Lee is FINALLY here!!!!!

WOO HOO! My sweet baby boy is out of the belly :)




Last picture of my baby belly! 41 weeks!

     May 27, 2011 at 7:59pm, and 11.5 hours of labor, our Leroy the 3rd came into this world! Best moment of our lives! I cant even describe it. The second he came out , it was like he has always been apart of us, I couldn't even imagine life without him. Unfortunately, I had to be induced. It wasn't my dream way of going into labor, but my doctor said either way I go its a risk of a c-section If I wanted to wait a little longer( he was a week late)  or go ahead and get induced. It was a little more of a risk, then going into labor on your own. God only knows how much I did not want to have a c-section. I wanted to do it all natural, with everything in me. I was majorly torn about being induced, I didn't make up my mind until Thursday, the day before my scheduled induction. I prayed and prayed about it, asking the Lord if it was the right thing for me to do. One of the ways I knew it was the Lords will, was He gave me perfect peace about the whole situation, and another was the Army gave RJ 14 days of free leave instead of 10, because of the 4 day weekend. So he came home Thursday morning(instead of friday morning) to surprise me. Both my parents and RJ's were off the day of the induction, as well. Everything was working out better than planned.

     So Friday, the 27th at 6am, my mom and R.J. went with me to get all the paper work done at the hospital. I was put in my room around 7:00, they put my I-V in, and then hooked me up to the monitors, to monitor the baby's heart beat and to monitor my contractions. I've been contracting for weeks before, I just couldn't go past 2cm. Anyway, when they started to monitor my contractions, I was already contracting by myself every 2.5 minutes. Around 8:00 they started my potocin. Labor is one of those things, where you're SO excited to do it, yet very nervous. Because you don't know what to expect. Every pregnancy, and labor/birth story is different, which most of you know. By the time noon rolled around, my parents and Michael, R.J's parents and sister, and Pop and Oma, were all waiting patiently for the arrival of littleLeroy. My contractions at this point were definitely increasing, but it wasn't to to bad, I thought to myself " I got this, doesn't hurt as bad as I thought" LOL! . Poticen is made to speed up labor, yet put you in more intense contractions so it can get your body to do what it's suppose to do, but it could last 48 hours on some girls, which leads into c-section, plus puts you at more of a risk to have a c-section. That's why I was so torn to actually do it or not, but I felt peace about it, and it was the right thing to do. At 1:00pm, my doctor came in to see how far along I was. I only went up 1cm in 5hours. She decided to break my water. Woa, buddy. That's when it all hit, it immediately put me in active labor. About 3 hours into intense labor, the Doctor came in to check how much more I dilated. A measly half a centimeter. That's all. I started to cry when she told me that's all I've gone up, all this pain for only half a centimeter??? I started to think, what if I don't dilate any farther? What if I only dilate half a centimeter every 3 hours? . My nurse was amazing though, she was all for natural birth and helped me out so much, plus I had 2 awesome coach's, who helped me more than anyone. Even though I think I told RJ a couple of times to stop touching me, oops! I'm so grateful that they were there for me though. My nurse told me that since I'm doing it natural, and I went into labor by myself, that most likely I would be having the baby this evening. Which put me at ease a bit, but I was still not going to get my hopes up. So about 2.5-3 more hours into intense labor, they came to check me again. It was around 6:00pm. Only another half a centimeter, but my body made more progress in other areas besides dilating, pretty much he was all ready, just waiting on me to finish dilating. So here I am, only 4cm, 10 hours into labor, and just was told that I've only gone up half a centimeter. I pretty much broke down. But I wasn't giving up, my mom and RJ were there for me so much, thank God they were. About an hour later, RJ told his family to just go home, and he'll call them if anything changes. Well about 10-20 minutes after he did that. I had the feeling to push. Its such a crazy feeling, that overcomes your whole entire body. All you need and have to do is push. So they came in to check me. I was 9.5 centimeters dilated, and Lee's head was right there. RJ said 9 and half what?!? the nurse said centimeters. RJ got so hyper and excited that he didn't know what to do, it's funny to look back on, but at the time it wasn't really :)!!! He then called everyone to tell them to turn around, 'cause Lee was coming. I couldn't stop pushing. The doctor got there right in time, and in 3 pushes, out comes our baby boy!

Leroy Walter Hair 111, 8.5pounds, and 21in long!



R.J.holding his son for the first time.



     They handed me Lee, and I couldn't stop starring at him, he was perfect to me! I couldn't even imagine better. I've never seen RJ that proud before, he was so happy to be a daddy. It was the best feeling of my life. I'd do it over and over again to have that moment, and to have this sweet baby boy. Mom was crying her eyes out too, never seen more of a proud mom or grandma( Grammie). I was able to hold Lee for a long long long time! Just like I wanted. I prayed that Lee would take to breast feeding easily, and it came natural to him. Another prayer answered, he latched on in a matter of seconds, like he has been doing it forever. I'm truly blessed! He eats so well! So then they took him to give him a bath that was right beside my bed to get him all cleaned up so everyone could see him. They first brought in the grandparents and great grands. Then Aunt Raini and Uncle Michael came to hold their nephew, then a couple of our good friends who patiently waited, came in to meet Lee. He has no idea how much he is loved! Then everyone left, and they had to make sure Lee and I were stable enough to move to the Mommy and baby room. We were good to go about an hour later, after I had a pass out episode on the toilet, from losing lots of blood and didn't eat anything for almost 2 days. When we got to the next room, I finally ate some of a sandwich, and my best friend Rena went to Sonic and got me an Oreo shake=] Everyone left around 10 that night. RJ and I laid on the hospital bed with Lee in between us for a couple of hours, it was such a relaxing moment. We slept for about 2 hours that night, and the next night I slept for about an hour. A total of 5 hours in 3 nights. One thing though after having a baby, well for me at least. It's like you have an Adrenalin rush. Nine days later, I still haven't caught up on my sleep, but it feels like I haven't lost any. If I get only 3-4 hours of sleep, it feels just like I had 8 hours.  It just gives me more time with Lee(: . We had so many visitors the day after Lee's birthday. It was good to see everyone, and Lee loved to be held. Thank you to everyone who came!

My first outfit!



We were discharged Sunday the 29th. It was such a good feeling to go home with our baby!

Going home!!!!!!!!!



     I really didn't want to be induced. But in all honesty, besides having to be induced. It was all apart of a plan.I wouldn't change anything about my labor, it was everything I wanted. I prayed that I wouldn't have a c-section, that I will dilate on my own, that I would be able to do it naturally, to have a healthy baby and no complications, and that Lee would latch on. Every request was answered. I'm beyond grateful for everything.

my sweet boy

     After being home a week now, I'm loving the whole mommy thing. I knew I would, just didn't know how much. R.J. is such a great daddy and diaper changer:), he loves that boy so much. We couldn't imagine life without Lee now. He's such a joy. He lovessssss his food, and loves to be wide awake, but takes good naps. He's such a good and adorable baby, even his toots are adorable, and boy does he toot! LOL!  We love being his mommy and daddy.

     Thank you to everyone that came to see Lee this past week and at the hospital, and for all the gifts. Also, thank you to everyone that called, text, and wrote on my wall encouraging words, and sweet congrats. Thank you so much, it meant a whole lot to us.



What a hunk!

I'll update you more often, now that our Lee is here. For now though, I'm going to go feed my little guy, and spend some time with my 2 main men.

Love,

The Hair Family <3