Little Zachary Brad arrived 17/3/14 @ 17:03 3.87kg 54cm
The birth was fantastic. I was induced due to his big size. He was above the 97th percentile and for 10days early he was still a big boy. Arrived OB assessed me and I was 2cm so he was able to break my waters. I was on the Ctg machine for a while after as they like to make sure bub was ok with the breaking of membranes. We had a couple of 90bpm readings which we worked out likely to be the placenta as it was anterior.
Once the midwife was happy bub was stable we were allowed to go for a walk. We walked around the hospital grounds a few times. I went up and down some stairs. By 10am nothing was progressing so we opted for the drip to get things moving.
I was doing well with contractions but at around 1 I thought time for an epidural. I'm thinking I can go without if I ever go again! I had an hour of happy before my normal break through pain started. I was already 7cm when the epi went in so I didn't have far to go. About an hour of break through pain and I was getting the urge to push. Turns out my break through pain comes as I go through transition.
I wanted to push but they wanted me to wait until my OB got their and could assess me to make sure I was ready to push. So I was breathing through each contraction.
OB arrived checked yep fully dilated and ready to go. I began pushing but it didn't feel right I didn't have any strength. I felt so weak and I just couldn't push :(
Turns out I was trying to push and still breath through contractions. Hahaha oops that so doesn't work.
so once I stopped breathing through them and started actually pushing before I knew it like 5-10pushs and my dr says next push and he is out. wtf I hadn't done anything. But yep out he came. No vacuum no issues to nothing he was just born!
Things are settling down a little bit. We are having feeding issues, turns out he has a tongue tie so that gets snipped next Thursday but at the moment I'm having to use shields and also top up formula feed. Some of his feeds were gettig up to 4+ hours and he just wouldn't settle to sleep. I felt guilty about the formula at first but the poor bugger was hungry. Since then I have started feeling a bit more in control of things.
Tyler and Blake can be a hand full I think it's just them adjusting to the new addition. Some days I get hardly any sleep and that's usually because I'm dealing with 2-3 kids up during the night. When it's just Zach feeding its fine but like last night Blake is teething and he woke around 11 and it took me 3 hours to resettle him.
I think life will be hectic for a while.
Me wise I have lost 7 1/2 kg already which is good. I can't wait to get back into some exercise but I think finding the time will be the hard part. Even for a 30min run or ride. I'm trying to eat well but the lack of sleep has me looking for empty calories. :( just need one night of ok sleep to refocus. I know I can do it.
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