He is HERE!

I know it's been a while since I updated this blog section - but I have a good reason. Carter Alan Borley was born on Monday, September 12th at 4:32 PM. NO DRUGS! WOW! Labor started around 12:30 PM after my water broke while being checked. I guess I was having contractions prior to that as well - just didn't feel them. The doctor was pretty surprised I didn't feel them as they were "good" ones.

After my water broke, I still didn't really feel the contractions for a while. 4 hours of labor & only - get this - 10 MINUTES of pushing! No epidural, no pudendal block, & yes, lots of pain. But I realized something. With my first two boys I had intrathecals when I thought I just couldn't go on anymore. With Carter, when I felt like that & didn't give in to it - it was just a matter of minutes before I was complete & could push. I could have done it before - I just didn't know it! And the 10 minutes - I think it was that short of time because I could feel it. When you're all numbed up down there - sure, you might appreciate it at the moment, but it takes longer to push that baby out! PLUS, I wasn't nearly as swollen after this delivery as I was with the first 2. No kidding.

I'm recuperating just fine. Carter is doing well. I've kind of decided that Well Baby checks are all fine & good for new Moms or if you have problems with one thing or another. But for me, I think I will pass on them. We had to return to the pediatrician the day after going home. Carter's bilirubin was a bit high & he was jaundice. Jaundice is pretty normal with newborns. And in my opinion, hospitals really ought to expose babies to sunlight within the first 24 hours. This would help them drastically.

Anyway, the doctor we saw, although meaning well, treated me like a first time Mom. This is my 3rd baby people! I know that diaper rash happens. I know that the first 3 days of a breastfed babies life will bring weight loss. But what did she do? She wanted me to wake him every 2 hours to feed him. Hmmm. . .never wake a sleeping baby??? He didn't like that much at all. Nor did I. She is nuts! Anyway, I had to return the next day as well. OK, this is not exactly easy when I'm supposed to be getting rest. Being gone to her office, waiting for the doctor to actually see him & wait for results from the bilirubin test - NOT my idea of a good time. Then I didn't get a nap because I have 2 other boys that need to be picked up from daycare by a certain time.

So anyway - she also felt the need to tell me that I may have to supplement. Yeah right! This was the day after getting out of the hospital. My milk had JUST come in. There was no way I was going to supplement. OH, and then the next day - you'll love this, I had pumped some breast milk as I was engorged. She thought maybe I should breast feed him & then give him what I pumped. DUH, the child eats for 20 minutes on both sides & then he pretty much is full - there is no way he was going to take more after that! I still had milk left in me!!!

Diaper rash - for the love of Pete! I know what to do for this! He poops a lot. I change him a lot. He got a little red. No big deal.

Then, because he stools a lot (after every feeding - which is normal) she says, "If he continues to have frequent stools we may need to talk about dietary change." NOT! I eat better than she does for the love of Pete! Babies poop! And she even has children of her own. She obviously feels she needs to medicalize everything.

Well, my almost 5 year old is having a fit. Obviously I'm not quite sleep deprived enough. He feels I need to stay up to answer his every need. That's an entirely different story.

I'll try to keep updating. I just need a schedule:)