Sunday, February 3, 2013

A Bit of a Birth Story


We are happy to announce that little John Michael finally made his appearance in the world early Saturday morning!

Like 3:22 am early :)

I ended up not doing the epidural this go round and it really wasn't that bad at all...until I hit eight centimeters that is, at which point I wanted to die.  Luckily for me my body knew exactly how much pain I can actually tolerate--which apparently is not too terribly much--and it was only fifteen minutes and five contractions from wanting to die to holding my precious little bundle in my arms.  I informed the doctors that I needed to push, they told me to wait, I disregarded their wishes and calmly let them know that I would be delivering my baby right then regardless of whether or not they were ready....or I screamed at them to "get.him.out!".....it's hard to remember exactly.........

Really the whole delivery was perfect and everything went according to plan until I heard the words that no mom who has just delivered a baby without the benefits of an epidural in place wants to hear......"wow, these pieces of your placenta are really adhered to the top of your uterus...."  I'm not sure if I'll be brave enough to risk another delivery without an epidural just to ensure that I never have to experience the joys of another manual placental extraction ever, ever, ever again.

He was worth it though.






Everyone wants to know if he looks more like David or more like Henry.  This is clearly a trick question since they were pretty much indistinguishable from each other at birth aside from their hair.  I think little John is following in his big brothers' footsteps and joined their club of look-a-like babies.  

12 comments:

  1. He's beautiful! I want one! Good job mama and welcome Mr. John! (Can I call him Johnny?)

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    1. Thank you! I hadn't considered Johnny....we haven't really settled on what iteration of John feels right for the little man :)

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    2. I love the name John, in fact our next little boy (whenever he comes around) will be a John too (but go by Jack, in honor of my grandfather)!

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  2. He is so precious Cristina! Brauch Hashem for the new little one!

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  3. Beautiful! You are awesome. UGH, someone else's hand in your uterus is never good. So sorry about that! But, hey, he is worth it! Wish I could hold him!

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  4. Congratulations! I am a new follower of your blog and have been meaning to tell you that we are pregnant twins...until now! I think you won ;) What a beautiful boy and congrats to you for going w/o an epidural! What a wonderful gift of new life.

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    1. Thank you! It looks like we were pregnant twins in more ways than one. Bringing home number three hasn't been as difficult as I thought, of course my husband hasn't gone back to work yet :)

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  5. He's lovely! I am so excited for you guys! I look forward to meeting him. I'm also looking forward to the day we can get together and watch our boys play together. Max and John Michael can be buddies. Good job on the unmedicated birth. Now you can say you did it. :-)

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  6. Love these pictures and hearing John's story. What mom doesn't love a birth story? Sorry it was painful!! But I guess it goes with the territory. You're so brave not to do an epidural!! Love his name!

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  7. He is such a BEAUTIFUL baby Cristina!!! He has the most perfect skin and head for a newborn:) Congratulations! We are so happy for you and can't wait to see him and you all again!
    Love,
    "Aunt" Lindsey ;)

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  8. Just reread this post!! I had both boys drug free, and with Jack, the doctors also told me I wasn't ready to push yet, to which I said, "I'm pushing, I can't stop my body, he's coming NOW!" My mom said I was so matter-of-fact about it that she almost died laughing as I was trying to get someone down THERE to catch my baby!!

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