Welcome to the World Oliver James Anderton

Born Sept 15th 2011 at 11:36pm (2.5 weeks early!)
5 lbs 15 oz
17" long

    Oliver's birth was exciting and happy! On Tuesday the 13th, I had my normal OB appt. I was dilated to a 3 almost a 4. Doctor said, could be any day now! So basically I told my mom to hop on a plane and Matt had me stay in bed for a day so the baby would stay in til she got here! We wouldn't have been so panicked except Elijah came down with a 102-103 fever THAT day. So I didn't feel comfortable just dropping my sick kid off at our friends house if we needed to go all of a sudden. My mom got here Wednesday afternoon. Luckily Thursday morning his fever broke and he was feeling back to normal.

    Thursday afternoon I stood up and felt a warm trickle go down my legs. For a second I thought, "Great, I peed my pants." Then I went to the bathroom and noticed I had lost my mucus plug (gross.) I then noticed the trickling kept going on. I called the doctors office and she said to go the hospital just to make sure it wasn't my water. We got to the hospital around 5pm. As the nurse at the hospital was checking me, she had me cough and a huge gush of water came out. The nurse immediately rolled her eyes and said "Your ticket is punched, wheel her in." Matt was laughing so hard. My water had indeed broken. So I was admitted. Once in the delivery room, I was still a 4. Having contractions, but not painful at all. The nurse then started me on some pitocin at 8pm to get things rolling. Then I started feeling some pain, nothing terrible but mildly uncomfortable. Around 9:30pm I was a 5. The anesthesiologist was just hanging out at the nurses station so my nurse said it would probably be a good time to get my epidural if I wanted one before he left. So I received my epidural around 10pm.  The nurse then increased my pitocin and things started kicking in. I was at a 6 for a while and she noticed that baby's heart rate kept dropping with each contraction. She had me lay on my side, put on the oxygen mask. All of that wasn't helping much. Then I felt this urge to push. She checked me and I had gone from a 6-10 in 20 mins! No wonder the baby's heart rate was dropping, he wanted out! Next thing I know my doctor walks in, 3 pushes and out popped Mr. Oliver James Anderton at 11:36pm! I was in "labor" a total of 6 hours. He was so little! I thought he'd be bigger but he is just a sweet little thing.

     Recovery has been awesome. I got to feed Oliver immediately after having him and he got to stay with us for a good 1.5 hours. Then he went to the nursery to get his tests and get cleaned up. Then the nurse brought him back to me and he ate some more. He is doing a great job on the nursing front. I met with the lactation consultant and I'm going back on Monday to check things out and make sure we are doing it right. I couldn't wait to leave the hospital, people are always bugging you and making you sign things all.day.long. The only pain I've really had, has been when my uterus is contracting back to it's normal size. Terrible pain. This time around it feels a little easier. We are much more chill about things and don't freak out about every little thing. Plus having my mom here makes a huge difference. Elijah is having a blast with her. He still doesn't know what to make of the baby, he just stares and acknowledges him occasionally. Although he has decided that the baby bouncer is for him and not for Oliver :) We have yet to get a picture of all of us together and one of Elijah holding the baby. Elijah doesn't want to hold him or sit still. He's been a little more needy but I don't know if I'd chalk it up to the baby or just the fact that we left him for 2 days and now he's scared we'll leave at any second. He's clingy to Matt more than anyone. He loves his Daddy.

Being admitted

Oxygen time. Little nervous.

It's go time!

Dad cutting the cord

First car ride home

 Elijah's first glimpses of his little brother

All snuggly and warm at home.

And Elijah telling us he's not too sure about this new baby thing!

Baby Sunday #2- 35/36/37 weeks!

35 weeks

37 weeks

                                                             
 I think it's safe to say I've had a major growth spurt over the last 2 weeks :)

Obessions/Rampages: I cannot believe D-day is so close! Doctor said everything is looking fine. In fact, at 35 weeks she said, "Don't come in next week, I'll see you in two weeks instead." Sounds good to me! I'm officially more pregnant than I've ever been. I don't know what it's like to be more pregnant than this, but all I can say is that all those women are right. The last few weeks are not very comfortable. I feel like a beached whale trying to turn from side to side in the middle of the night. Obsessed once again with the movement of this boy. He is sooo active! I sleep on my side and he is always kicking it. I've been on a ridiculous organizing rampage. It's like I'm anticipating never leaving the house or doing anything for the next 4 months! So crazy! The most ridiculous is that I washed everything in the linen closet and organized it and made labels. And I already have Elijah's Halloween costume and some Christmas presents and I bought Matt a new work wardrobe and Elijah a new wardrobe. I just worry my boys are going to be a little neglected the next few months so I'm trying to cover my bases. We've got basically all the top priority stuff done on our to do list, so if the baby comes we are good to go. Now I'm onto doing things that are not top priority like reupholstering our headboard, buying a million curtains for the front room because I can't decide what I want, and repainting Elijah's room because I can't stand the color all of a sudden.  I'm hoping this preggy brain doesn't make any rash decisions I'm going to regret in a couple of months

Elations/ Worries: Elated I still sleep pretty well, not perfect but I can't complain. I totally jinked myself with my last post about not getting heartburn. If I eat past 7 and it's more than the size of an apple I get heartburn. yuck! I forgot how gross it is! I'm having a far amount of Braxton Hicks but nothing crazy, but then again I didn't with Elijah either. I'm so anxious for my next appointment to see how everything is going. Elated we have a name... I think. We like it a lot, but we'll see if he looks like it when he comes out. Elijah has been so cute lately, he'll hug my tummy and say, "ahhh" when I ask him where the baby is. He has no idea what's about to happen :) Also, I don't think my belly button is going to make it, if it grows one more centimeter it will pop like the thermometer on a Thanksgiving turkey.

Aversions/Cravings: My stomach is definitely getting squished. I can't eat as much for fear of getting a massive heartburn attack at the end of the day. I've been really into baking lately. Feels so homey and fallish. Even though it's STILL 500 degress outside. Still drinking an obscene amount of water, so I go potty a lot- as in 3 times in 20 mins- that's the record so far :)