Ta Daaaaa! Introducing...

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BOY!

His name is David Grant McBride. He was born at 9:33am this morning (February 9, 2011). He weighs 9 lbs even and is 21 1/2 inches long. BIG boy! And that was him being born a full week before his due date! I don't even want to know how gargantuan he would've been if we had waited any longer!

The new addition with his parents

And here's a close-up shot:

He looks kinda similar to Andrew, don't you think? To compare a hospital picture of Andrew to these pictures of David, click here.

Just in case you're wanting the story, read on. If not, you can stop reading now. :)

We got to the hospital a little early last night. We were supposed to come in at 10pm and got here around 9:45. Not a big deal. They got us all comfortable and got my IV ready, but wouldn't start the pitocin until after midnight. Apparently you're not allowed to be induced until a week before your due date, and mine wasn't until next Wednesday. *shrug*

I started feeling contractions right away after they started the pitocin at about 12:15am, and attempted to sleep for the next few hours. The contractions felt pretty mild though, and even after turning the pitocin up pretty high I wasn't getting very far. I came in dilated to two centimeters and only progressed to three centimeters in the first few hours. They were concerned that I wasn't progressing very well, so they broke my water around 4:45am. Right away the contractions were a LOT more intense, so about an hour later I asked for and got my epidural. Yay! Just before the night nurse left for the day, she checked me one more time to see how I had progressed over the last few hours, so I was to five centimeters at around 7am. I just kept thinking, "Wow. This is taking a long time considering it's my second kid!" This is keeping in mind that my labor was 9 hours long with Andrew. I thought this time I'd be able to shave off a few hours. Oh well. I guess, considering his size, it wasn't so surprising!

I started getting tired again, so I laid down and tried to sleep again. I think it was somewhere around 9am when I started feeling a lot of pressure. It felt like the baby was trying to push itself out! So I called in a nurse to check me, and I was fully dilated! Hurray! We did a practice push to see when we should call in the doctor, and she had to stop me so that she could get the doctor there in time! They got me all prepped for the delivery, my doctor came in, I pushed about five times (only two contractions!), and Ta Daaaaa! There was our brand new baby BOY!

This labor went a lot better and a lot differently than I was expecting. With Andrew, they broke my water first, then started the pitocin, not the other way around. I think if they had done it that way, I would've had David a lot sooner, but my doctor wasn't even available to come in until around 7am anyway, so it worked out just fine for us. Not only that, but I also pushed for 2 hours with Andrew, let myself get freaked out by the pain, and I even hyperventilated because I felt like I couldn't breathe. This time around, the pushing was SUPER short, and I told myself to remain calm because I knew it would be over soon. And it was!

Thank heaven for little boys. :)

Now we just have to get adjusted to having two little boys to chase around! I'm sure these two will be fast friends... once Andrew figures out David's not leaving anytime soon!

Our little chunky monkey :)