Grady Smith Allen was born Friday morning at 9:36am weighing 7lb. 12oz. and was 20in. long.
Here's the story. By about 5 am on Friday I was pretty sure that Grady was going to make his enterance into the world that day, so I tried to sleep more, got ready, and packed up my stuff as well as I could. We got to the hospital around 8:20 am, and all their whole OB wing was full! The nurse could tell I was in a lot of pain, so cleared out the snacks and personal items in the Nurse's Break Room, brought in a gurney from the sugery department and all the other necessary things needed to deliver a baby into the Nurse's Lounge. They checked me and I was already dialated to 8cm! That's when they first told me that there might not be enough time for me to get the epidural I was planning on. I wasn't worried though, because when I got to the hospital with Luke I was an 8 and was still able to get my epidural. They got going on that as fast as they could, but when they checked me again about 20 min. later I was completely dialated and it was time to start pushing ready or not! After about 20-25 min. of pushing, without an epidural, little Grady was born face up in the Nurse's Lounge on a gurney! I'm just grateful that he came fast! Grady's doctor jokingly said that where he was born was about 1 step up from being born in the hospital parking lot!
I've been amazed by how good I've felt and how much faster my recovery has been with this baby than with Luke. With Luke I was pretty much miserable for about 2 weeks. I can think of a lot of factors that probally have made my recovery a lot easier with Grady. I am feeling quite sleep deprived though. Grady's really got his nights and days confused. He won't sleep for longer than 1.5 hours at a time at night, but will go for 3 hours and need to be woken up during the day!I'm hopeful things will get better with sleeping. My mom and Ty have been wonderful and I'm really greatful for all their help. Luke has been funny with his adjustment. At first he wouldn't even aknowledge that the baby was there. He wouldn't pay any attention to the baby, and would ignore any questions asked to him about his baby brother. Now he's starting to take a little more interest in his little brother. His favorite thing is to, not as gently as I'd like, put the pacifier in Grady's mouth to make him happy. Anyways, I'm so happy that Grady's here now. He's already such an important part of my life and our little family.
Grady just a few hours old.
The nice sign they put on my door to keep the nurses from coming in.
Luke's 1st encounter with his little brother. They wouldn't let him in the hospital because of the swine flu.
A rare moment when we first got home!
Happy Father's day to Ty!!!
Happy Father's day to Ty!!!
11 comments:
Rach, I have been checking your blog a couple times a day this weekend. I am so glad everything went okay. I hope you can look back and laugh about your room situation. I think I would be so stressed about that. I also can't believe that you were only in the hospital for 1 hour before he was born. I have heard that they never seem to have trouble with first time moms coming in too late but second time moms always take their time and a lot of the time they barely make it.
He is so precious. I sure hope he figures out his days and nights soon, poor mommy. Congratulations, I am so happy for your family!!!
Rach, yay I am so excited for you. Sounds like you had an exciting delivery...props to you for doing it without an epidural!!! You are the woman! He is adorable!
he is adorable! Congrats! Can't wait to meet the little guy!
Wow! What a story!! Congrats on your sweet baby boy.
He is so adorable!!! Congrats you two, you guys make cute kids!!
Congrats Rachel. That is one amazing story. And one that you probably wont forget either. I'm glad everything went ok for you you. You and the sweet little baby look great. Congrats again!!
Way to go Momma Rachel! I'm so happy for you guys! And what a great Father's Day present too. Grady is a cute name and he is a cute little guy. I can't beleive they put you in the nurse's lounge! That is so funny!!! :) It definitely makes for a good story. You'll definitely have to fill me in on what makes a smoother recovery...someday, of course. I love ya!
Woohoo!! Congrats Rach!! I cannot believe your delivery story...the nurse's lounge...oh my..ha ha!! Grady is so handsome and I love the name!! You are my hero and are so brave for not having an epideral...yowsers girl! Congrats again. I hope you can get some well needed rest!
congratulations!! I can't believe you got to the hospital at an 8 and pushed 25 minutes later ... and how funny to have the memory of having him in the nurses' lounge!
He is a very handsome little boy! Congrats!
I saw his pictures on erin's blog, too cute, I wish I lived there.
Grady is SO cute! You have quite the story of his arrival too! :) You have such a cute family! How is Luke adjusting to being a big brother? Does he just love it? Congratulations!!
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