Simon Bridge Edwards
June 18th 1:26 pm
8lbs 6 oz 21inches long
Pure Heaven
I cannot even describe how in heaven we are with our new little Simon. From the moment I laid eyes on him I have been in
Love he is the best sweetest most amazing baby and I have loved every second with him. He has brought so much joy into our family. We love you Simon! It was worth being pregnant if it meant that we got you, and that my dear is saying something!
First bath in the hospital
Proud big brother and big sister. When my Mom brought up Luke and Lily they were so sweet and so excited. They just kept on saying "oh he is so cute he is so cute" and Luke kept making comments about all of his body parts. "oh look he has an elbow, oh look he has fingers, look at his toes" And then when we took off his hat he exclaimed (quite loudly and excitedly) "OH Look he has a HEAD" yup good thing Luke. And yes we got it on video!
We were so happy to have my amazing Mom here for 3 weeks, she was so much help and I was so glad that she got to share all of this with us.
Ramsey catching the kids first time meeting Simon on film.
And Tired dad after 3 nights in the hospital on the sorriest excuse of a chair/couch/bed from H-LL. I felt bad for making him stay but I could hardly walk and I needed him. After a few trips to the Chiropractor he was good as new.
I think this pic was after Luke said "Look he has a head" hahahah it was the funniest thing ever
A note about delivery-
5 days after Simon's due date when I found out that I was still dilated to about a 1 my doctor and I decided that I should be induced. I didn't really want to be induced but by that point it was either going to check into the maternity ward or the psych ward so I figured that I made the right decision. So we went in on Friday night and they started me on something to soften my cervix and by 8 in the morning I was still a one and his head was way up there so I pretty much figured that I would be there for a week and that my baby hated me. So they did some other thing (To many details are not important) we'll just say it got things moving and finally by 10:30 or 11:00 my Doc broke my water.
Luckily I got my epidural right before that cause once they broke my water things started moving. By around 1:00 Ramsey was starving and wanted to go and find some food I said it was ok for him to go but then I panicked and said no you better stay. He was trying to talk me into letting him leave when I really started to panic, it was TIME. I was seriously freaking out, neither Ramsey or felt ready for any of this but when you get that urge to push there is nothing in the world that can stop you. It came on so fast for me that my Doctor wasn't even there. I just started pushing and they were all saying "stop don't push" and I said why then the nurse was all "well do you want your Dr. here or do you want me to deliver your baby?" SO I looked around and saw another Lady who they had told me was a resident so I looked at her and said "Aren't you a Dr?" she said yes so I started pushing.
A minute later my Doctor came in. It was about at this time (between pushes) that out of the corner of my eye I saw these 2 men standing in the door way. One of them was my anesthesiologist (he was younger than me...so weird) but I did nor recognize the other guy and they were just standing there. What is this some sort of a show???? SO I said to one of the nurses "What are those guys doing here they are just standing there, can they NOT just stand there, I want them to leave" So she walked over shut the curtain and they were gone haha. I later found out that the other guy was a nurse coming to help to which I say then come and help and don't just stand there hahaha. Ramsey jokes that I kicked all the guys out! Anyway I really don't remember how long I pushed but it was not very long, in fact it was so quick that they said here feel this and when I reached down to feel I said "What is it?" they all said "It's a head" oh my goodness a couple more pushes and there he was! All pink and perfect!
I forgot to mention the funniest part of the entire thing and that was my dear sweet Ramsey, he could not handle this delivery. While I was pushing I was pulling on his arm really hard but when I looked over I realized that his head was in my pillow whatever keep pushing but once it was over and they asked him if he wanted to cut the cord I looked at him and he was solid green. He had to sit down and no he didn't cut the cord. He says that when I yelled "I don't want to do this" mid push it really put him in a funk and he couldn't really handle the rest, he says he's to old for this. Anyway it was really funny and I plan on teasing him about it forever.
So all in all it went well and even though I can honestly say that I was the most miserable fool whoever lived for about the last 2 months (who am I kidding I was a beast for 9 months) I would do it again, that is how much I love my little Simon!
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