My Wednesday was rather odd. I felt fantastic in the morning. I ran some errands and didn't think twice about the coming events of the day.
In the afternoon, I went to my doctor's appointment to make sure everything was in place for the impending delivering the following Monday. I felt a little crampy when I left her office, but it wasn't out of the ordinary for me after an exam.
About 6 pm on Wednesday, I got a horrible contraction that brought me to my knees. I brushed it off as a fluke because it was so strong. Boy was I wrong.
Everything started moving faster at that point, but surprisingly, Arfeo and I were extremely calm during the whole process. We carefully packed and loaded our bags, leisurely drove to the hospital and went in expecting to be told that it was a false alarm and be sent home.
As soon as they hooked me up on the monitors, my nurse said, "Yup, you aren't leaving without a baby."
My heart sank a little. He is coming EARLY??
Well, I didn't have much time to think, because contractions started coming hard and strong.
Thursday morning, after 16 hours of labor, I had Xavier!
He is my little monkey. He has a head full of black hair and little fuzz patches on his back. He also likes to make little monkey noises. He is the sweetest little thing...well...unless he doesn't get fed right this instant, then he gets REAAAALLY cranky.
So, long story short, I came home yesterday from the hospital and now we are all adjusting to life at home.
Every inch of my body hurts and I keep having crying fits out of frustration and hormonal changes. I look like I have a beer gut (which pushing on my stomach now freaks me out, it's SO smushy). I haven't slept a full night since, well, before Wednesday, and now I have a sweet, but cranky little one to take care of. Once I get one crisis solved, another one rears its ugly head.
Right now we are working on breast feeding and it's been a bit of a challenge.
My biggest adventure ever has just begun.
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YAY! Cody and I are so happy for you! Congrats!
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