Growing...

Well, our little man is growing...fast! He was weighed on Thurday, March 10th, his 11th day at 9lbs 3oz! He's just above the 75 percentile! I guess that's good! Yeah for baby!

He's Here!!!

Well, although this post is a little late, our little Baby Nox is here! He was born February 27, 2011 at 5:03am. He was 8lbs 4oz and 20 inches long.

It all started Saturday early morning when I woke up from some light contractions. I wasn't even sure if they were the real thing so I just went back to sleep. I then woke back up at 5:30am on Saturday to use the bathroom and couldn't fall back asleep because I kept having contractions. They didn't hurt, but I was having them every 7 minutes or so and I was concerned. But again, I wasn't sure if they were real contractions or Bradson Hicks. So after I took a nap later that morning, Sai and I decided to hit the gym in the afternoon. I figured, if anything, it would speed up the process...and so it did! We went to the gym around 3pm and I just walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes and then sat down and read while Sai finished his workout. Then it happend...the contractions were coming on stronger! They still didn't hurt, but it was very uncomfortable. We got home and I took a shower and all and around 5:30pm I started to keep track of the contractions. They were coming every 7 minutes again and then every 5 minutes. We decided to take a walk outside around 8:30pm and by the time we were 1/2 way around the block the contractions were coming every 3 minutes! I could barely make it back to the house without stopping and holding tight of Sai. So when we got back in the house we called the doctor and they told us to come on in. We packed up and we were on our way!

In the car was the 1st time I felt a painful contraction! It wasn't pleasant, but still not terribly painful. Once we got to the hospital, around 10pm, they measured me at 2cm. They asked if I wanted to walk for an hour or relax in the tub. I opted for the tub for an hour, along with some pain killers...which, by the way, didn't help!!! When I was in the tub, which ended up making me sooo hot, the contractions were coming on strong! They were getting so painful! When the nurse came in, I told her I wanted to get out and she told me in 10 minutes. That was annoying, but what could I do. So when she came in again, I got out. We went back to the room and I could hardley stand the pain. Every time I had a strong contraction the nurse was in my face, trying to help me breathe..."Ooooooo". I was getting annoyed and just wanted the epideral already! I kept asking her when the doctor would be in. She finally came!!!

The epideral didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would. I was just glad to think that I wouldn't have the pain of the contractions anymore. And when it kicked in, boy was I thankful!!! As was Sai...he said I was so annoying when my contractions came...telling him to open the window, then to close it minutes later. Then telling him to come and rub my back or hold my hand and then telling him to stop touching me! He was so tired and getting tired of me too! haha! But I was glad when the epideral kicked in because all was good after that! Sai got sleep, and so did I. I slept off and on for 3 hours and then the nurse told me to go and see if I could empty out my bladder before they measured me again. So we went to the bathroom, and nothing! I was mad because that meant they were going to put a cathidator (?) in me. So I went to wipe...and I felt something. I told the nurse and she told me it was the head and we needed to get back to the room right away! I couldn't be any happier!!! I was afraid I was only going to be 7cm!!! So we went to the room and the doctor came in and I was to push right away. Less then 10 minutes later, he was out!!! Whuhuu!!! Another 5 minutes to get everything else out...but it was done! I was sooo happy!

They wiped him off and layed him on me and Sai said he looked like a baby Ta (like what his dad would have looked like as a baby). He was so cute and so calm. He just laid there, happy as could be. I was so happy that the labor wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! And we are SOOOO glad that he's here!!!