rhii
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Up until the day before Charlie was born I had myself absolutely convinced that he would be late-even despite my mother telling me the weekend before that I had "dropped" and would, without a doubt, deliver soon. Everyone always says first babies are usually late . I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that didn't happen. I was born five weeks early for no reason... and Nick (my fiancé) and I always like to be early whenever we go anywhere 
. Being late just isn't in our son's blood! The day before labor I had told my boss I would probably work longer because I thought I'd have time and be bored. I told countless people how great I felt and that this little boy was super comfy in there. Well, there just isn't any telling when a baby will arrive. The morning of July 16th, 2013, over two weeks before my due date of august first, I began leaking when I got up (10am). I thought I was peeing until small gushes kept coming out. I had an appointment that day, but we ended up going to the hospital instead. I was in such shock that I started crying because the house hadn't been cleaned. I was supposed to do that that day! We got to the hospital and they confirmed it was my water breaking. I didn't have contractions until maybe 5pm. I went in with an open mind regarding pain relief. My philosophy was that natural sounded great, but I might change my mind when the pain hit. Boy ..when those contractions hit, they hit hard. I was in excruciating pain, but only for about an hour before they gave me pain relief and an epidural. I was quite loopy at that point and fell asleep for an hour and woke to more of our friends/family. After that I felt wonderful. I wanted cheesecake, but that wasn't an option lol. I did my makeup instead. Everyone thought I was crazy, but I figured I might as well make myself look decent for little mans first glance at mommy since I felt up to it. Charlie was finally born at 11:43 pm. I'm a young mom and was in such shock that I almost felt numb . Instead of that initial surge of love that everyone talks about, I was completely overwhelmed with the day. That moment hit me the next night while holding our son. I started crying my eyes about and couldn't put him down. I woke nick up and said "he's just too cute, and I love him too much. I can't put him down!" In the middle of crying. Anyway, I could share many more details, but I think that's a good summary. Also, I want to share that in the picture of all three of us, Charlie's first tear is on my cheek. You'll see it if you look closely. My mom placed it there. Our son has filled our hearts so much in the last ten days. It really is a love you never knew existed. And like Nick said ..he's here, but we haven't skipped a beat. It's like he's always been.
. Being late just isn't in our son's blood! The day before labor I had told my boss I would probably work longer because I thought I'd have time and be bored. I told countless people how great I felt and that this little boy was super comfy in there. Well, there just isn't any telling when a baby will arrive. The morning of July 16th, 2013, over two weeks before my due date of august first, I began leaking when I got up (10am). I thought I was peeing until small gushes kept coming out. I had an appointment that day, but we ended up going to the hospital instead. I was in such shock that I started crying because the house hadn't been cleaned. I was supposed to do that that day! We got to the hospital and they confirmed it was my water breaking. I didn't have contractions until maybe 5pm. I went in with an open mind regarding pain relief. My philosophy was that natural sounded great, but I might change my mind when the pain hit. Boy ..when those contractions hit, they hit hard. I was in excruciating pain, but only for about an hour before they gave me pain relief and an epidural. I was quite loopy at that point and fell asleep for an hour and woke to more of our friends/family. After that I felt wonderful. I wanted cheesecake, but that wasn't an option lol. I did my makeup instead. Everyone thought I was crazy, but I figured I might as well make myself look decent for little mans first glance at mommy since I felt up to it. Charlie was finally born at 11:43 pm. I'm a young mom and was in such shock that I almost felt numb . Instead of that initial surge of love that everyone talks about, I was completely overwhelmed with the day. That moment hit me the next night while holding our son. I started crying my eyes about and couldn't put him down. I woke nick up and said "he's just too cute, and I love him too much. I can't put him down!" In the middle of crying. Anyway, I could share many more details, but I think that's a good summary. Also, I want to share that in the picture of all three of us, Charlie's first tear is on my cheek. You'll see it if you look closely. My mom placed it there. Our son has filled our hearts so much in the last ten days. It really is a love you never knew existed. And like Nick said ..he's here, but we haven't skipped a beat. It's like he's always been.
