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Benjamin Albert Sex: boy Born: 11 October, 2007 Age: 0 years & 324 days Birthday in: 41 days Starsign: Libra Development: See the 10 months page. Biggest achievement so far: rolling over, sitting up by myself, laughing and singing! I sleep through the night and drink from a cup!

Little Benji was born at 1:24 am on October 11, 2007. He was 7 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 inches long.

My delivery saga - I woke up with intense contractions at around 3:45 in the morning on October 10 (his due date). We were timing them 2 minutes apart lasting 60- 90 seconds and around an hour later at 4:45, my water broke. We called the hospital and they told us to come straight in because prenatal tests showed that I was GBS positive. It is harmless to me but if Benji got it, he would be very sick. Since my water broke it was not safe and I needed antibiotics during labor. When I got to the hospital they did an internal exam and I was "closed". So they decided to augment my labor with Pitocin IV. After an hour on Pitocin my contractions got VERY strong and I asked for an epidural. At around noon, I was checked again and was 2 - 3 centimeters dilated. Sometimes Benji's heart rate dropped and they said the Pitocin was causing uterine hyperstimulation and Benji was in distress so they would often turn off the Pitocin drip. When they did this my contractions would get very slow and weak. So the Pitocin would be turned back on and they whole cycle would repeat itself. At 5:30pm I was checked and was 5 centimeters. During labor my temperature was creeping up and up and became high. My fever caused Benji's heart rate to get very high. I was vomiting and shaking with chills. I was not a happy camper and neither was Benji. They checked me again at 10:00pm and I was 8 cm and then at midnight I was 9 1/2 cm. However at the last check they said my cervix was still thick on one side and Benji was lying face up. If I wanted to have him vaginally then they would need to use a vacuum extractor on Benji's head and forceps and I would need an episiotomy. The doctor saw that I was exhausted and feeling quite ill and Benji was in distress as well. She recommended an emergency cesarean section. I was a bit scared but knew it was the best decision in the end and very relieved. Throughout labor and my surgery Stefan was wonderful and so supportive. I am so lucky!

The c-section was piece of cake and went beautifully! I wish they decided to do it sooner! Benji came out singing! Hee hee! Anyways, everything is fine now except I lost a lot of blood during the c-section and I am anemic. I am so glad to be home in my own bed and Stefan is taking a week off from work and is waiting on me hand and foot. I wish my birth experience had been better ( I wanted an all natural water birth - so much for birth plans!) but I would do it all over again a million times for Benji. He is truly an angel from heaven! It is so wonderful! I am overwhelmed with love and joy every time I look at him! It's amazing how you can love someone so much, that you've only just met! He breastfed like a champion since the very first time we tried and we are still going strong!

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