Welcome our son!

Meet Sawyer James East McLastname :



Born on 7/10 at 10:17, weighing 7 lbs 7oz, and 19 1/2 in.

I think seven and ten may be his lucky numbers.

Labor was long and slow - almost 24 hours from the start of induction - but once the epidural was in, I was comfortable for most of the day.

The first epidural did not take and only made the left side numb so we did it again and this time it worked perfectly. That? Sucked. A lot.

So I spent the rest of the day making slow progress and getting increasingly pissed off that I was still pregnant.

Then it seemed to happen all at once. His head was engaged and the epidural was wearing off. They had more coming but I was trying to limit it so I could speed up labor. I went through about an hour of contracting to get to 9 cm. By then I felt I needed to push but they told me I wasn't fully dilated. I said (perhaps in a slightly JEEBUSCRIMINYLISTENTOMENOW tone) that I understood but unless they wanted to catch the baby as I shot him across the room, they needed to set me up.

They did, and within mere minutes of getting my legs in the stirrups, Sawyer was out. I pushed three times. I amazed everyone. Best of all? No tears, no episiotomy, no stitches. There are no words to describe how happy I am about the quick delivery.

They plopped his little head on my chest and I stroked his face while they collected the cord blood. It was an unknown face, nothing like his sister or father who I see all day. It was my face. He has my face. I'm in love.







More to come later - they have him in the nursery doing their tests and bath and stuff. He'll ba back soon and I should get some sleep. I'm just so excited!