We brought Austin home yesterday afternoon. We were both worried that he wouldn't like the car seat. He fell right to sleep after we removed some of the padding -- the little piggy is too big for the "baby" stuff!
The rest of the delivery story...
Around 10:00 they discovered I was dilated to a 10. No one could believe how fast I went from a 3 to a 10. All morning it was... you are a 1, okay 1+, maybe a 2, we'll just say 2+, etc. Next thing we know, the doctor has given orders to start "practice pushing" with the nurse. We did that for about 30 minutes. The nurse wanted to let me "labor down" on my own for awhile (come to find out...My doctor was with another woman who had already been pushing for three hours). My epidural wore off as soon as the nurse walked out of the room. I couldn't believe the pain. I went from feeling absolutely nothing to feeling like my insides were being ripped out. (My hats off to those who do this naturally...but I now know you are totally crazy!)
Around 10:00 they discovered I was dilated to a 10. No one could believe how fast I went from a 3 to a 10. All morning it was... you are a 1, okay 1+, maybe a 2, we'll just say 2+, etc. Next thing we know, the doctor has given orders to start "practice pushing" with the nurse. We did that for about 30 minutes. The nurse wanted to let me "labor down" on my own for awhile (come to find out...My doctor was with another woman who had already been pushing for three hours). My epidural wore off as soon as the nurse walked out of the room. I couldn't believe the pain. I went from feeling absolutely nothing to feeling like my insides were being ripped out. (My hats off to those who do this naturally...but I now know you are totally crazy!)
I ended up needing another round of the epidural. I was never so glad to see the doctor walk in with the medicine. This was the only time I "yelled" at Jay. During a contraction I looked up and realized he was flipping through the TV channels. I politely told him he could watch TV, but I didn't want him acting so bored that he needed to see what else was on!!
My doctor finally arrived and we started the "real" pushing around 11:00. I always thought there would be more drama during delivery. At one point I was talking to the nurse about how small the fan blades above my head were. Dr. Hugge asked one of the nurses to get the vacuum ready just in case we needed it. She then said, "Buddy don't make me come in there and get you!" One more push and Austin Jay Kiefer entered our world at 12:24 am on July 17th, 2008. It was the most incredible thing I've ever experienced. So many emotions at once! Joy because we had just witnessed (and participated in!) the most beautiful thing on earth. Tears because I couldn't believe he was finally here and then the horror when I realized I had just delivered an 8lb 7oz baby! All totally worth it!!
Dad took pictures of him being cleaned up...
And ran to get Grandpa, Grandma and Aunt B...
We all got back to the room around 2:30 am. My nurse went over pages and pages of information. I think I only remember a few sentences. Mama was pooped! I enjoy my first meal since 7:30 Wednesday morning -- fruit and red cake! :)
We were blessed with so many wonderful visitors the next couple of days. There are a lot of people out there that love this little boy!
One of our first family pictures...
Everything has been going really well at home. We were both so happy to sleep in our own bed last night.One last picture... Austin in his car seat ready to head home...
His picture can also be found on www.our365.com. Trying to get a good picture was such an ordeal. I now know why they make you buy the package BEFORE they take the pictures!!
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