I'm back! It's just about 3 months since our little one was born. It's a boy!! We are so excited to have our son here at home with us and home sweet home after having been in a delivery room for almost 3 day's. I was not expecting to stay over night. I wasn't expecting to stay there period! I didn't even know I was going to be going into labor at the Hospital, they told me. It was probably the last place on earth that I wanted to be but it was the first place on earth that I needed to be. I am glad that I was there for the labor part for my very first baby. I think I would have been a bit terrified if I had to go through traffic to get to the Hospital it was already painful to begin with. Thankfully they got me going!
This little baby came into the world bright eyed and oh so very happy. It was great day and fantastic delivery. For my first go at it 4 hours of hard labor isn't too bad! I had my Mother and my Husband to thank for a smooth labor. It was my wonderful Mother who encouraged me along the way to think through the pushing part of it. She was right it was painful alright. I did my fair share of screaming. The entire Hospital learned there was God after the fact because I kept myself saying the name of Jesus the entire time. I had it known he was there and he was apart of this labor process. I kid you Not I did not think I would make it out that Hospital alive, it hurt that bad. I think I had a love hate relationship with the Nurses trying to help deliver this baby. One second I loved them for the love, care and support they gave me to getting this done! while on the other hand I didn't want them near me. I am not sure which is worse the fact that they are their to help you or the fact that you just wish to God no one got near you. Either way, there is not a win, win situation there.
I have been pretty exhausted as you can imagine but I have had a fantastic friend and sister to call upon her name is America's yes, that is her name. I love her she is awesome! she was there to rub my back and help me to relax the entire time I was in hard labor. She is a natural born caregiver. She was on the scene when she discovered that I was trying to clean the house the second I got home from the Hospital. After all, I couldn't have a messy house. She help me think through taking it easy on my feet for a while. So, I have her to thank for the emotional encouragement. She did bring me some Green tea to enjoy after I delivered! Thank God for friends who become family. She would make an excellent! Midwife! and the Nurses who were all in the room with me all had to agree. I hope she goes for it because she handled my delivery like she was sent from God to get me through it. I couldn't have gone through that day without her being by my side. Thanks to her insistence I made it through.
Having a wonderful Husband who let her come to visit me in the Hospital, after I clearly said, no! I did not want her to see me that way, she came to visit anyway with the bribe of Starbucks as her key in and it worked! So thanks to my Husband for always knowing what it best in most all cases he knew just what we needed that day, though I am sure my Husband would have appreciated the perhaps less aggressive hands on of my digging my nails into his arms and hands. There is only one way to excuse the behavior, when you are in just that much pain and all you want is a hug or perhaps some type of comfort and hands and arms are all you can get your fingers on, that will do for the need of a man's support from the front.
I just have to say the second labor started, I knew! I knew it was time to push and when pushing starts there is no return. All I can say to this is there is no stopping point in which to think maybe I don't care for this type of discomfort or pain. Your just in it and when you have arrived at that type of pain level, all Husbands beware! You will know! I believe when you stand by your women when she is in that type of predicament, it is a God send for you to stand by her side until that baby pops out of there like a cannon ball. You have officially arrived as a Husband for a lifetime for keeps when you have heard the screams and the nails digging into some part of your body if you are holding onto your wife as she is continuing along the path of labor, it's great. My Husband has officially earned his Husband for life badge after all he had to endure going through the labor scene with me. I did NOT let him leave my hands or my side for a second, poor guy.
Oh -well if you can create a baby together, you can certainly do this whole labor and birth thing together too. Your a team now for the rest of your life and this little baby glues you together, forever, diaper duty and all! It's forever! cuz this child isn't going anywhere. Once it's in your arms, it's over, your just lost and in love with the whole of this tiny little life that get's placed in your arms. It's a pretty neat experience. I am still in amazement over it all. The funny thing is, once it's all over your so amazed that you just lived through that, that you just end up wanting to do it all over again. It's true what they say, you totally forget about the pain once it's all over, and you do. It's like nothing happen, almost until you get home and you have time to realize how traumatized you are that something just shot out your lady parts, it's awesome. And then you rethink a second baby for a while.
Either way life does go on after labor and delivery. First their is recovery and then you know the extra things like getting settled with a little person you don't really know all that well yet. But here we are almost 3 months later and loving life all together and just watching in amazement as this little life continues to grow in front of us. I haven't been blogging much but I will be blogging more often as I am able to and improving my art in blogging as I go. For now, this is a start.
Time for sleep time. Nite, nite.
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