My baby boy is turning one!

[mandy831]

Well last year at this exact time I was sleeping on our couch b/c Daniel had the flu. I woke up at midnight & was having a contraction...I got up & walked around & they didn't go away so I thought I'll take a shower & see if that helps. It didn't. At that time I realized I must be in labor. With Sebastian my water broke so I knew for sure. I went in & woke Daniel up & told him but he was so sick there was nothing he could do. So I gathered up all my bags, the carseat, my purse..etc. & just waited around. At 3am my contractions were about 8 min. apart. I called my sister b/c she live's 40 min. away & she needed time to get to the hospital. Then I called my mom since Daniel wasn't going to be able to take me :( Then Daniel's parents. His dad came over to sit with Sebastian while we went to the hospital & Daniel rested. My mom arrived & we left my house at 4 am. It's a 20 min. drive from my house to the hospital & I had 4 contractions on the way there. When we got there my sister was waiting with a wheelchair (my sister works at the hospital & insisted on this) I wanted to walk the stairs b/c I don't do elevators. My contractions where coming really close together. I got changed in a gown & they checked me & said I was a 6!! I thought "yay, I'm almost there already" but then the girl said "but I think I feel a scrotum" I was in shock..My doctor had checked me at my visits & all the sudden I remembered him saying "I think that's a head I feel" now I'm realizing I should've looked at him & said "you think? then you better check again!" but I didn't & it never even hit me that he said that until that moment. So they got me in my room & told me I had to wait for the doctor to do an ultrasound. So I waited through my contractions which were one right on top of the other I was already in the transistion stage. Well the doctor came in & did the ultrasound & said the dreaded words "he is breech we need to do an emergency c-section" my heart sunk to the floor. All of the sudden I realized during my contractions & getting everything ready I hadn't gone in & kissed Sebastian good-bye & what if something happened & I never got the chance to do that again. But there was nothing I could do about it so I just tried not to think about it. They started prepping me & asked who I wanted in there with me since Daniel was at home & I told my mom & sister they would have to figure it out amonst themselves b/c I couldn't pick. My mom honestly said she didn't know if she could handle it & my sister being the nurse that she is said she would LOVE to see something like that! So they did my c-section & I was awake through it & I remember him having a hard time getting him out. I felt so much tugging under my ribs. I was so paranoid the whole time constantly asking the anesthesiologist how my blood pressure was. So they got Quinn out but everyone was silent. I asked my sister how he looked & she said & she said "cute" but I could hear it in her tone that something may be wrong & I asked "well does he look like Sebastian?" she said "kinda" but she wasn't really saying anything. I learned the reason why...he was what they call a frank breech & this is what he looked like, this is how he was in my stomach:

How my doctor didn't know is beyond me.

This is the first time I got to see him, him & Sebastian looked nothing alike & that surprised me.

He had light strawberry blonde peach fuzz & lighter eyes. He was so cute...I couldn't get enough of him. He had to get ultrasounds done of his hips & everything turned out just fine, thank god!

He is just about to walk & has taken a few steps here & there. He loves his big brother & our cat & dog. He is very smart & good with his hands. He is just starting to feed himself he was so stubborn with this & wanted me to feed him for the longest time. He really makes a mess when he eats but it is cute. We are having his party this Sunday & I can't wait! He is still nursing about 4 times a day & I am taking the weaning slow b/c I don't think we will have anymore babies & I know I will be sad when he is done :(  Quinn is kinda shy & likes to stick by my side I call him my little leach!

I can't believe how fast this year has gone. I miss just holding him while he slept in my arms & how after he nursed when he was real little he would be in a daze just so happy & sleepy...Daniel & I called this "milk drunk" b/c that's how he would act. Mama's milk seemed to be like a tranquilizer to him! I can't believe my baby is one!

[LOni01908]

Feb. 6, 2009 at 12:30 AM

It all goes by way to fast!

Happy Birthday Quinn!

Love the story too (I love reading/hearing birth stories).