Caleb's Birth Story (part 2)

Alright let's be honest, I am dubbing this week Caleb week on the blog. I'm be sharing how we decided on his name, photos of his nursery and anything else. Yes, I am in new mom heaven please indulge me even if you are tired from hearing about me :-)
Ok to continue from where I left off yesterday...
The nurse came into the room at 6:30am to check on my progress, she said I was 9-10cm and fully effaced. She looked at me and said time to start pushing soon. They had to call my doctor first to find out his schedule before I officially started pushing. My nurse, Eleana, came in the room a bit before 8am and said the doctor would be here soon and that we needed to do some practice pushing. Sean asked Eleana if we could have some privacy spending a few moments in prayer with God before our lives were about to change forever. Eleana said that would be wonderful and she said she was a Christian, would she mind praying with us and we said no. So together the three of us prayed, Sean prayed then Eleana prayed for us. It was such a wonderful moment. Eleana then set me up to practice pushing before the doctor arrived.

Finally, my doctor showed up and it was officially time to start pushing. I looked at my doctor and said you know I was suppose to come see you this morning at 9am to get my water broken and then he reminded me actually no I was suppose to see him the previous Thursday and I just smiled because I knew God's timing was better. I kept pushing and pushing every time a contraction came on. However, Caleb's head was stuck on my tailbone. He couldn't get past that point and the longest part of the pushing. The doctor tried everything he could to get Caleb past that point, and on either side of the bed were two wonderful nurses, Tamra and Eleana assisting me with Sean holding my hand standing near my head giving some support and words of encouragement.

At one point, my doctor said if Caleb couldn't get past my tail bone, the only option would be a c-section. I looked wide eyed at Sean when he said that as to tell my husband, THAT is not an option and was all the motivation I needed to push even harder. After moving into a new pushing position, and lying on my side a bit, it helped to get Caleb past my tailbone. The doctor and the nurses told me he is right there and with a head of hair, he is right there you can do it. The doctor also mentioned that with his head being stuck, there was the possibility that his shoulders might get stuck.

Finally, I pushed the last time and then I saw my son out, all the way out, he was officially here and his shoulders didn't get stuck on my tailbone. He was born at 10:10am, less than 12 hours after my water broke! As requested, I immediately wanted Caleb up on my chest and all I remember saying is hi, hi, hi and you are here. I was a bit in shock that he was officially here. Sean cut his umbilical cord and we spent a few minutes as a family of three before Caleb was taken off of me but still in the room to get cleaned up a bit and weighed. While being cleaned, both nurses kept telling me he has two dimples, one on each cheek. Caleb officially weighed 8lbs 12oz and was 21 inches long.  After he was weighed, he was returned to Sean and I and I did some more skin to skin. Sean even took his shirt off and did some skin to skin with his son. Honestly, there is nothing better and I highly recommend it for both parents. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this lengthy post, there are so many details that I don't want to forget in the future so writing it down all now while it is still fresh in my mind will help me to remember more later.
His 1 week old photo




xoxo, Meg

24 comments:

Brittany Fry @ The 26th of August said...

awe I love reading baby stories and it is great that you were only in labor for less than 12 hours. That is great that Sean was able to do the skin on skin contact too! He is so cute and I love his little onesie with the puppies on it (:

KatiePerk said...

Hooray!! What a beautiful story! He is quite handsome in his puppy onesie.

P!nky said...

Congrats again!!!!

Hilary said...

Oh my gosh - I started tearing up during the first paragraph, lol. Congratulations mama, you did awesome!

Leah said...

he is just precious meg. praise God for a safe delivery! i'm sure he will love to hear his birth story time and time again.

brooke lyn said...

such a cutie already! so, so happy

Unknown said...

Such a big baby and you are so teeny. You are a rockstar!

Sarah said...

OH my gosh, what a great story, I got a little choked up. Love hearing birth stories, yours was great. I agree, write everything down, you think you won't forget but you do! :) Congrats again, can't wait to see more pictures of him and everything else baby!

Allison said...

Beautiful baby boy!!! I need to follow you on insta so I can stalk your sweet pictures haha.. what are you under?

Ashley @ Life with Kids said...

Oh yaya!! I love skin to skin as well such a bonding experience!

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Simply LKJ said...

Don't mind you sharing a bit! He is so precious. And those dimples...so darn cute!!

Linnea said...

So precious! I just love reading birth stories!!

Mateya said...

What a great story! He's precious! Congratulations mama!

Selma @ Crazy Little World Of Mine said...

Such a great story Meg. Soooo excited and happy for you three. Caleb is one precious baby! :)

Jaimee Granberry said...

Congratulations! I love reading birth stories and I love telling mine. There is no memory I cherish more! I hope you are enjoying every moment and sleeping when that sweet baby sleeps! : )

whit | Black Little Button blog said...

awe, loved. thanks for sharing the story my dear.
-whit

Jessica said...

Right now, I'm a birth story addict. And I love Caleb's!!! Thanks so much for sharing. I love his cheeks and that dog onesie!!!

Kate Costello said...

Congratulations Meg and Sean!!!! Caleb is beautiful...what a little treasure. God is so good =)

Sarah Alway said...

Oh my gosh, I am admittedly pregnant and emotional right now, but this story totally moved me to tears! I could not be happier for you and your family, Meg. What a precious little baby boy you have!!!

Amanda C. said...

Wow, how lucky were you to get a nurse who would pray with you. God is good.

Karen said...

Such a wonderful birth story, Meg! I love thatyour nurse prayed with you guys. This is a story that you will remember forever. The one that changed your life like nothing before. I am so happy for you!! Enjoy your time with your parents here too.

Carol {Everyday Delights} said...

Aw thank you for sharing! And your nurse sound like SUCH a wonderful woman - what a special moment you all got to have together.

birdie to be said...

Thanks for sharing all this! It's so wonderful and so scary to me all at the same time... one day :) I am so happy for you and your fam Meg!

Katie said...

he is so beautiful! congratulations!