Eli's Birth

Elias James Bastian

5lbs 5oz, 17"

Dark Brown Hair

Born @ 5:45 Thanksgiving Morning

(11/23/11)

We're so grateful Nick got to fly home for Thanksgiving so he could be here for Eli's birth! I was induced around 6:30 the night of the 23rd and thought Nick might not get home before Eli came, (since I'd heard second babies come faster!) However, Nick got to the hospital around 10:30pm and Eli didn't come til 5:42 the next morning!

I guess I just have bad luck with epidurals. This time the tube administering the medication was pulled out (either by Zeke or by me, itching my back!) and a couple of hours {and pain} later the medicine was in a big puddle on the floor, so they had to do it all over, again!  This time I was in more pain, so the epidural didn't bother me at all.  Unfortunately, near the very end I was in a lot of pain again and they gave me one more shot of medicine right before I began pushing. 

We were all pretty stressed at this point because the umbilical cord was wrapped around Eli's neck and the Dr was ready to do a c-section. I'm not afraid of having a c-section, but it's maddening to know that your baby is suffering and in danger. Our Dr got the vacuum and got Eli out in about 5 minutes. Just like Z, they let me hold him for a moment then took him away to put him on oxygen, but this time it proved to be much shorter than last time.  We were so happy and relieved that he was safe and healthy!

None of these pictures look very small, but Eli was a tiny guy! As you can see, we rounded up to 5oz!

I'm grateful that Nick was the only one who could go with him when he was put on oxygen. It makes me really sad to see the little ones go through that!

Thankfully Eli was only on oxygen for an hour before they were able to bring him to me.

We're so happy that he's here! Overall it was a very good Thanksgiving Day!