Yes! He is Here and We are Alive

So sorry in the delayed blog. I know you are all waiting to see some pics of our precious kids and it has taken me way to long to get them up. He is two weeks old as of yesterday and it has pretty much taken me that long to get back on my feet. This was a hard realization for me since I was back on me feet after three days with Chloe. The problem was not the actual birth of him- which went very smooth and quickly:

- Check in 8:00 already a "three"
-Check me at 10:00 and administer an epidural "six"
- Tell the nurse at 12:15 that I feel like I needed to push- she checks I am a "10"
-Start pushing at 12:40
-He arrives 8lbs 8oz and 23 inches long at 12:58

So where is the problem? Well when they gave me the epidural they couldnt find the place it needed to fit so I was poked four times with the epi needle (big, long and messes with your spine) Either way it was worth it to me to let them dork around back there- I have a high pain tolerance and it wasnt bothering me- J on the other hand had to leave the room...
This resulted in a spinal headache and back spasms for the last two weeks. It meant I had to take it easy- I dont like taking it "easy". It also meant that I had to take it easy carrying him, feeding him etc, because I couldnt sit up alot. Not fun for a new mom!

Also they found out the ten minutes before I delivered that I was anemic from eating so little the last week or two- we now know I wasnt hungry because I was housing baby huey!! But either way I lost alot of blood in the process and had to have a transfusion...this TOTALLY creeps me out. It was "stangers" blood and it just makes me nervous that with my luck I will get some disease or something. They swear it was screened- oh gosh I hope so!!

So that is the long and short of it. Here is what you are all here for- follow this link and you can see ALL pics taken from then until this morning!!

www.flickr.com/photos/jkmeeks/