Shands recap just a year late:)

WARNING!!!! There are 2 graphic pictures. 2 precious amazing miracle pictures, but still graphic. Just wanted to warn you. If you have had a baby, your heart will be warmed. If you haven't, it may freak you out just a bit.

Ok, so the day of Shands birth I woke up at 4:30, took a shower and headed to the Hospital, which is conveniently 1 mile away. Unlike when I had Finn, his was 15 miles away which felt like 100 miles during some hard labor, but that's a different story. We checked in, I got to put on this lovely gown and go for one final weigh in.... so fun!! Can you hear my sarcasm? I am one of those lucky people who gains the majority of their weight in their face (sarcasm again), so every picture I'm in, I look like I had an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Enough about that, lets talk about this sweet child. I was so excited to meet him. I was even excited about getting induced, that is until the nurse who signed me up for it decided to tell me a horror story about it as I was signing the papers.

So the day started off like this.....

But quickly turned to .... I am just going to say ignorance is bliss... Well for me anyway. I thoroughly enjoyed giving birth to Finn, not having a clue what was going to happen, or what any of the monitors did. Not that I really understood the 2nd time around, but I was somewhat aware. I had the hawk eye set on the heart rate monitor, so much so that I couldn't concentrate on getting through a contraction. Shands heart rate started dropping and I was holding my breath thinking it was going to go back up, and all of a sudden it drastically dropped down to 0!!! I freaked out woke Michael up and said get a nurse in here now!!! I know they have a computer outside monitoring everything, but I still felt like he needed to run out there and tell them. As M was running out the door a nurse casually walks in and says " I think your heart rate belt may have slipped" OH?! of course? After a couple more episodes of the belt slipping, I became a pro at fixing it. About another hour and a half went by before I decided "Oh my gosh I have got to have an epidural" I really don't know why I felt the need to go as long a possible before I got that thing. Well when I did get It, I completely forgot to tell him I had hot spots last time. OOPS! I won't ever make that mistake again! This epidural was like a glorified Advil to say the least. To say I was ready for Shands to get here would be a major understatement. Praise the Lord I progressed really fast (4 cm to 10cm in 30 min) and only had to push for 30 min. I was so thankful when I heard him cry and scream. I started crying b/c I was so happy he was here and healthy. All I wanted to do was just hold him and make him feel loved. I mean, I had been preparing 9 months for this day, sweet Shands all of a sudden had to be squeezed through the birth canal into this new world with not much notice. He needed his mama to tell him everything is going to be alright.


I progressed so fast that 2 of my precious friends who were on there way to hangout, and wait for Shands to get here missed his birth!! I will never forget Emily and Lucy's face when they walked in and saw Shands. They said "What?! There is a baby in here?! is that SHANDS?! You were suppose to call ME!!"

I am so glad Michael grabbed the camera to capture the shock!
Here I am trying to explain " It just happened so fast!"

Burrito, you are loved something fierce.