We did it! We finally had our baby. Thank heavens. We had him on February 17, at 7:35 p.m. His name is David and he weighed 9 lbs 9 oz. He was 21 1/2 inches long and had a head circumference of 15 in. And guess what else. I decided to be all psycho and try au' natural. Yes I did it naturally, no drugs, no epidural (however you spell that), and we went all out! Now would I do it again? That night it was a definate no. But today, I'm thinking that I might. Anyway, I call it extreme birthing. I had to at least try it once. And without that drive to push the baby out, I just don't think I would have been able to push a large kid like that out with an epidural. So I'm grateful that we did it. Anyway, this is me in labor. I know I look too happy to have done it naturally, believe me this was at the beginning, not the end. The doctor kept coming in and saying that he wanted to see me in agony. He felt pretty bad after he did see me in agony, however.
Rob holding David in the delivery room.
The kids came and visited the next day. They love their new baby brother.
Sierra holds him constantly. It's taken Joshua a little bit of time to warm up to him.
Tyler loved him right away. Look David's almost outgrown his brother.
I'm sorry but I don't know what I would do with a small baby. He is just too cute. We'll see how I feel in a couple of weeks, right?
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10 comments:
He's beautiful Nell!!! I'm so happy for you. You look great. I think it's because you did all natural and didn't get all puffy from the IVs. I think I recovered faster too doing it that way. I hope you are! Enjoy the new baby smell:) Sure love you!
Congrats. Ouch!!! He was a big baby. He is beautiful.
Congrats! Out of curiosity did you use a certain method to have him naturally?
Congrats! You are the woman, I don't know that I could go with out the relaxation of the drugs. He is a doll and your family is so cute.
You are one brave woman!! Congrats! He is beautiful! I hope I get to see him sometime. We miss being in the same ward with you guys!
Hooray! I love all 9 lbs. 9 oz of that cute guy. ;) He makes the best facial expressions already! Congrats, can't wait to see him "in the flesh". ;)
Congratulations! He is such a pretty baby. He looks like he came out holding his head up already. You are amazing for doing it naturally! Crazy but amazing and like Nicki said, you do look great. Can't wait to see him someday.
woah! i didnt even know you were pregnant!! awesome denelle! im totally envious of your guts to go natural! good job!
I kept asking everyone I knew at church what you named him and no one could remember! I love the cute simple names you choose. Glad all is well. Can't wait to see him in person!
Way to go on baby #4, boy #3! I am impressed you went without the epidural; I used to say to my midwife that I would try to do it natural just to make her happy, but now I know that's never gonna happen! Anyway, good luck with the 1st six weeks; it always seems to get better after that. Take care and I will stop by one of these days:)
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