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April 20, 2007
He's Here!
Andrew was born Wednesday, April 11th at 7:03 pm. I was induced around 8:15 that morning, so it was somewhat of a long day. Once the contractions got fairly intense, I ended up having an epidural, so a lot of the day was spent waiting pain-free! My Mom and Brad were both in the room with me. I can't even remember what we did all day, but I do remember playing UNO. The pushing part took a while and I was more hot and tired than in pain. It was all so exciting and such a happy time. They sent us home Friday morning because you have to deliver after 8pm to be able to stay an extra day. I was just 57 minutes away, so I had the minimum stay. I couldn't wait to go home, but after that first night, I was wishing for another night in the hospital. The first night was very overwhelming because Andrew still had some mucus and kept making weird noises. I didn't sleep for even a minute because I spent the whole night sitting over his bassinet in between feedings. I'm still not getting much sleep, but I'm not worrying as much. I'm thankful for the help I've gotten from family and friends whether it was bringing over food, doing dishes, or just keeping me company. Today is my first day alone as Brad had to go back to work on Wednesday. I had to take Andrew to the doctor's because he has conjunctivitis of all things. I'm looking forward to this weekend when the three of us can spend time all together.
Posted by Caitlin at April 20, 2007 3:23 PM
Comments
Andrew!! Cool!!!!
How fun/intense being all alone with him :)
Yeah!!!!! Congratulations to all of you!
Posted by: Audrey at April 20, 2007 5:51 PM
Thanks for the more detailed account! I like that you played UNO. I was just thinking about the fact that five of our bloggers have had children since starting their blogs. Maybe it's just the age that most of us are at, but who will be next??! Perhaps some of them will have useful advice.
I'm glad to hear that you were making it through your first day alone, and now the weekend is here. It's really too bad that Brad didn't get more paternity leave! It must be equally hard for him.
Posted by: Alison at April 20, 2007 7:43 PM
congrats!
Posted by: brent at April 20, 2007 8:09 PM
CONGRATS!
Posted by: Meghan at April 20, 2007 9:55 PM
all the best to the enlarged family! The last building we lived in resembled the likes of a baby factory as about 10 children were born in about 2 years!.. community living... blogging is sort of like that...
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at April 21, 2007 3:24 AM
Congrats Caitlin! So happy for you and your family. Can't wait to hear all about it. Hope you get some rest and enjoy! :)
Posted by: Beth at April 21, 2007 9:13 PM
Caitlin and Brad, what wonderful news!!! Congratulations!! I am sure you will be great parents, I can't wait to hear about your adventures with Andrew!!
Posted by: barb at April 23, 2007 11:32 AM
great news; congrats!
Posted by: liz at April 25, 2007 4:47 PM