2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[finn's mom]

Yay, can't wait to see her!

[wolfsoul]

I'm currently one-hand typing...lol

I had quite the labor and delivery. Water broke on Thursday, and Tyler Paige was born on Saturday at 8:11am. 37 hours and lots of pain!! LOL. I pushed for nearly 3 hours with no epidural and then they threw this 9 pound baby on my chest. Of course you never expect that something that large could come out of you at the time. 8lb 15oz.
She looks just like Kyle. She has my lips and my ears, and that's about it. Alot more hair than we thought she'd have (we were both nearly bald), and it's quite dark -- both of us were very blonde, and even now we both have ash coloured dark blonde/light brown hair (other than mine is still faded dyed dark), so I expect Tyler's will change.
She's been very good. The nurses were worried because she didn't want to eat less than every 5-6 hours. They checked her blood sugar though and said it was PERFECT, and she wasn't the least bit jaundiced so they weren't concerned. Now she's on an every 2-3 hour schedule. My milk came in early (what a messy experience!!! LOL) and that's when she started feeding more.
I can't believe how SKINNY I am! I'm way thinner than I was before I concieved. I feel much better than the first two days. I did tear, so I have stitches now, and man are they ever a pain in the butt (no pun intended), but I had lost a great deal of blood so I couldn't move around much -- only to go to the bathroom or have an epsom salt bath. I had such terrible vertigo and vision problems and just felt really weak in general. I feel much better though, I just have to take it easy or my symptoms slowly come back. I went grocery shopping yesterday and nearly fell over LOL. Darn those large super Wal-Marts and how you have to walk ten miles to find anything....

I'll post some pictures later -- like I said, one-hand typing! Hard to nurse and copy/paste URLs at the same time...

[Karen]

Congratulations, and welcome to the world little Tyler Paige! You she a first name with a very nice girl who is our neighbor, we have watched her grow up, and she learned from Miss Hoppy how to treat a bunny!

We look forward to pictures, and thanks for posting one-handed, mommy!

[beeniesmom]

Oooh! Wonderful news! Can't wait to see pictures of your little one.

[wolfsoul]

Thanks guys! Here are some pics:


I look like crap LOL



with Daddy

in the dark early morning

with my mom

pondering...

at home

fishy

[finn's mom]

Well done! She is beautiful! It is so crazy how some babies never look like newborns, haha. She already looks a few weeks old! Glad you both are doing well. Thank you for taking the time to share photos!

[finn's mom]

Here's Miss Clara at 6.5 weeks old...tummy time fun on a Tuesday afternoon.