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Robinson Jose Serrano Sex: boy Born: 01 May, 2008 Age: 0 years & 86 days Birthday in: 279 days Starsign: Taurus Development: See the 2 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 11 hours, 30 min of pushing
Weight @ birth: 7 lbs 6 oz
Length @ birth: 20 inches

Robinson-Jose-Serrano`s birthstory

Oh my goodness i am SO in love with my little boy!! I wished and wished for his delivery day to come and now that its passed I keep thinking about it and wanting to experience it again (almost). It really was magical, despite all the pain and discomfort it was all such an amazing experience from beginning to end!
So, the day bf I went into labor I felt really intense cramping like I was getting my period. It sucked. It wasnt so intense that I couldnt talk or function, but it hurt me and made me want to crawl into a ball. We tried to time them, but there really wasnt a clear starting and stopping-- it just ached! My husband suggested we call the doc to see what was up, who suggested we come in. We had to wait forever, and of course as soon as I get in to her office they go away. GEEZ. So she hooks me up to this fetal monitoring machine which was cool, but the little lines were barely moving. Shes like `uhh... your just experiencing mild contractions, I`m surprised you can even feel them`. (At this point, I couldnt!) I was SO annoyed! I was dilated 2 cm tho, and 50% effaced, which made me happy, but of course the doc pointed out I could walk around dilated like that for 2 weeks!
I was in such a bad mood back at home. I went on a teeny walk with Jose around the block, and pretty much pouted all night. I just felt sorta stupid for going into the doc for nothing, and getting my parents all excited! I felt like bc I wanted it to happen so bad, I was creating these cramps in my imagination!
Argh. So I wake up around 3:15am that night, and I go to pee and it hurts real bad. Like intese pressure. My first thought was `oh great, now I have a UTI! Not only am i not going to give birth any time soon, but now I have a damn infection!` I went back to bed and curled into a ball and worried about my apparent UTI and how it would effect the baby. After a few minutes I noticed that the pain was actually starting and stopping, pretty frequently. Not wanting to get my hopes up, I looked at the clock and tried to time them myself. They seemed to be coming every 5 or 6 min but I couldnt really tell and I kept forgetting the time bc they hurt so bad. Around 3:45 am one hurt me so bad I burst into tears and woke my husband up! I told him I didnt know what was going on but something was REALLY hurting me and I needed him! He was such a champ. He jumped up, got all serious, ran to the dresser and took out a piece of paper and started timing me. We layed in bed for a while as they came every 5 min, like clockwork. After 1/2 hour of this he got up and took a shower, still timing me. I was so scared I was going to make him get all ready and then they would just stop completely, so I tried not to make a big deal of out them-- but I was really writhing in PAIN!. Around 4:45, after we counted 13 contractions in an hour, we called our doc, told her we were on our way to the hospital, and I tried to get dressed. My husband was sooo sweet, putting everything in the car, doing everything for me, all calm cool and collected. In the car we called my mom, but then I began feeling them coming about every 3 minutes, and Jose started running red lights. :) It was not like we expected the car ride to be-- we pictured us laughing and videotaping and having fun in between contractions, but we were both SO serious! We had to park kinda far away from the Emergency room and I leaned on him as we walked over-- we stopped twice for contractions and he held me until they went away. When I got in the security guard was like `you in labor baby? go straight thru!` I couldnt even look at her, and they put me in a wheel chair and we went right up to our room.
When I saw I was in the actual labor room I got scared bc I was still sorta convinced I was just fooling myself and the doc again and was going to be really embarrased when they sent me home. Ha! I got on the bed tho and the nurse hooked me up to the machine and we watched these huge contractions come every 3-5 min. She checked me and I was dilated 3 cm and 90% effaced. It was kinda cool. I threw up twice, and felt a bit better, I was able to calm down and was able to start breathing thru the pain as we waited for the doc. My mom showed up around 8am, she was all excited and so happy to see me! It was so sweet. My dad came shortly after. I felt so good to have everyone there, I wasnt embarrased at all like I thought I would be. My doc came thru and the 1st thing she said was `Congratulations youre in labor!` I`ll never forget that bc it was SUCH a relief! I cant believe I had convinced myself that this wasnt the real thing. I`m such a weird-o. But after that I could really lay back and go with the flow. My moms friend Wendy came thru for a bit and brought starbucks for everyone, which of course bugged Jose out bc he didnt even sit the entire time-- he just paced back and forth! He took 3 sips and freaked out and threw it away! My grandparents even popped in for a sec, which was slightly weird but good to have their support. Around 10am they gave me some pain relief in my IV, I was holding my dads hand and immediately began babbeling nonsense and passed right out. I could still feel the pain but it was bearable. I didnt want to sleep bc everyone in the room seemed to be having so much fun and I was enjoying all the attention! I woke up abuot an hour 1/2 later, my dad had to leave for work so I said goodbye to him. Shortly after they asked me if I wanted my epidural, I was ALL for it! I still was in and out of drowsiness, so when the anesthesiologist came in it all was kinda blurry. Jose said this was the only part he felt faint. the contractions were really kicking in now, bc the other pain medicine had worn off and they were coming every 2 min. Big ones. jose held me as he put the needle in, it sucked and hurt real bad, but you know what-- when youre already in a whole bunch of pain a little more doesnt make that much difference! Plus it was over quick. Sooo... I lay back on the bed and wait to feel it working and I still feel the pain... and I still feel the pain... and I tell everyone its not working and they reassure me I need to give it more time... but I still feel the pain. At this point I started freaking out, I was like well if this is the damn medicine I am relying on I CANNOT get thru this!! We have to figure out something else to do bc I REFUSE to go into labor like this! Give me something that works!! Ha. Woops. I was a bit nasty. :/ The nurses called the anesthisiologist guy back in, and he was mystefied that I could fee the pain. they sprayed some cold water on me and I`m like yes-- its freezing cold! do you believe me now?? Suddeny he got all serious and said he would give me another one lower in my back that was more intense, so he took the tape off my back and took the needle out. I wasnt even scared, I wanted that pain relief so bad he could have stuck 5 more long needles in my back at this point. What really sucked was I was getting back to back contractions and kept wanting to writh with the pain, but had to stay perfectly still! Ah! So, he sticks it in AGAIN and my husbands eyes got all big, I was like stay with me baby bc I NEED you right now!! But I almost immediately felt a sense of relief. Ahhh. Sooooo much better. Still painful, but sooo bearable. I was about 9 cm at this point. I played some phish on my ipod and curled on my side, and my mom and wendy rubbed my back and told me happy, peaceful things to think about. It really helped. I couldnt have done it without them. I began feeling the urge to push about then, it felt like I was sitting on his head! the nurse told me to hang on a bit longer. Finally around 1:35 she said it was time! I was scared but SO ready for this! I asked my mom and wendy to leave, bc I wanted it to be just Jose and I. I felt so bad even tho they said they didnt mind at all, but I knew it was so exciting for my mom and she wanted to see her grandson come into the world. Ya know what tho... once I had my legs all up in the air and all of me was just hangin out for everyone to see I was real happy they weren tthere, I wouldnt have been able to relax as much. My husband took one leg up and the nurse took the other and they began coaching me as I pushed. It really was so nice, I just listened to my husbands voice and did everything the nurse said. I wanted to be a really good pusher bc I wanted it to be over ASAP! I didnt want them to have to use the vacuume! Its hard tho, it really is. It feels so uncomfortable-- the pain was bearable tho bc my adreneline was going hard and the epidural was working and I was sooo excited to get it over with. The doc only came in for the last 10 min! It took me 30 min in total of pushing, and at 2:10pm his little body fell right out of me!! When I saw him all grey and screaming and perfect, my 1st reaction was actually fear. Not that I wasnt feeling warm and loving towards him-- I totally was-- but I was like holy shit this is a real live human being and he belongs to ME of all people???? ahhh! My first thing I said was `oh my son, is he ok?` and the doc said yes. I was like youre sure hes breathing? bc he looked so grey and they said yes. I felt so overhwlemed and put my hands in my face and just BAWLED, completely wailing like a little girl. Its just all so overwhelming. My husband was crying too, tears were streaming down his face. It was amazing.
I held him for a quick sec, then they went to weigh him and jose looked at me with a guilty face and said `do you mind if i go too?` and I was like yes!! go ahead! and he didnt waste a second. i have to admit I was jealous, they took my placenta out and told me I had a 2nd degree tear--- This was SO not a big deal tho, I really could have cared less, I just kept hollering over to Jose 'what are they doing now?' Something about the baby coming out makes everything else seem just fine. She stiched me up and then they brought little Robbie out to me, all clean and wrapped up like a burrito. I breast fed him a bit and all my family came back in the room. I was really out of it-- looking back on it all I barely remember a thing, just ppl cheering and the baby being passed around from one person to the next, and ppl handing me the phone and someone would be congratulating us, it was all rediculously overwhelming.

I got to leave the hospital 2 days later, and I have to admit I am SO in love with my little son!! Nothing else is important to me now except making sure he is happy and has what he needs! I am def feeling overwhelmed and expect to feel that way for awhile. Last night-- our first night-- he turned into this nipple loving 45 minute alarm clock. I didnt get more than 45 min of sleep at a time until 7am, and he is so much more responsibility than I ever anticipated. I guess as a 1st time mom you just cant prepare yourself. He is so vulnerable tho and perfect and the way he relies on me for everything breaks my heart, I am so obsessed with him and it seems like a perfect obsession to me!! Our family is complete. :) :) :)

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