yup, he's here! he arrived very quickly on wed, june 3rd at 6:39pm. i'll attempt the short version of his arrival. as justin left for work, i told him i was feeling some pressure, which then followed with an early morning phone call to him, saying that i was contracting...but it wasn't much. then i asked vanessa to come over and she spent the day with lisey and i. after two rounds on the breast pump (that thing is amazing!)...my contractions started to pick up in intensity. by the time justin got home from work, we were about ready to go to the hospital. papa picked up lisey to go stay with him and oma (and by the way, she had an awesome time with her cousins who were also over there!) then my mom and doug brought over dinner, which i never tasted. instead, we left the house in a three car caravan headed to the hospital during rush hour. we seemed to get behind every senior citizen on the road on the way there...all the while i went from 6 to 9 cm. during that car ride. justin was a fantastic driver! once we got there, and i was wheeled through the ER in a double wide wheelchair (all that was available)...to then realize it was too wide for the elevator...vanessa and justin held my arms while i contracted up the elevator, down the hall and into the labor and delivery unit. it seems many of the staff had just left for dinner...so the few that were there, helped us. within minutes i was in a room and told, "you can push when you're ready."
there aren't many words to describe going naturally. it had been my desire and going quickly helped tremendously in making it happen. about 15 minutes of pushing and Isaac was here. but i will say...the phrase "ring of fire" is very, VERY real!
i have so much to say about this whole experience, but the main theme of it all was thankfulness. i couldn't stop thinking of the gazillion things i was thankful for. God provided and was so kind in so many countless details. i will write more later. but for now, here are some pics. please note, it happened so fast, justin barely made it back to the delivery room with the camera. so our pictures are few. mary and oma have a ton more pictures that i will post soon.
5 comments:
Congratulations, Shana and Justin! He is such a cutie! In the last picture, he looks like he's a few weeks old. Amazing story for sure!!
hey there shana. he is beautiful, i can hardly wait to meet him at the end of the month!!
love to you all,
laura
CONGRATULATIOns!!!! He is adorable!! what a great story to tell him!! all my best to all of you!!
Oh Shana! Congratulations! I've been waiting to write you a forever long email catching up on the last 7 years of life but... I keep not doing it... and now you've had your baby and there won't be as much time for catching up for awhile. :) I've had super fast deliveries by the time I got to the hospital too although not quite that fast! Glad it all went well. He's so cute! And so is your beautiful daughter! I'll be praying for all the adjustments for your family. Some day we'll catch up. In the meantime, enjoy motherhood x2! :)
shana- you're an awesome mommy of two! keep up the great work :)
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