And Baby Makes THREE!! It's a BOY!!!

Wasn't I saying all along I thought our baby was a boy? Oh...yea, I wasn't. Well there goes my career as a psychic! Our precious baby Noah is here!!! Noah Emerson Wise was born on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 11:56am. He weighed in at 8 pounds 13ounces and 20 inches long. His hobbies include long walks on the beach, body surfing and water polo.....hee hee. Here's the whole story for y'all...

For the past couple of weeks I had been developing a wicked rash all over my body that was becoming unbearable. I wasn't sleeping well anyway so when this occured, sleep was nowhere to be found for me. Finally, I called the doctor that was filling in for my vacationing doctor and she met me in the labor & delivery wing. She took one look at the rashes and said, "You're done, I'm inducing you now" Apparently it was most likely a backup of biotoxins in my gallbladder. In English that means "Get the baby out!" So on Monday the 18th around noon they started the Pitocin and I was dilated to 2cm at the time. I recieved my Epidural in the early evening and progressed to 4cm. They took me off Pitocin due to the baby develpoing an irregular heartbeat. On my own, I progressed pretty quickly. From 7am to 8am I went from 6.5cm to 9.5cm. BABY TIME!! This is the part I will forever be perplexed by....

The nurse said they were going to turn off my epidural because now the pain was going to get really intense and they wanted me to feel when to push. WHAT THE :::BLEEP::: I told them I knew exactly when to push no worries there but she still shut it off!! GRRRR! So having absolutely no energy, I summoned what I could, starting chanting spells from Harry Potter, you name it. Without Aaron and my mom there I don't know what would have been accomplished. They were wonderful! I pushed and pushed for the next 3hours and then the doc arrived. At this point I started crying and begging her to help me. I consider myself pretty tough and a trooper, but I just couldn't do it anymore. She said I had already started tearing and she needed to do an episiotomy AND she needed to use the vaccuum to get the baby out. ALL of the above were things I dreaded but at this point I didn't care if she pulled the baby out through my nose, I had to have help!
So the first vaccuum attempt didn't work (OUCH) and on the second attempt I screamed so loud I think I heard some glass start to crack in the hospital. This was at 11:56am and lo and behold they said "IT'S A BOY!"
He had low blood sugar so they had to give him a bottle in the nursery and again during the night until his blood sugar stabalized. No sweat for Noah though, he took to breastfeeding like a pro!!! He is amazing!







I could't wait to get home and recover because I got no rest at all at the hospital. At least at home you cannot get rest but you know where things are and you don't have people bugging you every 5 seconds just when you close your eyes! Aaron was so cute! He was getting so aggravated with the door opening so much and waking me & the baby up that he would head people off at the door and tell them to be quiet and not come in unless they really needed to. My protective hubby. Love that guy! He bought me the most amazing flowers ever, I love smelling them every morning.



So we got the handsome man home. When he left the hospital he weighed 8lbs 3oz. Our pediatrician said that he'll lose weight the first week and then gain if all goes well.
The last few days have honestly been a blur. I have never been in such a fog, partially due to some Vicodin and the lack of sleep is unbelievable. Who said my all nighters at concerts in the music biz wouldn't pay off? Even when I can sleep, I can't because I want to check on every sound and make sure Noah's ok. He's so beautiful I just can't get over it! Such a funny little guy too!

I want to take a moment here and thank the angels that have been bringing us food. I can barely have a coherant thought these past few days, and to know that there are friends and people that don't really know me all that well making delicious meals for us is so touching to me. I really mean it. It makes me cry when I think about all of the love surrounding us and this beautiful gift from Heavenly Father. I guess I've done something right to deserve him in my life. Part of me wonders what we were waiting for, but I guess this was the right time.



So here he is world, my little son! C'mon, he's darling isn't he? Have you listened to the new playlist? Whatcha think? I will blog some more about his little quirks I find hilarious but I am actually getting the chance for a good nap right now so I'm off to sleep...........hopefully. Love to all!