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He's Finally Here

We are thrilled that this afternoon we were able to bring home our second little boy. Coleson Matthew was born on Tuesday July 15th at 2:39 AM. It still remains such a blur....what a whirlwind of events. There is no way we can say Coleson's entry into this world was easy - neither was Sam's. Looks like our boys like to make a grand entrance!

Contractions started on Sunday June 13th. They were definitely more than the Braxton Hicks contractions that had been going on for weeks and more consistent than all the false labor episodes the previous days. However, the intensity built slowly. Maybe, just maybe we thought this might make for a Monday June 14th baby.

However, Monday June the 14th came. We headed to the hospital to find that after contractions all night, I was only 3cm dilated. The midwives sent us home told us to walk around and relax and come in later if things continued. Six hours later we tried again...only to find I was only 4 cm. Sam pulled the same stunt - slow slow progress. The midwives admitted me reassuring me that second babies really do come faster after the first 4 cm.

Hours later, still no baby. The midwives were starting to doubt their faster second baby predication. On Monday night, around 8PM I had an epidural as I was still only at 6cm and had a long road a head. After getting the epidural, the second baby predication began to take place and things moved along more quickly. However, we soon learned a natural delivery was not in the cards for us. After finally getting to the 10cm point, the midwife was able to determine that Cole had not yet fully dropped. She started to suspect his was stuck. Upon further review, she discovered that Cole was face up, crocked and developing quite a swollen cone head. That combined with the 'fear' of a large baby from late ultrasounds (Sam just barely made it with his 8'12 weight) and the dips in heart rate when I attempted to push resulted in the midwife recommending a c section. After over 24 hours in labor, things were going to take a different turn.

The decision was easily made to go for the c section. Despite facing a more difficult recovery, Drew and I really felt peaceful that it was the right choice. The surgery really went off without a hitch, and was very successful. The team was phenomenal and so encouraging and careful with every step which we are so thankful for. Within a hour of making the decision we were meeting our 10 lb 1 oz BIG boy! The midwife gasped when she saw Cole and told me we would have never made it. Everyone who had seen me previously was shocked that such a large baby came out of my stomach! I guess we really do grow big babies.

Here are some of our first pictures of Coleson. He is such an amazing little boy - we are so blessed that we can add him to our family!






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ribeirofamilia said…
Congratulations! Mr. Cole does NOT look like a newborn!! Yikes...I'm glad the C-section was given! Very happy for all 4 of you!
June 17, 2010 at 11:51 PM
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