Date Posted:06:13:45 07/05/01 Thu Author: Carol (Anderson) Alexander Author Host/IP: NoHost / 207.234.212.137 Subject: Re: It's a boy! In reply to:
Jackie
's message, "It's a boy!" on 01:40:56 07/05/01 Thu
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Wow, I am so happy for you! Congratulations to you and hubby! I love the name Samuel, too. -- Lane, 08:03:23 07/05/01 Thu(NoHost/63.166.238.149)
>As of June 26 I have a little boy, Samuel Robert. I
>was supposed to be induced Wed, June 27 at 6:00 pm
>because he was over a week late but he had different
>plans. 4:00 in the morning I started getting
>contractions about 15 min apart. Then at 5 am it went
>to 5min contractions. On the car trip over it went to
>even less than that. I had never experienced the pain
>that a contraction gives you so after 3 hours of
>suffering I okayed a drug that would take the edge
>off. It didn't so by noontime I was getting the
>epidural and I felt great. I could administer the
>dosages myself. I could see the contractions on the
>monitor but didn't feel one of them. By 5pm I was
>told to start pushing. I asked if I could still give
>myself the epidural and they said if I could push with
>it, which I was able to. The Dr had a vacumn set up
>to help pull Sam out but it really only worked
>minimally, I did all the work. I had an episiotomy
>but the repair was harder than imagined. I had a
>bleeder from a previous operation and the doctor had
>to undue my stitches because the bleeder wouldn't
>stitch up. I'm still recovering from this. In fact
>two days ago the nurse at the pediatritions office
>said I looked pale and awful and made an appointment
>for me to go right over to my ob/gyn. The hospital
>never gave me my instructions for iron supplements! I
>was anemic, the doctor was a little pissed about my
>not getting that order. Anyway I am now on pain
>killers, motrin, iron suppplements, antibiotics and
>other vitamins and such. I finally am feeling a
>little stronger. The baby weighed in at 7lbs, 10 oz
>and 21 inches long. He's very alert which makes my
>sleeping less than normal, plus I'm breast feeding.
>Anyone out there breastfed their children? It's a
>wonderful thing. Well, the "master" has fallen asleep
>and I will try to get some zzz's also. Take care.
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