Baby A arrived right on time, much to my relief as threats of induction were looming.
Baby A came with two serious pushes and Hubby "caught" him and put him right up on my belly. The midwives give mama and baby a "golden hour" -- which means that before the cord is cut or the baby is examined much he gets to lay skin to skin against mama for an hour. I love that time.
Big sister A watched the other kids during the labor and delivery (about 3 hours). And then since she had everything under control daddy was able to stay the first night with us in the hospital.
We had to stay a second night since I had group B strep and Baby A was making some grunty noises (which turned out to be nothing, just the usual self soothing noises all our babies have made).
The kids have been anxiously awaiting his arrival for months. Asking all kinds of questions and looking at all the family photo albums from their babyhoods to try to see what to expect. Miss L had some great questions about how exactly he would come out and how he eats and poops in mommy's tummy. The last 2 weeks of the pregnancy we had to limit the kids to only one question per day about "when do think he is going to come?" because my own patience was wearing thin and I had already explained that there was no way to know exactly when he would come. We skyped with the kids from the hospital, but they were all anxious for their turn to hold him, except brother S who is somewhat ambivalent about the whole thing.
Big sister A's first diaper changing in 4 years. She helped with Miss L a little bit too.
All dressed up for his first pediatrician appt. The pediatrician said that he is very healthy so far, except that mama has shingles and hopefully he won't get chicken pox from me.
As one of my college friends said - "What a great quarantine project" - Baby A's birth and the quarantine will be remembered together as Spring/Summer 2020. Playing with baby A is the most exciting part of every day for our family. I am grateful for this peaceful time at home keeping ourselves to ourselves and getting to know our new addition.
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