So i have finally had a chance to get my blog up and running again, thank goodness for that!! I have been having the urge to blog for a while now with so much going on in my life.
I know i am not always going to have the chance to update now with 3 kids but least i have the option when i have that urge!
I had a quick look at the last time i bogged and it was back in December :O that is shocking but with my computer dieing and then flood,moving house,trip to Melb,having a baby and having a badly running lappy of course it has been a while. It is going to take me a while to catch up with things but i will get there!
I will however start with the birth of my baby boy Xander!! He was born on the 31st May 2012! I went into actual labor 9am on the 30th but nothing major was happening so i was stuck at home just waiting for something to happen which well it didn't until around 6:30am on the 31st.I We got to the hospital around 9am and i was put on a monitor to check bubs heart rate and my contractions....As much as they were getting painful i was so happy i went into labor on my own.... my contractions were coming without the inducing drug was the best feeling. I had Jimmy,Kathy(jimmy's mum) and my sister with me at this point... not sure what time i was moved into an actual room but it felt so much more real once i was in that room. A bit after this my contractions were really starting to get nasty... I think at this point i was only about 3-4cm along. I ended up having some gas which took the edge off for a while but then it was just too much... they checked again and i was only 5cm along so i decided now was the time for an epidural and thank god for that!!! Once that kicked in i was a happy chappy... Just happy to let things fall how they may. A bit after this they broke my waters to help things along even more! Mum also came down to visit with Lilly through all of this... Lil was a bit weirded out by it but she did pretty good.
After my they broke my waters things picked up a bit more and then i started having a lot of pressure around my hips and started to hurt a little too.... seems it was starting to be time to start pushing. I was a bit worried though cause my mum wasn't back yet. But she made it YAY. It got to 6pm and my lovely midwives told me it was time to push. I was so scared by this point,I couldn't believe this was it. I pushed for exactly 24mins before he was born.... i swear the longest and hardest 24 mins of my life.I was so relieved he was out i wanted to give up so many times but i had the best support system through it so i just kept trying... and yelling for him to get out LOL. After he was out they put him on me straight away.... this was the newest feeling i had ever experienced as my other 2 i didn't have that,they were both taken away. So they cleaned me up and whatever they do but the whole time i was holding my new son. He was just beautiful... Perfect and mine to hold then and there. After an hour old i fed him for the first time which he took to pretty well. I was so proud of myself with the whole thing specially when i found out the was 8 pound 2 ounce!! He didn't look that big to me though. The first few days were a blur... Well all except when Xand was taken down to the NIC unit for a few hours as his blood sugar levels were rather low as my milk was taking forever to come in. But i was only in hospital 2 nights and then i got to come home to my 2 other babies and my wonderful man!
Xander is 3 weeks today... He is sleeping and eating well except for being sick he is doing so good. Breastfeeding like a trooper too which is the best feeling. I must say though i cant wait till he is sleeping through the night not that i can complain much about his sleeping really. Just hope it stays this way.As of next Wed i will be on my own and Jimmy goes back to work... it is going to be an interesting time but i know i will be ok just hoping i adjust quickly!!!
Well i better go Xander is due for a feed soon. I will update again soon. So glad i have this back YAY
