Wesley Robert is HERE!

Well, Wesley Robert is finally here! He is beautiful and is weighing in at 7lbs 11 ozs and was 20.25 inches long! Official time of birth was 8:29 AM. Wesley and I had a fantastic team of doctors and nurses and the surgery went off without any problems!

I did want to share how our newest little one came into this world!

The day before I was scheduled to deliver Wesley the hospital called me to "confirm" my c-section. I guess I was so nervous/overwhelmed about everything that was going on and about to change that this phone call, which was so unexpected and weird, just set me off! It was like they were calling to confirm my dinner reservations, not calling about something so life changing that was about to happen! I called Henry and the first words out of my mouth were "I'm having a baby". No lie, there was dead silence on the phone for about 20 seconds and then Henry responds "You just realized this?" LOL! I told him no, that I knew I was having a baby, but that the hospital had called and were so blase about the whole process that it just took me back. Henry, like the wonderful husband that he is, calmed me down and I was able to go about my day.

5:00 AM Wednesday morning came before I knew it and thankfully I was able to get a little sleep the night before. I was so nervous, not just about the prospect of having the surgery and having a new baby in the house, but now I was also worried about Alex and how this new little addition would affect his life and his security. I had all the worries a normal parent would (plus a little more to account for the massive amount of hormones in my system) about how Alex would react to the baby: Would he be jealous? How would that jealousy manifest itself? Would the sweet little boy I love more than anyhthing change? (I really didn't need to worry, but more about that later :) Thankfully my mom came and spent the night so we didn't need to wake Alex up and we headed to the hospital.

We got to the hospital and Henry kept trying to crack jokes to ligthen the mood. I was so nervous! I had hoped to go into labor on my own, but Wesley had decided he liked it inside and didn't want to come out. Since we got to the hospital so early, they were technically still "closed". My doctor had told me that the main doors would be locked and that I would have to hit the buzzer and have security open the doors for me. So, like the good little rule follower I am, I got to the door and buzzed security. When they asked me why I was there, I of course responded with "I'm here to have a baby!" I look over only to see Henry looking at me like I am crazy from INSIDE the lobby. Apparentely the doors were not locked and Henry walked right in and I, like an idiot, was still outside.

That little debacle behind us, we managed to get to labor and delivery without any more problems. We were admitted and got settled into our room. Then all the pre-op stuff started....I was hooked onto monitors, IV's were put in, etc, etc. I LOVE the nurses at Paoli. They made me feel right at home and comfortable. The doctor then came in and I started getting very nervous! I knew that the time was coming! After he had told me what to expect, I ran (well waddled actually) into the bathroom. When I came out, Henry was dressed in his surgical scrubs and the nurse was holding some medicine for me. I couldn't believe it! It was GO time!

We made our way to the operating room, where they told Henry to wait outside and took me in. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I don't remember much from Alex's birth because of all the medication and the fact that the c-section was so rushed because he was in distress. This time around everyone was calm, and happy and just normal.... As they were prepping everything for the surgery a L&D nurse came up to me and started asking me questions. Her first question was "What is your name". I could handle that... Then she asked me if I had any allergies....I told her yes, Penicillin...I was starting to get annoyed because I had already answered all these questions multiple times before. Then she asked me "And why are you here today?" I must have looked at her like she had about 4 heads and I think I actually asked her if it was a trick question. I mean, I was as big as a whale, the white board said c-section on it, the OBGYN was in the room...I was thinking to myself "This lady is an idiot". Turns out they were making sure I was "within my right mind", but geez people! Warn someone!

After that everything got crazy. Henry was allowed into the operating room and about 15 minutes later Wesley Robert joined us! They brought him around the curtain very briefly and I couldn't believe how much he looked like Alex! The next time I saw my new son, he was in his Daddy's arms all bundled up warm and cozy and looking at me. We got back to my room and I was able to hold my little Wessie for the very first time. It was AMAZING! He also nursed and had no latching problems what so ever. He was born to eat!

Henry and I are totally, completely over the moon in love with this little sweetheart. I can tell that he is going to be an amazing addition to our family.