This past month has been such a blur, becoming a mother has been the most rewarding and most wonderful blessings in my life. It has been 8 weeks since Damian became a part of our family, I feel like it was just yesterday that he was born. Chase and I were so anxious for Damian to come and we were happy and excited when he became a part of our family on Monday April 22nd. It all started with some contractions on Saturday evening and on Sunday morning I started getting contractions that were about 8 to 10 minutes apart. My contractions were consistent so that evening we finally decided to go to the hospital and see if I'd had dilated even more.
So I got checked in and the nurse told me that they would keep me in the hospital for an hour and if I continue to get contractions and i'm dilated then I would be able to stay. After an hour had gone by the nurse checked on me and I had dilated to three and a half centimeters and so they called my doctor and told me that I could stay. I knew at that point that our son would soon be with us and we were excited to finally meet him.
About an hour after I got admitted to the hospital I started to get really bad contractions and then my water broke about an hour later. Then I was able to get the epidural which I absolutely love. I was going to see how long I would last without one...but once my contractions got really bad I couldn't take it. Everything was going well, I was dilating quickly and I had the epidural so I was happy. Monday morning at around 7am my doctor came in and told me that it was time to push.
So I started pushing, thinking that Damian would come quickly...but it took longer than I had anticipated. It took 4 hours of pushing until our son finally came into this world, I didn't think it would take that long but he was facing up and not down like he should have been.
After nine long months our son Damian was finally with us and when I saw him for the first time I was overwhelmed with joy!! I am so grateful that everything went well during my labor and that Damian is one healthy boy. I love being a mom and I love being able to see my son grow and I'm excited to continue to learn and grow and be the best mother I can be for my wonderful boy.
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| Happy because I got the epidural! |
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| Damian Valente Baker was finally here! |
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| My two boys |
-R
