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Tyler's mom flew in town Tuesday the 15th and helped us get soooo much done for the week before Baby Grant decided to grace us with his presence. Monday the 21st, Tyler, Karen and I were sitting around playing card games when we started timing contractions, I had been having contractions for weeks, but they hadn't been doing any good. About 11pm they were getting closer together and more painful so we started to head to the hospital and arrived a little after midnight. I was at a 3... boo! So I forced myself to walk for an hour hoping that they would admit me. Good news I was at at 4-5 so they admitted me. too bad I was exhausted by then so I sat down for an hour and didn't progress any, so I was up walking again after that. NO progress again. About 5am, I was at a 5 and completely exhausted and vomiting from pain so I went ahead and got an epidural, I think that I got it about 6-6:30am. Did you know that you could birth a baby while laying completely flat! I had no idea!... Me and Tyler napped on and off for a few hours, I was mainly thirsty (ice chips!) and itchy... turns out that the epidural is a narcotic and can make you itch! (my doctor later said it was morphine and that I should ask for something different in the future if I had that reaction.) the nurse gave me some benedryl to help with the itching but it didn't really help. I was so exhausted already that I didn't notice if it made me sleep any more or not. sometime later she checked and I was at 8-9 and she said the baby was coming and that she would call my doc. He walked in no time later (surprising cause we thought he had to come from Jerome, he really just stayed in the hospital knowing I would go fast They kept saying you really can't feel anything?.... nothing! Weird! anyways, three contractions with three pushes each (7 minutes) and my beautiful third boy was out! He was very purple and covered in more guck than any of my other kids, but he was so cute! We mentioned how short he was, turns out we were just comparing him to Lorelei,(who is now huge to us) cause he tied for our longest baby. His legs are really short and he has a long torso, so that could be it too! He was not my heaviest baby, only 2nd. He came at 39 weeks and 3 days. Kevin came at 39 weeks 2 days, Lorelei came at 39 weeks 5 days, and Cameron came on his due date, 40 weeks. Grant has the most hair at birth and has the Powers nose. But we think he is a mutt (said with love) just like Lorelei, he doesn't look all Wardle like Kevin or all Powers like Cameron. So far he is a pretty good baby, only the last few days has he cried for any unknown reason.
He is named after our Fathers and it is so much fun to have a baby around again. He did have some blood sugar issues and trouble keeping his body temperature up so he spent some time in the NICU, about 6 hours later, we were back in my room but they wanted to keep up for 48 hours just in case. It was the longest we have ever stayed in the hospital with any of our kids! They took his blood sugar a lot, poor kid, but all is well now.
Grandma Wardle stayed with the older three and we came home Thursday afternoon. She flew out about 5 that evening and my parents came into town Thursday too. It worked out. Ken came up on Friday. and they all left early Sunday Morning. It was so fast, that Monday at his first doctor apt I hadn't realized that he was 6 days old and that his first week was almost over!
The older kids are handling it great! Lorelei asks where he is at every turn. Must kiss him before going to bed and asks first thing about him every morning. She must kiss him on the lips, and gets made if his hands are in the way. Cameron and Kevin fight over who gets to hold him first and to me, he just belongs.
Grant Allen
Jan 22, 2013
11:28am
9lbs 9oz
22 inch long
