He's here!

Liam Blake Thompson

born 11/26/09 at 2am

8lbs 3oz   19 inches long

Im so glad hes finally here. It was a really long hard labor. Heres the story...

I went in the morning of the 25th at 5:30am and my water had already broken so I was admitted around 7:30. I was having small contractions about every 5 mins and I got an epidural sometime that afternoon. (I cant remember when, I was concentrating on other things)... it was wonderful not being able to feel a thing after that! I was fully dilated to a 10 at 6:30 and started pushing around 7. I pushed for about 2 hours pretty regularly but he wasnt coming down like they were wanting. They had me rest for a little while and I started having horrible back labor and the epidural wasnt helping much with that. The anesthesiologist had to come in 3 times to give me more drugs since I was in so much pain. My doctor came in around 11pm and said that he could try to pull him out or get forceps to help or I could have a c-section. I was begging him for a c-section because I was so exhausted from pushing and wanted my back labor to stop. He had an emergency c-section before me, so I had to wait about another hour or so. Finally around 1am they numbed me all up and I was so tired that i passed out once I couldnt feel anything. They took me in around 1:30 and Liam was born at 2:00. The dr said that there was no way Liam would have been able to be born vaginally because my pelvis wasnt opening like it was supposed to. So good thing he didnt try to pull him out! We are now at home and doing well. Im sore, but am very glad that our little man is here and its over with! So far he is such a good baby and very content and alert. 

This is my favorite picture of him...

movin along...

I had my doctors appointment this morning and Im dilated to a 1 and 60% effaced! Yay! That means things are moving! Im really hoping that i'll have a baby by this weekend... but we'll see! Heres a picture of me at 38 weeks! 

baby update...

I have a drs appointment tomorrow and Im really hoping that the doctor tells me that I need to go to the hospital :) Dreams can come true... right?!  But as of the 3rd, I wasn't dilated or anything. I havnt been able to take a picture of week 37 since chase has been gone, but heres me at week 36! Tomorrow i'll be 38 weeks and will take another picture!! yay! Almost baby time.

35 weeks... 35 more days!

The countdown has officially begun! 

Im 35 weeks and am getting so ready for this little guy to come! Mainly so I can lay on my back comfortably again :) But we are SO excited that its so close!

Heres the 35 week tummy shot... I hate taking a bare belly picture, but my doctor told us to start doing it every week so we can see how big I get each week. He said we'll thank him later for the suggestion, but for now I don't like that I'll be getting bigger each week, and I dont care to document it :) But I know hes right. So you all get the pleasure of seeing my glorious tummy get bigger and bigger the next few weeks.

The nursery is coming along. I have all the clothes washed and hung up (and he has a lot of clothes), the crib is all put together, today I am repainting a changing table.. well im making chase do it :), and all thats left to do is to get the old crib we were going to use out of there and throw it away! The blanket that is on the crib is one that I made and its basically finished! I just have the tedious work of cutting the fabric and then washing it. 

Suggestions needed :)

OK my dear blogging friends.... I need help! I started painting the nursery and I cant decide if I should leave the dots how they are or add a brown and green to the left side. I like it how it is, but cant decide if it would look better with a couple more. So PLEASE give me your opinion.