my good friend brittney had her perfect little baby boy today at 2:10 am. lulabelle's first boytoy, brody "TANK" jeffery smith was born 7 lbs 4 oz and was 20 inches long. i got to the hospital before brittney had her epidural... and let me tell you friends, it was a major reality check. she was in early labor and her early contractions (while dilated to only a 4) had her in tears. yikes. i'm scared. :)
but - she was a trooper and pushed for almost THREE hours. and she didn't die - she made it. so i figure if she can do it... well, so can i. LOL.
brody, who i have lovingly referred to as tank for the last nine months, is beautiful. i mean BEAUTIFUL. he's perfect. he is sooo cute. seeing him and holding him and feeling lulabelle moving around inside of me as i was holding tank was surreal. i'm having a baby. this is really happening.
the labor got bad - the epi started to wear off and about that time a lady down the hall started screaming like a banshee... so i had to get the crap out of the labor and delivery department. not good. :) LOL. so i left.
when i got home my doggies rushed to the door followed by kevin who was pushing the bumbleride down the hall. :) he's getting excited too. i walked in... pale from listening to the crazy banshee and he said, "how'd it go?" i simply said, "umm... this shit just got real." yikes. :) LOL.
anyway - i visited my very tired mama friend britt and tank today and here is what i took away:
oh, and i also learned (via picture coded handout from britt's nurse) that baby poop on day one is black and sticky and later on it's ok if it looks "seedy" but not ok if there is even a little bit of blood in it. there you go... you learn something everyday. it's just too bad i didn't have the pictures to show you too. LOLOLOL. :)
