Max's birth

Max is here!

He was born April 29 at around 6pm. I was induced a few days early (his due date was May 4) because I had gestational diabetes and those babies tend to be bigger.



Jeannette was nice enough to babysit Sophia for a few days so we checked into the hospital early Monday morning.  

It was pretty slow going mostly. I was having contractions that I couldn't even feel for hours. When they finally broke my water, I could feel them pretty strongly and asked for my epidural soon after. The epidural made me sick and I threw up a few times. That happened when I had Sophia too. Yuck! I was pretty numb after that and couldn't lift my legs... it's the weirdest feeling! There was one spot on my lower abdomen  about the size of a quarter that wasn't numb, so with every contraction I had seriously intense pain in one tiny little spot. It was annoying. Eventually that went numb too.  When it was finally time to push, it all went really quickly. I only had to push for 12 minutes and he was here, healthy and big! The only scare we had, was after his head was delivered, his shoulder got stuck. Suddenly there were 2 more nurses helping, and Rich and my mom were pushed aside. They pushed on my stomach a lot to get him to turn. I could tell it was serious by the way my Dr was acting and how my mom looked. I guess he was stuck for 90 seconds and his arm was kinda cutting off his air supply. When he was fully delivered, I remember his face looked almost black and I'm not sure if it was from lack of air, or from bruising. My Dr. said that if he was delivered too fast when he was stuck like that, the tendons in his neck could have been severed and he could have had some paralysis in his arm. Luckily everything turned out fine, and I was able to watch Dancing with the Stars while I held my new baby.

8 lbs 13 oz and 21 inches long.

Happy and calm now 

We loved having visitors in the hospital. Thanks to everyone who visited. Here is Mike and Max. 

He was a sweet boy from the beginning. The only time I heard him cry was when he was circumcised. Poor guy!

 

My two favorite guys!

Sophia did great meeting him. She loved on him and kept saying his name. She is so sweet!  

She's happy to be a sister... most days. It was so fun seeing her after two days of not being with her. She suddenly looked so BIG!  When we got home from the hospital, she was pretty indifferent toward him, which was good. Then when he was 6 weeks old, she felt like he was out staying his welcome and she got pretty jealous. Now she's back to being indifferent.

Max just had his 2 month appointment and his stats are:

47% weight and 87% height. I hope he can keep these stats his whole life! They sound pretty perfect to me! 

He is a good eater. He only cries if he is tired, hungry, or dirty, so he's pretty easy to keep happy. He is so snuggley and sweet. He is smiling now and has a pretty cute little dimple on his right cheek when he does. I think he looks a lot like Rich, but with my eye shape. It it so cool to see eyes that look like mine looking up at me. I am so thankful for this little guy and I hope he grows up to be the kind of guy who calls his mom everyday!