We are home....

First of all A BIG THANK YOU to G'ma and G'pa Sherman for watching our babies and even staying a little while longer so this tired mama could  sleep. The kids had a blast as always!!! They do love their G'ma and Papa very much!!!

Now on with the story and a couple more pictures. My awesome Dr. called me Monday morning and once again yelled at me for not coming in the Wed before when I was contracting. She wanted me to have that baby even more than me. Then she asked me to come in for an exam later on in the afternoon. Neal was home so I got the kids down for their nap and headed out. She checked me and there was NO CHANGE after all those contractions. I was still only at 2 cm and 70% effacement. While she was checking me she felt a contraction (and I had a few while I was in the waiting room) she stripped the membranes again and hooked me up to a contraction machine and did a stress test for the baby. My contractions were about 5 min apart and regular so she told me to head to the hospital. I called G'ma and G'pa and asked them to come up then headed home to pick up Neal. Once G'ma and G'pa arrived Neal and I headed for the hospital. We got there at about 5:30 and my contractions were still about 5 minutes apart but not getting any stronger. The dr. got to the hospital at about 6:30 or 7:00 and broke my water the contractions automatically got worst and 40 min later the guy was on his way with a epidural. I got the shot and was able to relax for a little while but not too long. My blood pressure dropped dramatically and I felt myself kinda dozing off and feeling dizzy and strange and also I felt like I was going to throw up. I told Neal that I was feeling funny and he called the nurses they gave me a shot of Ephedrine and that made me feel much better but it gave me the shakes. I shook SO bad that I could not even hold my cup of water. The shaking did not stop till about 3 hours after delivery. I had a hard time holding baby Christopher because of the shaking.  SO once we got all that under control they checked me and I was STILL not making ANY progress at all I was still stuck at 3cm so they gave me Petosen to speed things up. Once they did that things moved along much quicker I went from 3 to 6 in about an hour and 15 minutes later I was ready to push. They called the dr. at home and she was at the hospital ready to catch 10 minutes later. I only pushed through 4 contractions and he was out. It is MUCH easier to push out a 6 pound baby. Ok so a lot of it has to do with the fact that it's the 3rd one but still no tears no stitches will make for a QUICK recovery. I keep comparing Ethans delivery and Christophers delivery to Conner's......poor baby just had it rough and if I had known ant better at the time I would have been worried for him. I was SO hungry after I could have eaten a cow. I had not eaten since 11:00 lunch.....they put a brown paper bag with food in the fridge for me and told me to push for the sandwich that was in there.....it was a good motivator :) I never did get to sleep the rest of the night maybe an hour 2 at the most and I got only 1 or 2 hours during the day then last night Christopher was having a really hard time. He had a shot that made his feverish the anesthetic from the circumcision had worn off and he was HUNGRY and mama had no food for him. I was up basically the entire night. He is doing better now though he has lost 5oz in 24 hours so I have to take him in tomorrow for a weigh in. My milk is starting to come in so he will make up the loss quick I'm sure. He is doing great now and it feels so natural to have him home with us.We really made the nurses RUN this morning. We needed to be out of the hospital by 9:30 AM so that Neal and Conner could make it to the MRI (more on that later).

2 days before delivery!!! Well I did not meet either of my goals....haha. I did not stay under 25 pounds and I did not stay under 30 pounds. What can I say the last month is the hardest for me.....not sure why!!! I gained  a little over 30 pounds!!!!

First look at the peanut.....he was VOCAL he screamed for the first few hours of his life non stop!!! It made me worry a little!!!

Still screaming.....he looks so huge in the pictures but he looked so tiny I did not even think he would be 6lb

 Proud daddy bonding with baby....

 Get used to these close ups baby.....

 Sweet little baby toes and fingers....sigh......

 Super happy mama.....

Comfy on mommy's tummy....

 G'ma meeting her 6th grand baby.....

 The big brothers not at all interested to the new addition though tonight they did both finally hold the baby and kiss the baby and pet the baby :)

 My mom sister and the girls came for a little visit....

 I love this picture......

 G'ma Drozd meeting her 6th grand baby :)

 Madzia and Neal chillin....

And the little sweetness all ready to go home. The would not let us leave the hospital with the bunting bag in the car seat. I thought that was ridiculous. I guess it's a safety thing we used it with the other two and I don't see what the big deal is. Ohh well we took it off and just used it as a blanket. 

We are now home and it feels so good. I'm feeling SO GOOD.....it feels so good to have my body back as stretched out as it is. I'm SO looking forward to sleeping on my tummy tonight and sleeping even if it is interrupted every hour :) Starting tomorrow I'm on a diet :p I hate dieting but once again I am determined to loose the weight. No sweets for me and healthy eating till it comes off then on to the toning again. I will get there though. It will help to have a gym in the building :) 

The MRI.....Neal took Conner alone and it's probably a good thing that I was not there because I would have a very hard time watching what they had to do to him. Poor baby.....Neal had to really pin him down to get the needle in his hand for the IV and that was after he had a drink to help him relax. He did not do well at all. They made it through it though and now we wait on the results. He came home a little loopy but after getting some food in his stomach a few snuggles from mama he was back to himself.

I have my new computer and I LOVE It.....so nice to have all the keys to type with :)

Ok I'm done off to get some snuggle with my new baby and then time for bed.....night night!!!!