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
