Here He is!

Yes, we had a little boy! Born Wednesday June 3, 2009 at 5:30p.m. weighing a whopping 9lb 12 0z and 21 inches long! He's a keeper and yes, I'm smitten! It was so fun not to find out what we were having and i would do it again. Last minute I had an inkling that it may be a boy, but Chinese Lunar said girl--ha! You're wrong this time! He reminds me a lot of Maggie, and I can see some Drew in him. He is the sweetest and we are thrilled he is here! Name...well he did come home as baby boy Sanders, but we do have to call the Birth certificate office tomorrow to make it official. So for now he is Miles Blake, but there is a chance we may change our minds and he will be something different tomorrow, but I've been calling him Miles. We were going to name Audrey Miles until she popped out as a girl. So, needless to say, he's not Jaynie or Kate--Those were my girls names.
Briefly, we had a rough delivery. The anesthesiologist had a difficult time placing my epidural, so he went in at a higher space which caused me to have numbness up to my chest. I was having a difficult time breathing, and my blood pressure dropped pretty low and I just didn't feel good. Owen actually thought I was leaving the earth and it really freaked him out--actually, I felt that way at the time too. After recieving 2 doses of ephedrine, and having them shut my spidural off, I was improving. But then later, I wasn't feeling so numb anymore and had to turn it back on the withstand the contractions. Luckily, I did ok this time around, but he wasn't tolerating the contractions. I had monitors coming out of everywhere, and i thought I was headed for a C-section. When I was complete, he was having a rough time engaging in the birth canal and we found that he was transverse--his head was not face down, it was turned to the side. After my Dr. tried to pull him down manually, we ended up with forceps which was extremely painful and I'm still recovering from that aspect. After he was born, he had some respiratory problems -(they said due to trauma during the delivery, or the fact that he was such a big boy.) They took him to the NICU later that night and had to intubate him and give hime surfactin. He was only there for a few hours though and we came home the next day. Now he is yellow and we are on the billi lights. Yeah! He loves that too.
I'm so greatful that I had a wonderful Dr. who I trusted to take care of me and my baby. I honestly don't think I would be in the position I am in now if he wasn't there. So, it wasn't what I expected my 4th time around. I feel like I just had my first, not my 4th. But he is here and we love him and can't imagine our lives without him.