Monday, March 31, 2008
My first post!
My first post is going to be about my new obsession--my beautiful baby boy's arrival almost one month ago! Alexander Gabriel was born on my birthday of all days- March 5, 2008! He weighed 6lbs. 7oz. and was 19.5 inches long-my exact mesurements at birth as well! He was also born at 10:51 P.M. which is about an hour sooner than my own birth time. Talk about a crazy coincidence! He is clearly my best birthday present ever though! So, the day started with some wierd feelings I was having early in the morning. I was thinking maybe it was labor, but wasn't too sure, so Abe and I decided to stay home from work just as a precaution. I called the doctor around 9 A.M., and she seemed to think it was probably false labor and to call back if the contractions got harder or closer together. Well, after about an hour--they had dissipated completely, so Abe and I headed to Wal-mart and walked around for an hour feeling like dorks because we had taken off of work. Around 4:30 P.M., I was sitting downstairs on the futon getting the baby's clothes ready to put in the wash (I guess the nesting hit a little too late! LOL) and I stood up only to be surprised by my water breaking! I ran all the way upstairs half naked because I was so shocked, and told Abe what had happened and we called the doctor. She still didn't seem to think my water had really broken, so she told us to come on into the office. By the time Abe finished packing his bag (Don't ask me why he didn't pack the 4,000 times I had nagged him to pack it before) I was having bad contractions and they were 4 minutes apart. So we rushed to the doctor's office, all the while I'm thinking my child may be born in the Saturn. We got there and waited 10 excruiating minutes to see the doctor. She took one look and told us that I definitely broke my water, she could see dark hair, and that we needed to get to the hospital right away. She called in the epidural while we were on our way because she thought I might be progressing to quickly to have one once we got there. By the time we got to Franklin Square, I thought I was dying and I was grabbing onto Abe and crying because the contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. When the doctor checked me I was already at 8! So, luckily they were able to give my the epidural in the nick of time. Then after a 5 hour labor, and one hour of pushing, Alex was born. They immediately put him on my stomach and he was kicking and screaming like a little madman! I don't really remember much about his first few moments, because I was in shock that he was out, but I just remember touching him and thinking he was really warm. I also remember thinking he looked too small and asking the doctor is he was a normal size. I guess it had been awhile since I saw a newborn! LOL. The doctor just laughed and told me he was fine. I don't even remember what Abe was doing during this time because I couldn't take my eyes off of the baby. It was such an amazing experience!! He's now almost a month old already and doing really great. He has my lips and chin and his Daddy's forehead, hands and feet. His eyes and his nose are a mixture of both of us. I've attached a recent picture of our little cutie!
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Monday, March 31, 2008
My first post!
My first post is going to be about my new obsession--my beautiful baby boy's arrival almost one month ago! Alexander Gabriel was born on my birthday of all days- March 5, 2008! He weighed 6lbs. 7oz. and was 19.5 inches long-my exact mesurements at birth as well! He was also born at 10:51 P.M. which is about an hour sooner than my own birth time. Talk about a crazy coincidence! He is clearly my best birthday present ever though! So, the day started with some wierd feelings I was having early in the morning. I was thinking maybe it was labor, but wasn't too sure, so Abe and I decided to stay home from work just as a precaution. I called the doctor around 9 A.M., and she seemed to think it was probably false labor and to call back if the contractions got harder or closer together. Well, after about an hour--they had dissipated completely, so Abe and I headed to Wal-mart and walked around for an hour feeling like dorks because we had taken off of work. Around 4:30 P.M., I was sitting downstairs on the futon getting the baby's clothes ready to put in the wash (I guess the nesting hit a little too late! LOL) and I stood up only to be surprised by my water breaking! I ran all the way upstairs half naked because I was so shocked, and told Abe what had happened and we called the doctor. She still didn't seem to think my water had really broken, so she told us to come on into the office. By the time Abe finished packing his bag (Don't ask me why he didn't pack the 4,000 times I had nagged him to pack it before) I was having bad contractions and they were 4 minutes apart. So we rushed to the doctor's office, all the while I'm thinking my child may be born in the Saturn. We got there and waited 10 excruiating minutes to see the doctor. She took one look and told us that I definitely broke my water, she could see dark hair, and that we needed to get to the hospital right away. She called in the epidural while we were on our way because she thought I might be progressing to quickly to have one once we got there. By the time we got to Franklin Square, I thought I was dying and I was grabbing onto Abe and crying because the contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. When the doctor checked me I was already at 8! So, luckily they were able to give my the epidural in the nick of time. Then after a 5 hour labor, and one hour of pushing, Alex was born. They immediately put him on my stomach and he was kicking and screaming like a little madman! I don't really remember much about his first few moments, because I was in shock that he was out, but I just remember touching him and thinking he was really warm. I also remember thinking he looked too small and asking the doctor is he was a normal size. I guess it had been awhile since I saw a newborn! LOL. The doctor just laughed and told me he was fine. I don't even remember what Abe was doing during this time because I couldn't take my eyes off of the baby. It was such an amazing experience!! He's now almost a month old already and doing really great. He has my lips and chin and his Daddy's forehead, hands and feet. His eyes and his nose are a mixture of both of us. I've attached a recent picture of our little cutie!
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Monday, March 31, 2008
My first post!
My first post is going to be about my new obsession--my beautiful baby boy's arrival almost one month ago! Alexander Gabriel was born on my birthday of all days- March 5, 2008! He weighed 6lbs. 7oz. and was 19.5 inches long-my exact mesurements at birth as well! He was also born at 10:51 P.M. which is about an hour sooner than my own birth time. Talk about a crazy coincidence! He is clearly my best birthday present ever though! So, the day started with some wierd feelings I was having early in the morning. I was thinking maybe it was labor, but wasn't too sure, so Abe and I decided to stay home from work just as a precaution. I called the doctor around 9 A.M., and she seemed to think it was probably false labor and to call back if the contractions got harder or closer together. Well, after about an hour--they had dissipated completely, so Abe and I headed to Wal-mart and walked around for an hour feeling like dorks because we had taken off of work. Around 4:30 P.M., I was sitting downstairs on the futon getting the baby's clothes ready to put in the wash (I guess the nesting hit a little too late! LOL) and I stood up only to be surprised by my water breaking! I ran all the way upstairs half naked because I was so shocked, and told Abe what had happened and we called the doctor. She still didn't seem to think my water had really broken, so she told us to come on into the office. By the time Abe finished packing his bag (Don't ask me why he didn't pack the 4,000 times I had nagged him to pack it before) I was having bad contractions and they were 4 minutes apart. So we rushed to the doctor's office, all the while I'm thinking my child may be born in the Saturn. We got there and waited 10 excruiating minutes to see the doctor. She took one look and told us that I definitely broke my water, she could see dark hair, and that we needed to get to the hospital right away. She called in the epidural while we were on our way because she thought I might be progressing to quickly to have one once we got there. By the time we got to Franklin Square, I thought I was dying and I was grabbing onto Abe and crying because the contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. When the doctor checked me I was already at 8! So, luckily they were able to give my the epidural in the nick of time. Then after a 5 hour labor, and one hour of pushing, Alex was born. They immediately put him on my stomach and he was kicking and screaming like a little madman! I don't really remember much about his first few moments, because I was in shock that he was out, but I just remember touching him and thinking he was really warm. I also remember thinking he looked too small and asking the doctor is he was a normal size. I guess it had been awhile since I saw a newborn! LOL. The doctor just laughed and told me he was fine. I don't even remember what Abe was doing during this time because I couldn't take my eyes off of the baby. It was such an amazing experience!! He's now almost a month old already and doing really great. He has my lips and chin and his Daddy's forehead, hands and feet. His eyes and his nose are a mixture of both of us. I've attached a recent picture of our little cutie!
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