Nixon is here! And he has been for 2 weeks, well 13 days, tomorrow will be 2 weeks! I can't even believe it! At times it feels like he's been here forever and it's hard to remember what life was like without him, but at other times he seems very new, as he is, and we have no idea what we're doing! Haha! But we are figuring it out.
He's quite the sleeper during the day, night is another story though. He's definitely been doing better the past few nights though, I think we're figuring it out. Last night was a little longer of a night though because the poor baby just won't give his bubbles up so he lays there and squirms cause he's got a bit of a belly ache. And of course as his overprotective mommy I wake up to every little squawk or movement. So in the end he ended up in bed cuddled with mom. And I'm more than okay with that, I think it makes me sleep better too ;) oh I love that boy!
So, I think it's only necessary that I share his birth story, because I've documented the whole pregnancy, I can't not tell the story. Plus, he's got about 2 more hours of his awesome nap so I have time ;) I'm telling you, this kid sleeps.
So my due date was December 5th, and if you recall that day I kind of had a semi gripe fest on the blog because he wasn't here yet...little did I know what would happen in the next few hours. Kohn and I went to bed that night, and I went to bed really dreading the fact that I would have to go to work the next morning because I was supposed to have a baby by this point! Well midnight rolls around, and I wake up thinking I had just peed my pants. I know this sounds gross, but I tried to just go back to sleep, because it was only a little, but I decided against it because the thought of my water breaking crossed my mind. And as soon as it crossed my mind I decided I wasn't ready for labor and got really scared. So I got up to go to the bathroom to see what was happening. I was expecting there to be a huge flow of water after I stood up if it had been my water breaking, but there was no flow so I resorted back to the idea of having peed my pants. Well, I went to go to the bathroom, and I'll spare the potty details, but it was confusing. I woke Kohn up and told him I thought my water had broke, but then the flow stopped so I told him nevermind and to go back to bed, my bladder had just been really full. But then I stood up and there was no questioning it, my water had broke, and now it wasn't stopping! I changed my garments and put on a new pair of sweats and started to walk around to get stuff gathered when I soon realized that was a bad idea, because I was making a mess. So Kohn had me sit down while he gathered everything. I had to sit on a towel on the way to the hospital and walked into labor and delivery with the towel strapped around me. As soon as the nurses saw the towel they knew what had happened and we were quickly on our way to our room.
I had only been a 1 at my previous doctors appointment a few days later, and Nixon had still not dropped, so I still haven't really figured out how my water broke. It just did I guess. When they checked my cervix after I got all settled in I was only a 2 and I knew that it was going to be a long morning/day/night/whatever. I got to a 3.5 in an hour and then stopped. They tried to give me pitocin but Nixon didn't handle it very well, so they had to turn it off and I went from a 3.5 to an 8.5 all by myself, and I'm not even sure how long it took. It was just long. I got the epidural at a 3+ because yes, I am a wimp. But after I had the epidural and my legs were ridiculously numb I was annoyed and couldn't decide if I'd rather feel the contractions or not feel my legs.
Anyways, I got stuck at an 8.5 and Nixon was posterior. So I had to lay on my left side and have my right leg in a stir up for 30 minutes and then switch, which was annoying because I couldn't feel my legs anyway. Nixon eventually turned on his own, he is a champ! I still wasn't dilating though so instead of jumping to a c-section they decided to but fluid back in me so they could give me pitocin. Because since there was no amniotic fluid Nixon would roll and it would pinch his cord, causing his heart rate to drop, and that's why we couldn't use pitocin from a 3.5 to 8.5. But once we got the fluid in me he was fine with the pitocin and I eventually made it to a 10. And then it was time to push!
I pushed for 2 hours and then he finally made his appearance with the help of the vacuum at 8:05 pm on December 6th. Yes my water broke at midnight. 20 hours of labor. But it was all worth it! We are madly in love!
We got to keep Nixon with us for an hour after he was born but then had to send him to the NICU because I had a fever during labor so they had to monitor him for infection. He was in the NICU the whole time we were in the hospital but he didn't have any infection and he was such a healthy boy so it was okay! The NICU stay was just precautionary.
I can't even explain how much this little boy has changed our lives but it's a good thing and we love him more than words can even say! You know he's special when he can make you laugh at 2:00 in the morning when you're dead tired and a little flustered.
Every time anyone sees him for the first time the first thing they say is something about his hair. My whole pregnancy I kept saying I hoped he had a lot of hair, and boy does he! I comb it down after every bath but after it dries it poofs out. I love it, it makes him Nixon.
I miss having my boy in my belly sometimes, I miss feeling his little kicks, but I love looking at his face and cuddling him tight and mauling him with kisses. He is the sweetest and I love him!
Right after he was born! 6 lbs 14 oz, 20 inches long!
Coming home :)
He makes the best faces!
Meeting Uncle David, Aunt Angela, and cousin Jaxon :)
