Dylan Brent Seavers

(I better get to this post before I forget all that happened . .blast the postpartum!)
Okay I'll try not to get too long winded but a few people have asked about Dylan's birthday.

I was sitting at home on bedrest checking stuff out on the computer . . .facebook, gmail . . .then some more facebook.  After doing that for sometime I thought I should take a nap when I felt a pretty good contraction coming on.  I thought to myself, I'll go to the bathroom NOW before the contraction gets too bad and see if  I can relieve the pressure in my bladder so the contraction doesn't get any worse.  Normally I breath through the contraction and THEN go to the bathroom . .TMI I know but it's needed for the full story.  Well I got going on the potty and for those of you who have had babies and felt your water break, well I heard that pop inside of me telling my water broke. . . .buuuut no water came flowing out.  So I thought maybe I was mistaken.  That's when Brent came into tell me something and noticed the slight look of terror on my face.  I told him what happened and he suggested going to the hospital just to see if anything happens.  I agreed with him since the hospital was 22min away and there was crazy construction going on.  So we shipped the kids off to my neighbors house and jumped in the car to head to the hospital.

The drive was uneventful and so was my stomach.  No contractions the whole time we were in the car.  Now I was starting to feel like it was a false alarm and that I'd look like an idiot when I got into the hospital.  I'm sure the nurse would wonder what my problem was being that this was my 3rd child and I still didn't know what it felt like to have my water break!

Well we made our way to the 3rd floor and they but me in like a mini check-up room and the nurse said she was going to check to see if in fact my water did break.  She does her test and it comes back negative for amiotic fluid.  Great!  I am an idiot, I thought.  So then she decided to see how far I was dilated.  Well when she did a huge gush of water came out . . .so sorry nurse lady!  So I guess the rest of the water came out and yes my water had in fact broke!  I was so not ready mentally to be having a baby that day!  But it's not like it's something you can just put on hold until you are ready!

So off I went to the labor and delivery section to have our baby.  Man I was glad that Brent had that day off of work and was right there beside me the whole way!  Oh and just to give a time table really quick.  I heard the pop sound at about 2:30 p.m. and was in the car to the hospital at about 2:45.  Got checked in at about 3:30ish and hear comes the fun part . . .had the baby at 4:44 p.m. of the same day!  Yes the baby came an hour and 10 min after my water broke for real.  No that doesn't typically happen for people and yes I'm very lucky that I dilate early.  But there is the downside of dilating too fast in the fact that I have to go on bedrest and be pretty much immovable until it's safe to have the baby come (not my favorite).

This un-medicated delivery about "done me in" as Eliza Doolittle would say.  I'm glad it's my last because I don't know if my body could handle another one.  I say un-medicated because I realized everyone has a natural birth it just depends on whether they are happy while in labor or screaming there lungs out . .hehehe.  I'm all for whatever makes you happy.  I guess I like to feel the pain because I'm psycho like that!  No just jokes I really do have my reasons but I won't bore people with that today.

So there you have it.  He was born healthy and happy and ready to EAT!  That cracked my up because none of my kids have been so eager to nurse like he was.  The NICU doctors who were there right when he was born said that my due date could have been off a little bit because of the development of his lungs and organs.  Which means I could have been closer to term than I thought.  I was so freaked out about delivering at 36 weeks and having to stay at the hospital so I'm soooo grateful that it all turned out well.  He was 7lbs 14oz, yes I know a nice big baby, and 18 1/2 inches long.

The next best part about having this healthy bundle of joy was made known to me by me sweet little 5 year old, Jane.  She brought to my attention that I had the best present of all for my birthday . . .a new baby!  And I quite agree . . . but one year of that kind of present is enough for me!

Born July 5th 2010 and my birthday was the next day!

Such a different  face from the top photo . . .
it's so hard to capture what they really look like!

About a week old chillin' on my bed . . .so fun!