Dang Strait: May 2010

Here he is!

This picture is so sweet to me.

Okay, let's back up a little bit.
A couple of days before I had the baby I had James take this picture. When I saw this picture today I thought "Dang, I was big!" I didn't think so at the time.

This was the day of delivery. I went to my midwife clinic to get checked out first. This was the first time James had ever been to the office. I love all the women who work there and they even liked James, which made me like them more. ;)

Before I got my water broke. I was feelin' pretty good.

Getting poked and prodded. NOT my favorite.

Okay, so they broke my water at 3:30p and I walked around the halls until 5p. I had had two painful contractions at 4:50p ish and then we decided to start pitocin. We only ever used the minimum but that was enough. The contractions were painful and close right from the start. I have to say, I think I handled myself very well during the contractions. I was able to breath through them and stay relaxed. I didn't even cry or scream...until it came time to push at 6:15ish Thankfully I only had to push two times to get William out. He squeezed out with his hands up by his face. Can you believe that? It was wild! So no episiotomy and no epidural. I feel like Wonder Woman! Not that I would think less of you for it. He was born at 6:21p, March 30th. He weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. By my standards, he was HUGE! See this post to compare him to Edin and Lizzie.

Just minutes after his birth. I don't even remember taking this picture...