Welcome Baby Zacharias!

On Wednesday, July 31st I was scheduled to be induced at 7:20am. We didn't end up at the hospital until around 7:45am.  

I had to take a before birth photo.

We got checked in and got hooked up to an IV which ended up hurting like Hades because the woman put it in my wrist and couldn't get any blood but kept bending my wrists which now I have a huge bruise from.  They hooked me up to the monitors and gave me the pitocin which took forever to kick in, but when it did, wow!  I started having back labor and the pain alone from that was worse than any other part of the labor.  When it got bad enough, they ended up giving me the epidural which ended up hurting more than I remember.  After I got the epidural, I was a little worried that my body was going into shock or something.  I started to get very cold and shaky to the point they wrapped me up in about four or five warm blankets.  After I got my epidural, my doctor broke my water and the back pain got more intense and more painful.  It was AWFUL!  At last I was dilating and it was just about time for our little guy to be born.  When my doctor was able to get there, she said that it was almost over and it was time to push!  YAY!  I was so excited for the pain and everything to be over!  Brian was getting a little giddy and anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new little guy.  It was seriously the cutest thing ever!

As soon as he was born, the back pain was gone!  That was the best part of it all...okay not really, but it was a close second.  When he was born, we found that the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck THREE times.  I was so scared and nervous, but my doctor acted quickly and got the cord off his neck and he gave a good cry and pinked right up!  Zacharias was our biggest baby to date.  He weighed a whopping 6 lbs. 5oz. and was 20 in. long.  He was born at 3:21 pm.  His APGAR score was 9/9.  From what I was told is pretty much perfect and rare.  I was so excited that he did so well.  Not so excited however for what soon followed.  Brian cut the cord and they started cleaning Zacharias up on my belly.  All of a sudden I felt this squirting on my chin thinking maybe it was something from the umbilical cord being cut...ummm, no.  My little man was peeing on me!  GROSS!  I'm just glad my mouth was closed!  It was so nasty!  When he opened his eyes and looked at me though, it was all worth it!  I could not stop looking at this little guy in amazement.

Here is our little guy's first photo

When we got to my room, the nurse asked if I wanted to try to use the restroom.  Haha.  As I put my legs over the side of the bed, I knew it was going to be a no go.  I decided to try anyway, so I grabbed my IV pole to help steady myself.  As soon as I tried to put weight on my legs (which were still numb from my knees up), I fell.  Thankfully my nurse and Brian were right there to catch me before I hit the floor.  The funny part about that is after that episode, they put a wristband on me that read "fall risk."  Yes, as if that doesn't make me sound enough like a klutz.  At least I got a good laugh out of it.

Brian and I had a few little visitors.  First was Grandma Monson and Tali and Jairus.  They were so thrilled to see Zacharias...well more so Tali than Jairus.

Then later that evening my sister, her hubby and their youngest two came to visit.

After everyone left, we decided to give little Zach his first bath.

Zacharias's first bath from Daddy.

 I don't know what it is about our boys, but they love having their hair washed.

 All clean!

 They had to put him under the heat lamp after his bath to keep his temperature up.

 Isn't he adorable?

 What a proud papa!

 I was so excited that he was finally here!

I didn't realize how nervous we are as new parents.  We rarely slept at all.  Every little noise or lack thereof, we were up.  It was a good thing we decided to go home the next day.  We had to stay at least 24 hours though for some of the tests to get done to be discharged. The great thing was I didn't really need any pain meds when I was moved to my room.  I had one Percocet and maybe one or two IBU Profins.  I was feeling surprisingly great!  That was another reason we decided to go home the next day. 

The next morning my mom and dad (stepdad) had come up to meet our little guy.  It was so stinkin' adorable to see how excited my dad was to see and hold little Zach.  

A few weeks ago, I had come across this adorable Mickey Mouse outfit at Target and couldn't pass it up.  I had to get it for our little guy to come home in.  I thought he looked absolutely adorable in it!

It was so good to go home with all our kids.  We had missed Tali and Jairus so much!  They were staying with Brian's parents while we were in the hospital.  Thanks Ma and Pa for watching them.