Oh What A Wait...

I figured I would start with some pictures, because let's be honest, that is what most of you are looking for. :)

As you can see from the first picture, Belli and Logan are pretty proud of themselves! They are on their way to being quite possibly the best big sister and big brother ever! Belli took to Henry immediately. Logan kept his distance for a while, but now is pretty sure he always knows best, as usual. I have a feeling that within the next year, I will begin dreading the bond the 2 boys already have. Logan will in fact be a great teacher to Henry, whether it is things I want him to know or not.

Long story short--it was a quick delivery! Basically at about 2:25pm, I was still smiling and laughing--talking to my sister on the phone, facebooking on the IPad. At 3:00, I felt like I was not going to make it. They told me I was 6 cm--I was thinking to myself that there was no way I could make it thru another couple hours of labor. After what seemed like a LONG time, my baby was out and laying on my chest. He was born at 3:35pm after 6 minutes of pushing. Needless to say, after fear of everything that happened at Logan's birth (meconium, shoulder dystocia, & the cord wrapped around his neck) in combination with really not wanting any pain medication and horror story after horror story of how much worse labor is with pitocin, I was thrilled to pieces that I had done it---My goal in this birth, going into it with a basic understanding that it will be my last, I really wanted to be present in every moment. I feel like I accomplished that. I feel like I proved to myself what my body is actually capable of. And on top of it all, I walked away with a happy, healthy baby.

Henry and I left the hospital the next day. He has a huge bruise on the top of his head...I am sure it was a little traumatic to him to be floating peacefully and forced down a birth canal a half hour later. He is currently jaundice (just to follow suit with his brother and sister) so he is glowing away here at home in his biliblanket. He is a great eater, overall very laid back baby. We have his first official baby check up on Monday.

At the hospital, he did not pass his hearing screen. The nurses and doctors did not seem too concerned by this. They said that ordinarily he would have just been retested, but since we were leaving the hospital so quickly, he just has to have it retested by his physician. I think they will retest in a couple weeks.

I feel so lucky and happy and so in love. There is a lot this time around that is easier being the third. I also feel like there is a lot more anxiety---I know how much I get from my kids each day and the fear of anything happening to them gets scarier and scarier. It was much easier to worry before I loved them so much. :)

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and kind thoughts and words. It was successfully my longest pregnancy, and I think both Jonah and I are happy that part is over. We are all feeling very complete here at home.