October 29, 2009

Mason Clark*

October 30th, 2009 1:52am
9lbs even, 21.5 inches

*Whew. Talk about a whirldwind labor and birth.

At 2:30pm yesterday I started my normal pattern of prodromal labor. The contractions were puney and really never got unbearable.
I honestly had no idea I was in real labor.
I had called my midwife just to keep her updated on my "early labor" and at 11pm she wanted to come over, just to check things out.
I obliged. I told her that I really thought she was wasting her time. And I expressed my pure frustration at all this damn "prodromal labor".
She checked me and I was 8cm’s at 11:10pm. What!? Seriously?!
The contractions were maybe a 4 or 5 on the pain scale. I was breathing through them a little, but could still talk through them and really.. they weren’t regular. Or long.

I called Josh’s mom and hopped in the tub around 11:30pm.I still was in completely denial that I was in active labor. I kept thinking to myself that there was no way I was that far along and it was going this easy. I was getting the number ready to pull up in my phone to call Danie (invisible*ink) and next thing I know, the second contraction I have in the tub, my water breaks.
Hoooo boy, contractions definetly hurt then!
I was complete at midnight and started pushing around 12:30pm.

My labor sure was easy but man was pushing a bitch. I was getting so frustrated with myself because I had no issues whatsoever pushing with Xavier. I pushed a measley 14 minutes with him and he was out.
Not this little (er, not so little…) sucker. I pushed for nearly 1 1/2 hours and it was pure torture. I had a lot of problems getting his head out, and then even more problems getting his huge shoulders out.
And then I lost a lot of blood. I was really out of it for several hours. I lost a lot of blood with Xavier, too (I thought I had lost 500cc’s with him, but looking back at my records, I lost 800cc’s with him), but I must have had a better iron store at that point than I did now because I blacked out a couple times and never felt a bit of it with Xavier.
After a few good meals and several naps, I’m feeling pretty good now.
Still weak, still very tired and still bleeding quite a bit…
but nothing to be concerned about and I’m taking it easy.

Josh’s mom is here for the weekend. So I have help, which I greatly appreciate.
I’m hoping to have enough strength to stand in the shower here pretty soon.

I can’t believe how much hair this little guy has. And he looks just like his Daddy.
He’s a pretty big kiddo, too.
13.5 inch head. 14 inch shoulders. A full pound larger than my midwife predicted. (Which I totally knew would happen.)
And a decent 21.5 inches long.
He’s nursing like a champ and I’m completely in love.
The boys have already seen their little brother on webcam and are thrilled, too. 🙂
Josh got a couple pictures this morning and hopefully we’ll be able to webcam later this evening.
He’s a proud papa.

And I hear that old familiar sound of diaper filling… so I better go. =)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! taylor, he is perfect!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

p.s. hope you and baby are happy and feeling well! ♥

Awwww, he’s sweet!! Congrats!!

Bah ha! Told you he’d come out eventually. 🙂 Whatta cutie!

Congrats!

Aww, he is PRECIOUS! Congrats Taylor!

i keep on coming back to this page to look at this picture because he is so adorable. he looks all warm and snuggly. wait til the boys see pictures! i can’t wait to hear how they (and josh too!) react. 🙂 rest up, momma!

Congrats!!! He is beautiful!! 🙂

YAAAAY! He’s here! Congrats, mama

yay!! congrats mama!

eeeek congrats!

Congrats!

Congrats!! He’s ADORABLE!

are you home already?????

congratulations Taylor!

Oh my gosh he is so precious!!! From the looks of that hair, you had heart burn alot like I did! LOL! He is so adorable!! Man, I can’t imagine having a 9 pound baby. De was only 6 lbs 9 ounces! WOW just WOW! EEE!!! I’m so happy for you! Congrats on a job well done, momma!

Congratulations!!! My hoo-ha is hurting just reading this, what a big baby! You are amazing for having a second HBAC. You go, Mama!

aww, he is SO handsome!! good job mama! noticed the name change too, what prompted that? take care of yourself and recover soon, okay?

Aww!! Congrats girl!! He’s totally precious!!

=] Congrats! He’s handsome!

When you didn’t post today I had a feeling… He is beautiful! And that hair! And rolls! *DIES!!* Congrats mama! You did awesome! Your amazing! Enjoy your babymoon and get some rest while you have help!

Congrats!!!

Oh congratulations! He’s simply beautiful! I’m so glad everything went well. xo

He is adorable! I can’t believe he has all that dark hair! CONGRATULATIONS! :D! XOX