So it's been a hectic time since Koen got here and I haven't had time to update this. Really n
othing has happened since he was born. Let's see...I'm trying to do this quickly because Nick is going to be home soon and then we are going out of town. We went to the doctor when he was a few days old and was 5 pounds 14 oz. Then we went for a lactation thing to make sure he was eating alright and he was back up to his birth weight. Then we went to the doctor for a two week check up and he was 7 pounds!! He's huge! Haha not really but I can pretend. Also, I think he has colic. Or something like it. He likes to cry from about 10:30 to midnight almost every night. Nick's family came down to visit us the Friday after he was born and then mom and Kristin came the next Monday. It was really funny to see Kimball and Koen next to each other. Kimball pretty much tried to eat Koen once. It was funny to watch. Now dad's out here and it's been lots of fun having all the family out here. I went back to school last week. Not fun. Oh, so I guess I should write about when I went into labor...So I woke up Tuesday morning and I hurt a little bit but I wasn't having contractions so I didn't think anything of it, but after talking to m
y mom and sisters, we decided I should call the doctor just in case. The nurse I talked to didn't seem to think it was anything. She said it was normal to feel pressure but I could come in and get checked anyway. So I did. Turns out I was 4 cm dialated, my water thing was pretty much coming out of my cervix, and Koen was pushing down really hard. So the doctor was like, "Yeah, I think it's about time you had this baby. Let's get you to the hospital." Oh, ok great. So we went to the hospital, the broke my water (weirdest feeling EVER), and then they gave me the stuff that makes you have contractions. I didn't get the epidural at first because I could handle the contractions because they weren't that bad, but then they got bad so I asked for my epidural. It took them an hour and a half to give it to me. I wanted to cry. I hurt Nick's hand a lot while waiting for it. Once I got it though, greatest thing EVER. I was completely numb and didn't feel anything anymore. Also couldn't move my legs which was weird. This was about 5 at night (I was admitted into the hospital about 1:30 pm) I think, so Nick and I just sat around and wa
tched tv for a while. My contractions were where they were supposed to be, but I wasn't dialated enough yet so we had to keep waiting. We watched Ellen, and she had Willow Smith on there and she sang that Whip my Hair song. It's weird and I don't like it. Then we put on a movie. Then we put on another one, and by this time it was about 8:30 I think, and the nurse came back and checked me and was like alright, we're going to start you pushing soon. Fifteen minutes later I started pushing. Koen was coming out too quickly though and the doctor wasn't there yet so I had to stop and wait for him to get there. And then by 9:10 Koen was here!! So I had a very easy/short labor and delivery. It's been a great two and a half weeks and I can't believe that I have a kid now. I just love the times when I lay there with him and he just looks at me. I can't even describe the feeling. I love being a mother. Sometimes it's a little bit frustrating because he won't stop crying, but it doesn't really matter to me. I don't know if that makes sense. It's another of those things that I can't really explain. But Nick is going to be home soon so I should wrap this up.
