Saturday, August 8, 2009

Nathan Fred White


So I have a few minutes by myself this morning at the hospital. Little Nathan is having a car seat check (since he was born early, they have to monitor his breathing while he's sitting in a car seat for an hour or so) and Joshua and Justin haven't gotten here yet...so I thought I would blog!

Our little guy is here! My due date was Sept. 1st, but Nathan decided he wanted to come a little early. Good thing he wasn't even a day sooner, because we just moved all of our stuff to California and got back early Wednesday morning. I was so wrapped up in moving our stuff to CA, there were a lot of things I was "putting off" until we got back. I figured I had at least a couple of weeks before the baby would get here. We hadn't packed a hospital bag, set up the baby's bed, bought diapers, and a few other little things. But oh well!! My water broke on Thursday morning (though I wasn't really sure if it was my water or not). I kind of watched it throughout the day, and still couldn't tell if it actually was or not, but finally around 3:30 Justin and I decided to go to the hospital and just get it checked. The nurse wasn't sure at first either, and even pushed up on the baby's head to see if anything leaked out and it didn't. She said to just wait for a few minutes to see if any "gushes" came and then she'd try one more test. So I pretty much decided it was a false alarm when WHOOSH! The gush came. The nurse came back and said, yep you guys are having a baby.

It was close to 5 by this time and so I thought for SURE he would be born before midnight, which I was looking forward to. They always say your 2nd labor is even shorter than the first, right? Well, since he was 3 1/2 weeks early, I had only dilated to a 2 by that point, and by midnight (yes, 7 hours later) I was only at a 3. Talk about disappointing! The one silver lining was that our nurse was a friend from our ward when we lived on 2nd south...that made things fun. I would be moving forward, with regular contractions, and then they'd slow down again...it was frustrating. Finally they thought I probably had a fore sac, so they brought the doctor in and he popped it and then the contractions started regular again. I started progressing faster, but then the baby's heart rate started going all over the place. I could tell Elizabeth (the nurse) didn't want to alarm me, but she seemed worried after a little bit. She brought the Dr. back in (I was dilated to 7 at this point) and the Dr. looked and said he was going to stay there til we had the baby, which wouldn't be long. It was probably 15 minutes later that Nathan was born.

He had the cord wrapped around his neck pretty tightly which was causing his heart rate problems. Luckily the last little bit went very fast and I hardly had to push at all so he could come before they had to do a C section or anything. PHEW! We are sure glad you are here little guy!



He weighed 6 lbs. 0 oz. and was 19.5 inches long (that is pretty long for just a little tiny guy!) He is super skinny and every time I pick him up I feel like I am going to break him. He just sleeps and sleeps and sleeps...I honestly can hardly get him to eat even! He has hardly cried at all (because he's too busy sleeping) and I love him to pieces.

19 comments:

Mikki said...

Anna!!! Congratulations! He's so stinkin' adorable. Hope Josh is doing well too! Mom always told me how jealous I got when Kris was born...I'm sure Josh will be looove having a little brother to play with.

Marcia said...

He's stunning! And I love the family pic.

Christine said...

Congratulations to all! He's a cutie just like his brother!

Ann said...

Congratulations! What a cute family. I'm guessing that Nathan will be doing this the rest of his life - being antsy, early, etc. until his hits adolescence which is when you can remind him that he was programmed in his DNA to do things early, including getting up in the morning.

Jessica said...

Congratulations! Thanks for telling your story too! You all look great in your most recent family photo.

Marianne said...

Congratulations!! He's just beautiful!! Yay for early babies (not too early, just early enough)

Julie said...

Congratulations! Nathan is beautiful.
...early little boys, well I think I should have had Ann's advice about 15 years ago. Max's response to his "DNA being programed for geting up and going" or even just punctuality is totally wrong. He claims since came early (as did Brian and Cody)he has years of neonatal sleep deprivation to make up. Congratulations again.

Kristen Cook said...

Oooh! He's SO cute! Congrats, you two!!! :o)

BWei said...

Congratulations, Anna! I'm so glad all went well despite it being a long labor, etc. Sounds like he would have been a big boy had he been full term!

forget laundry said...

I can't believe how early he is! and cute too! congrats- so glad everything went well. enjoy your sweet little bundle!

Dunstan Family said...

Congrats!!! That is wonderful. I am sorry it went slow then fast... labor is a funny thing ;) Congrats He is beautiful....

Carly said...

Oh my, he's beautiful! And every pregnant girl's dream... an early baby!

KIKI said...

ANNA! I JUST saw your comment on my blog like a zillion years ago! The new little guy is adorable! We all miss you very much, and it makes me happy to see you so happy :)

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! Anna!!!
He's so stinkin' adorable. Hope Josh is doing well too...


___________________
Vince
Instant loans at an attractive low rates

Jaclyn said...

It was great to meet baby Nate-- I love him and his arms and legs that seem to outweigh the rest of his little body.

Marvia said...

I'm so happy for you guys and that Nathan is healthy and you're all doing well. 2 babies changes things but it's so fun. :) I can say that now that Sammy's moving around and can hold his own better. :) Congratulations!

ego non said...

Super! Congratulations.

Kellie and Brian said...

Holy cow, where have I been! Here you guys are moving and popping babies out, and I'm just sitting in Iowa completely slacking on my blog checking. CONGRATULATIONS! You all look fantastic. I hope everyone is still well now you've got a few weeks behind you. Yea!

Marcie said...

Glad Nathan's here safe and sound. Congrats!