He is here

The little man is here.
Blake Matthew
Born 7/12/12 3:46pm
8lb 51cm long 34cm head cm

The day started out well. Got to the hospital at 7am. Dr checked me about 7:30 and i was 3cm dilated so no need for gels and he broke my water straight up. I started getting contractions almost straight away but they weren't increasing so we decided to go with the drip.

Around 11am the contractions really amped up and I asked for the epidural. Finally around 12:15 it was put in. The contractions slowed down for a bit but the midwife was able to increase the drip. It was then we started noticing after every contraction bubs heart rate would drop. The nurse suspected the cord to be around his neck. This dropping HR got worse the stronger the contractions got. At around 3pm they were getting worried and were considering an emergency csection but the dr checked and I was fully dilated and ready to push.

I figured i was as I had break trough pain and i just felt different within myself. I guess I actually felt myself go through transition.

Started pushing at 3pm and he was progressing down the birth canal well but by 3:30 bubs heart rate started plummeting so the dr decided we needed to get him out now!

He used a vacuum and within a couple of pushes he was out. The cord was indeed around his neck and he was very stunned after he came out. He really scared me as he wasn't completely breathing, was very blue in the head, and really stunned. As soon as the cord was cut the nurse took him to the birth cart and he started crying. I was so relieved.

I seriously want my money back for the epidural. I felt absolutely everything. Ok it dulled down the contraction pain for sure. But i felt all of Blake come out. A pain I had absolutely no desire to feel and one of the main reasons why I had epidural.
As Blake had the cord around his neck once his head came 1/2 out I couldn't push :( that's a pain I will never forget. Was the same when I had to start pushing the shoulders. I had to pant instead of push like I really f'ing wanted to. It's a pain I won't forget any time soon that's for sure. I have no idea why on earth women willingly want to feel that. Ouchies!

He is doing well now though. He feed in the birthing suite at around 4:30pm. But by midnight he hadn't fed again. I kept offering him the boob but he wasn't interested :( midwife said his blood sugar may have just dropped too low and he was too tired to suck. So we hand expressed some colostrum and poured it into his mouth. Well he definitely got some energy as he cluster fed every hour after that. I finally got some sleep around 5am for about an hour when the blood lady woke me up.

He is so perfect though.