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Evan James Sex: boy Born: 10 November, 2008 Age: 3 years & 97 days Birthday in: 268 days Starsign: Scorpio Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: 11-17-08
Type of delivery: Cesarean section
Duration of labor: 20 mins
Weight @ birth: 6lbs 12oz
Length @ birth: 18 in

Evan-James`s birthstory

I had to be at the hospital at 5:30am on November 10, 2008. We woke up around 3:30 and was out the door by 4:30. I didnt get much sleep bc I was sooo nervous. We took 3 separate cars. Me and Steven was in my car. Joe and Tricia was in Tricia's car and my mom rode with my dad. My mom was in front of us and Joe was behind us. I felt like I had a police escort. LoL.

We got to the hospital and I got checked in. Steven got changed into his scrubs (which he had to keep by the way. He said they are comfy). They took me to the room I would be recovering in and got me into bed. I got my IV, which hurt like a b1tch bc it was a big needle. We sat there for a few mins and the nurse came in and said they were starting things at 7:30am. They actually were ready for me around 6:30 but the nurses didnt have me ready to go yet. So they finished what they had to do and then they called for someone to take me down to the OR.

They took me to a little "waiting room" I guess you could call it. They asked me a bunch of questions like what was I allergic to and stuff. The nurses explained the spinal to me and I had 500 questions about it. I was scared to death to get that done. They asked Steven to wait outside the OR while they prepped me and gave me the spinal. All I felt with that was the needles to numb me. Getting the IV was worse than the spinal. Then they had me lay down and put a oxygen mask on me. They let Steven back in. He said it seemed to take forever. LoL.

They actually started to cut me before Steven came in the room. I kinda felt it a little. It felt like when you shave your legs and accidentally cut yourself. But after that I felt nothing. Steven kept asking me if I was ok. He was so worried. I felt so much pushing and pulling on my stomach. It was terrible. Then I felt a big push and I must have made a funny face bc Steven laughed and asked if I was alright again. Then a minute later at 7:42am we heard him cry for the first time. And cant forget to mention that I was finally able to breathe. LoL. He was 6lbs 12oz and was 18 inches long.

When I heard him cry, I cried. They brought him around the curtain so I could see him and then they let Steven take a picture of him. They got him cleaned up and him and Steven went to the L&D floor. They finished me up. I had to have another cyst removed off of my left ovary so they just took it out while they was in there. I got stitched and stapled up and I was off to recovery.

I was in the recovery room from like 8am til 11 or 12am. I wasnt allowed to go to my room til I was able to feel and move my legs. That seemed to take forever. But when I started to feel my legs, I started to feel everything. I was in so much pain. The morphene wasnt working at all. They had to give me a shot of something in my hip to make the pain ease up a little. They brought Evan in the room so I could try to breastfeed him. He just wouldnt do it. LoL. He was so stubborn. So we had to give him bottles.

I got back to my room and everyone was there. Joe, Tricia, mom, my dad, Melanie, Cindy, and a couple other people. They all got to see the baby in the nursery. They brought Evan in the room pretty quick and everyone got to hold him. Later that day my gram, Carman, and Anthony showed up and spent some time with him. Stevens brother AJ and his sister Denise came. No one else came that day. Tia and her mom came to visit because Tia was due a week after me and was having cramping. So they made her stay the night.

We had to stay til Thursday because Evan kept getting sick. He has to have soy formula bc he was allergic to milk. He also has bad acid reflux and it makes him throw up sometimes. But other than that he is doing great! We had a doctors appt for him the day after, Friday. When we left the hospital he weighed 6lbs 2oz. At the doctors on Friday he weighed 6lbs 3oz and was 19 inches long. He grew an inch in 5 days. LoL. Then the week after we had an appt with WIC. They weighed him there and he weighed 6lbs 14oz. He's getting to be a little porker. We have another appt Dec 2 for him. I cant wait to see how much he's grown.

Oh. I forgot to mention. Tia had her baby last night! 1:20am. He weighed around 9lbs. I told Evan his future drinking buddy was just born. He just smiled at me. He's now 15 days old. He gets up every 2.5 to 3 hours to eat and get changed. The only thing that I dont like is not being able to sleep alot but he will eventually sleep thru the night. I will catch up on some z's then. My mom and Steven help out alot. And I mean ALOT. When we get up in the middle of the night, I will change the diaper and Steven makes the bottles or its the other way around. And in the morning me and Evan come downstairs and steal the couch. Or if he's awake my mom sits with him for a little while so I can sleep.

Its nice having people help you. Stevens mom still hasnt called or came to see the baby. I shouldnt be suprized bc everyone warned me that she would be like that. She called while we was in the hospital and said they was coming to the house that weekend to visit. And that was almost 2 weeks ago. We havent heard anything since. It just bothers me bc I know it has to hurt Stevens feelings a little that she is doing this. But he has who he needs in his life. Dont worry about them.

Well I'm done boring everyone now. I am going to go lay down while Evan is sleeping. : )

Ps. Recovery wasnt that bad either. I was up walking the night of the c-section. And I rarely needed pain meds. The dr's and nurses couldnt believe how good I was doing. Got my staples out already too!

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