D Day

Well, it finally happened. I'm not pregnant anymore!!! October 21 was the big day. We got an early start when my water broke at 5:30am. I'm proud to say that I was already in the bathroom and didn't spill a drop. That would've been a real mattress ruiner. We stayed home until about 10am when things started to get crazy. By the time we got to the hospital I was already dilated 6cm. Yeah hypnobirthing! I'll be honest, I didn't love labor, but it was nice to be prepared and things moved along pretty quickly. We were super lucky to have Jennifer working that day (mission buddy nurse!) and she was with us the whole time. Our little guy made his grand entrance at 4:35pm. I pushed for a couple of hours, but I'm glad it was slow going because I had no tearing or episiotomy. Once again, yeah hypnobirthing!

He screamed at the top of his lungs for the first half hour...and then went to sleep.
Such a stinking cute kid...if I do say so myself.

We didn't name him until the hospital threatened to charge us double for a birth certificate if we didn't hurry things up. Then we named him Joseph Isaiah...neither of which were finalists on the name list, but it fits him. James threatened to change his name to Christopher for a couple of weeks afterwards, but was unsuccessful.

My favorite things about not being pregnant:

--Bending over

--Laying on my back and stomach

--Making only one trip to the bathroom at night

--Being able to eat breakfast

-and lunch

-and dinner

-without throwing up

-EVER!!!

--Freedom to walk down any aisle in the grocery store without dryheaving into the meat

--No more swollen ankles

--My wedding ring fits again

--Walking, not waddling

--Weighing less than my husband

--Fitting into my shoes (no more flipflops this winter)

--Being able to take a deep breath

--No one is headbutting my bladder

--SO much more energy

--No more awkward hugs

--Oh, and I have a very cuddly newborn

Things I'm still mad about

--Stretch marks that appeared 3 days before the baby was born

--Muffin top lopping over my jeans

--Very bruised up bum area

--That dark brown line bisecting my stomach that hasn't even begun to fade

...I think that's it.