by Beks
Some of you have been asking about the baby so I thought I’d do one last non-debt related baby post and introduce you to our son.
A couple Friday’s ago, I wet my pants. Embarrassed about my newfound incontinence, I changed my shorts and didn’t tell a soul. Saturday morning, I woke up to wet pants again. Horrified, I changed again. That afternoon, I went to a wedding reception, finished last minute baby supply shopping, and cleaned around the house.
It wasn’t until Sunday, when talking to my husband in our dining room, that more water went running down my legs onto the floor. His eyes grew to the size of saucers, ‘Did your water just break?!?!’
‘Hmm. Is THAT what that’s been the last few days?’ I asked myself out loud.
‘The last few DAYS?!?!?’ he said as he grabbed my hospital bag ‘We’re going to the hospital NOW.’
‘Eh. I’m going to hop in the shower, shave my legs, and put on my make-up first’ I said as I headed to the bedroom.
He stared at me.
‘What??’ I asked.
Rather than fight, and get nowhere, he decided to make quesadillas while I got ready. I could hear him yelling ‘Are you ready YET?!?’ about every 5 minutes from the kitchen.
I think babies know when you get to the hospital because as soon as I walked through the doors…
YOWEEE!! contractions started.
A couple hours later after two particularly nasty contractions, I asked for an epidural and immediately fell asleep.
Fast forward a few more hours, the nurse woke me up to check the progress and discovered baby was ready to go.
The on call doctor strolled in, shook my hand, instructed me to push 5 or 6 times and…
out the baby came…painlessly.
When the doc put my beautiful baby boy on my stomach, all I could think was…
‘Um. Is that it? No seriously. I’ve had root canals that were a heck of a lot more painful. I think I’m missing something.’
My husband looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, ‘You are such a strong woman! Not a peep or pained scream from you! I’m so proud of you’ as he kissed my forehead.
‘Pain? Oh. Um. Yeah. It was, uh, horrible. I thought I might die’ I said.
Shh. He doesn’t need to know.
Sure, there were a few minor complications. Since my water had been broken for a few days, baby and I had to go on antibiotics. I spiked a fever over 100 and my blood pressure seemed to set off the alarms every couple hours when it would drop to 60/40. But overall, very minor stuff.
I was fortunate to have a really awesome delivery experience and I’ll be one of those women who look back and smile when I think of that day.
It’s true. No one can express what it feels like to finally meet your child. Sure, there’s a little bit of terror, but mostly an overwhelming sense of love. I have been so very blessed.
So what did we name him?
Well folks, I’d like to introduce you to…
Cash Ryan
Beks is a full-time government employee who enjoys blogging late into the night after her four kids have gone to sleep. She’s been married to Chris, her college sweetheart, for 15 years. In 2017, after 3 long years working the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps, they paid off more than $70K and became debt free. When she’s not working or blogging, she’s exploring the great outdoors.
Beautiful! I hope his infancy goes as smoothly as his delivery. Congratulations!
He is such a cutie! Sounds like it was a pretty easy delivery! Congratulations!
Congrats! He’s gorgeous! Love the quick delivery story..
OMG – BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations!
Enjoy this time with him – they grow up so fast. Take TONS OF PICTURES!
Aww, he’s beautiful! Great name! Love your delivery story, thanks for sharing it here!
You will be the envy of women everywhere 😉 Congratulations!!!
He’s beautiful!!! So glad you posted a picture. Congratulations to you and your husband!!!
Thanks for sharing your story Beks. I’ve been waiting for it. 🙂
A beautiful name for such a beautiful child!
Congratulations to you and your hubby!
Man, that’s one cute baby. What a great story, and I hope things are going great!
Thank you for letting us know what it was like for you. Love the name and he is truly beautiful.
Oh my!!! He is purely from heaven!! What a little angel! Congratulations!! 🙂
So cute! And what a great story!
If it makes you feel better….I had a similar situation. I “wet the bed” at 4:30am, when I was asleep, on a Saturday morning. Later that day, we went to a BBQ. Sunday, I cleaned the house. Monday I was still leaking….called the dr and was instructed to go to the hospital.
However…I was only 20 weeks pregnant with twins!!!!
Cash is a cutie patootie, and I am so happy you are both happy and healthy.
Congrats! That is one good looking kid!
OMGosh! He is so stinkin’ adorable!!! Cash was always on my list of names if we had ended up with more than one boy. I love it.
Your birth experience sounds so much like my first one…. and after that I always said I’d rather go through labor and delivery than go to the dentist! LOL
Enjoy every minute with that precious angel….
Oh Beks… he is so precious and beautiful! God bless all of you.
He’s beautiful! Congratulations to you and your husband. So amazing that you didn’t feel any (or much) pain during the delivery. I’m not a mom yet, so I can only hope that my experience is like yours. Also, I’m impressed by the number of blog posts you’ve managed to make since his arrival. 🙂
Congratulations! He is so beautiful. So glad it was such an easy experince for you. My first was easy, too. I tell people, based on it, that I could have a baby every day of the week. I just couldn’t stand being pregnant. Ha
Amazed that you are keeping up the blogging.
Cash Ryan is gorgeous! Congratulations to your entire family!
As far as the easy labor, I am so jealous. Two treacherous labors with resulting c-sections, and I am very thankful you had an easy time of it. 🙂
What a beautiful baby – love his name (so perfect considering this is one baby that’s going to grow up knowing all about Personal Finance!)!
Thansk for sharing your birth story! I’m in my 39th week of pregnancy and hearing positive stories like this is so good for me!
He is adorable!
Congratulations!!!
He is beautiful – best wished to you and your husband in this wonderful and crazy time!
(I come for finance but would still love to see photos now and again)
He is so handsome – and I LOVE the name! Glad you had an awesome delivery experience 🙂
He is very cute and I adore the name. Congrats on becoming parents!
Congrats! He’s a gem. You are so blessed. I love the name by the way.
He’s gorgeous!
He is a handsome guy! I wish all the best for him. May God bless him with a long, healthy life surrounded by his loved ones!
Adorable little boy! Glad your delivery experience went so well, had a good laugh at the manner you described your lack of awareness at what was happening. All three of you take care.
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing him, and your story, with us.
He’s absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!
Oh my, that’s the cutest baby I’ve ever seen. Congrat’s!!!
Beks, he is absolutely gorgeous. Enjoy every single second as they grow up way too fast! What a cutie pie 🙂
He really is a very gorgeous baby! Beautiful picture – and words! Congratulations!
Congratulations!! He is a cutie. Great picture!
Beautiful baby and cool name 🙂
Congratulations!!!
What a beautiful baby! Congratst you and your husband 🙂
Brings new meaning to “Cash is King” 😉
Congrats you two (now three)!
He’s is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the details and I’m so happy this was such a great experience for you. Love the name!
He’s just gorgeous! Big congrats to you!!