was completely blue and didn’t cry. That was scary, but the doctor didn’t seem worried, I don’t know if that was just to help us not worry or it was really no big deal. But, they rubbed him and he started crying and he pinked right up. Isaac said the cord was around his neck. He is gaining weight really quickly and at his 2 week checkup weighed 8 lbs 14 oz and was 21 inches! Adjusting to having a newborn is not as hard this time as it was the first time. I’m not freaking out about every little thing. The hard part has been balancing a newborn with Kason. I don’t feel like I am doing a good job with that at all. I feel really badly for him. He doesn’t get that one on one time anymore. He is definitely having lots of meltdowns and is emotional. It’s hard, but I think it will get better. I just need to be better at focusing on him somehow. Anyway, things are going well. It’s fun to think of the little boy Asher is going to turn into and how his personality will be once we get past this newborn stage. We are glad he is healthy and it is crazy to be a mom of 2 and a family of 4!!!
And of course here are alot more pictures!!
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First Bath
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My boys!!
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