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Bryant is here!!

Hey everyone!! Sorry I haven't updated! Bryant arrived Friday April 8th at 7:49pm. He was 8lbs 5oz and 21 inches. He was perfect. He had to be taken to the NICU for monitoring because he was really pale and they wanted to make sure everything was alright. His umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck.

So here is our story. Sorry if it's a little choppy. They started the pitocin at 6am and broke my water at 630am. I dialated pretty well and opted for my epidural about 1130am. I have to say I do not know how anyone that goes natural does it. I have so much respect for those women, I'm just a sissy when it comes to pain. I started pushig about 530pm. The epi worked so wonderful and I couldn't feel the pressure to push.  Bryant got stuck and couldn't get under my pubic bone. I pushed for about 2 hours total before they decided to use suction to get him through the pubic bone. Then after that I was able to do the rest. It was rough delivery and I tore pretty bad.

We were released Sunday night. It was wonderful to come home to my own bed! We're doing pretty well. Bryant is breastfeeding pretty well. He has his moments where he's unsure but he's getting it. It's a little frustrating but I plan to stick with it. My milk had not really started to come in until Monday so when we went for our first weight check on Monday and he was down to 7lbs 10oz. So we had to go back Wednesday and he was the same. I talked to the LC at my pedis office and she is wonderful! She has really helped me. Friday we went back for a weight check and he had gained 2 oz. We were all really pleased with that. We go back again Wednesday to work on latching issues. I am pumping and my DH is feeding him with a bottle when I am asleep. So that's whats been happening here. We are so in love with Bryant. He is just a perfect mixtrue of Gregg and myself! I can't imagine life without him! Here is a picture from Thursday night.

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