Baby Levi born!

Well telling levi's birth story could take awhile...on sat night/Sunday am I started real contractions . I had been having what they call false contractions all week. I knew these were real because they continued when I'd stand up. So we took Kaylee to my parents and around midnight they told us we should come in. When we arrived I was checked at 5cm that's halfway and I was really excited. By 5am I was 10cm which is considered complete and ready to push, I had done all that naturally and I was that woman screaming in the next room you wish you could shut up. They had me try to push but we were all troubled that I wasn't having the appropriate urge to push. They examined me for his positioning to try to figure out the problem...he turned out to be face-up and at a slight angle. At the same time my back labor pains intensified and contractions got so close there was almost no rest in between. It hurt so bad I was saying 'somebody help, ,somebody get me out of here, I then said ,somebody get the anesthesiologist in here!' I shockingly even said I either want epidural or a c-section right now!'he's

A whole painful hellish hour passed with my only relief being Eric,s counter pressure on my back. I had been pushing for two hours at 10cm with no results, in all sorts of painful positions to try to turn baby. They also tried rather often to turn him manually. So I finally got the epi and we rested but I was still tense and couldn't sleep. The labor nurse began to try to rotate him again and she believed that she was maki g progress. So she had me start to push again. She said he was at a lower position. Now I did want to push and pushed with all my might for 2hours. They could see his headful of hair. But to me I was getting too exhausted to continue. They had mentioned the head ob on staff had expertise with forceps and I said 'bring her in!' she brought all these students and residents with her. She pulled as I pushed with four tries each time with a little shake 'no' of her head. Meanwhile all the rest of the room was yelling 'go Jenny go you can do it we see him!'

She then reported the bad news that c-section was our next only option. I cried I was so scared. But the surgery turned out to be the easiest thing I'd done that day.when Levi came out someone in the room exclaimed that he was a 10lb baby!I couldn't believe my ears!

Turns out he is 9lb13 oz and 21.25in long. He has dark black hair already smiles and tries to hold his head on his own. He's really cute and already showing us his sweet demeanor -when he does cry which isnt often it doesn't take much work to soothe him. He has taken to nursing like a champ -he's already strong and determined. The pees dr said that usually it takes about 5-6 days for infants after loosing initially after birth, to start to gain again. Today he started to gain again a couple days earlier than most. So he will maintain his heavyweight title for a bit here at least.:) we are already in love with our sweet little boy, kaylee is absolutely taken with him. She loves to wrap and unwrap his blankets. She,s learning to be gentle with his head and my stomach. She looks forward to seeing him but calls him a she fairly often. She likes to offer him his bear and bring him his nukie. She loves to say his name and look at his tiny fingers and toes.