Hello All!
It's been a little while since I last posted and as most of you know, a lot has changed!
Sawyer Rutger Smith was born on October 25, 2008 at 1:47a.m.
I had been grumpy all day to the point of Jake literally kicking me out of the house and telling me to go get a facial. It was blissful. I felt so at peace; and then about an hour later I remembered that I was pregnant still and got grumpy again!
Anyways, the contractions started at about 8:30pm Friday night. We got to triage between 9:30pm and 10:00pm and I was in pain! I was already six cm so they admitted me right away (according to hospital standards anyways).
One shot of stadol and an epidural later and I had the baby.
Everything went SO FAST! I told my nurse I didn't want to push very much so she wasn't even going to check me for a little while. I asked her to anyways, just so we knew what the status was, and while she told me I was 9 cm she started pulling out all the tools and scrubs for the doctor. My Dr. came in half an hour later, broke my water, and five minutes after that Sawyer was here.
For the past week we have been hanging out around the house, watching movies, not doing dishes or picking up after ourselves. Jane has been passed around to friends, neighbors and family. She is starting to refuse to leave. Sawyer sleeps really well so far; I've been getting up to 6 hours of sleep at night (not at one time but compared to the sleep that I got with Jane I'm resting well).
The best news is...I haven't needed to medicate myself for PPD yet! My doctor and I talked about and we're waiting to see if I backslide at all. I feel awesome though! All the anxieties that I had with Jane are non-existent. I won't go into dirty specifics of what I went through with Jane but things are MUCH better this time.
So now, I feel good. My body is bouncing back. I'm officially sick of the television. The weather is great and we'll be moving in about a month. I've got my time and my hands full until then! If anyone wants to come over and hang out, help me pack, play with my kids, all of the above you are move than welcome! Just call first!!
