It's a Boy!

October 2, 2012 9:47am

A day that changed our lives forever. A day that was so beautiful, magical, painful, joyful and so much more. A day in which we welcomed our precious LITTLE BOY into the world. Squirt is a BOY! When the doctor told us the sex I'm pretty sure I had asked him several times that he said BOY. He was funny, he said "Oh yes, You cannot mistake him as anything but a boy!"

Our families were waiting downstairs to here the news, Alex and my sister had determined earlier in the morning that once I delivered he would open the blinds and either do a touch-down or a ballerina gesture. As soon as he was able to, Alex threw open those blinds and made the most perfect touch-down gesture ever. Our families yelled and cheered so loud people in other rooms and different floors came out to see what all the commotion was about!

When my water broke there was some meconium so NICU had to be called in for when I delivered.  I'm pretty sure this was the most heart-wrenching part of the whole labor & delivery process. Because NICU had to take him right away, I couldn't hold him for about 10 minutes after he was born. I could see and hear him... but there is nothing like being able to hold your baby for the first time, nothing. 

He was completely healthy and had a real nice set of lungs on him. There was not a worry in the world. Our baby boy was healthy.

Welcome to the world Noah James Waller! 

Our chunky monkey... 8lbs 8 oz

Daddy holding his son for the FIRST time!

On his way to see his Mommy!

Holding my sweet baby boy for the first time.

There were some hiccups during the process... at one point while we were resting before I started push I had Alex roll me over to my other side. Apparently, little Noah was squished just the wrong way and his heart rate dropped for about 4 minutes. I was put on oxygen and rolled back over to my left side. After a minute or so his heart rate resumed back to normal and all was well. Still, the nurses reaction is enough to have your fear for the babys life. I was put on oxygen several times while pushing, which I was thankful for because I wasn't breathing and my contractions were so close together I couldn't re cooperate fast enough. Noah was also face up, which was why I was having even more difficulty pushing - so when it came time for him to come out, they had to turn and flip him over quickly all in a blink of an eye. Of course, NICU coming in when I delivered was nerve-wrecking. After delivery I also had a difficult time recuperating from the epidural, it just took me longer than normal to bounce back. When it was time to transfer rooms it took me an extra three hours... my blood pressure kept dropping the moment I would sit or stand up, making me fall out and almost pass out. I had to get hooked up to some more IV's, but after that I was able to finally move rooms.

Oh yeah... Where was my husband during the time I was passing out multiple times? In the new room SLEEPING. In his defense, he didn't know that I would pass out over and over again. However, he had my phone... my mother was with me, but her phone was dead, I didn't know what room he & my dad were in so I couldn't call up to the room to let him know what was going on... I'm just glad nothing to serious happened because we sure would have been in a pickle! (Dad was sleeping too!) Glad he was so worried about his wife and newborn ;-)


I really couldn't ask for a more perfect delivery, truly. Everything that I wanted... an October birthday, the doctor I wanted to deliver, the DAY of the week, a healthy baby and a head FULL of hair.

I always said throughout my pregnancy that if this baby didn't have a head full of hair between Alex and I, the baby had to be the milkman's. Well, I'm glad to say that not only does Noah have the most beautiful head full of black hair with a streak of blonde, he is also the SPITTING image of Alex. Well almost, I think he has more of my shape eyes and chin, but still... I'll give Alex all the credit on this one. I was just the oven cooking the bun ;)

Happy Family of Three (Please pardon my grossness!)

We didn't stay the whole 2 days at the hospital. I got a little stir crazy in the room... we left the hospital Wednesday at 4pm. There was no incentive or benefit for us staying there - I'll just say, like the triage unit, I was very unhappy. The staff was great... very kind. However they were not helpful or informative. It was pretty much okay, you had the baby - your own your own! Again, I'll just leave it there :)

On our way home for the very first time!