Haydn Hermes Da Silva was born on November 1st 2011. He weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 inches long. We are so grateful he is here safe and sound and are loving every minute we get to spend with with. He is a very good baby and we are grateful we are still getting a pretty good amount of sleep each night. Hermes has become the best dad ever and will change a diaper without being asked. He gets mad at me if I don't wake him up in the night to change and burp Haydn. I am lucky to have a great husband who has been working hard around the house. Because I had to have a c-section I am not allowed to do a whole lot of housework. Hermes is working about 30 hours a week plus keeping the house clean and the laundry done and spending time with Haydn and I. What a lucky girl I am. Well I'm just blabbing on about nothing and I'm sure everyone just wants to see pictures. So here you go! (I will add the birth story to the bottom for those that are interested and haven't heard it)
First few minutes of life.
Close up.
Daddy holding Haydn in the nursery while I got stitched up.
First family picture.
Such a good dad!
Getting ready to go home!
We're home
One of my favorite pictures so far.
Our favorite face :)
Something must have been stinky!
Getting ready to go to the doctors...
Arm wrestle with dad
He's so sweet when he sleeps, I could just hold him all day long.
Baby yawns are the cutest!
Here is the birth story for those of you who want to read it:
Here is the birth story for those of you who want to read it:
Monday October 31st I got up thinking it was going to be a normal day and started doing homework and house chores like normal. I noticed I was having a lot more contractions (Braxton hicks) than ever before but continued on my way. Since it was Halloween Hermes decided that we should join some friends and go to Dr Slaughters house in Idaho Falls. So we went and the whole time we were there I was having contractions every 5-7 minutes. Once we got home my contractions started to get closer and closer till they were only about 2-3 minutes apart. Now these contractions were not intense at all, for some of then I could only tell I was contracting by feeling my stomach. But I knew that once your contractions are that close you are suppose to head to the hospital so after we ate some dinner I decided to call the doctor and see what to do. He told me to head up to labor and delivery and get everything checked out. So Hermes and I quickly packed our bags and headed out the door. Once we got up to the hospital they put a monitor on the baby and my contractions. They could see i was contracting and decided to see if I was dialated. So they checked me only to find out I was not dialated at all. They talked to the doctor and decided they were going to have me walk for a couple hours to try to help things out a bit. So Hermes and I started walking. We had only been walking about 15 minutes when I felt something pop. Sure enough my water broke all over the hospital carpet. So i left a nice little trail and headed back up to the labor and delivery unit. Now they had to check me in and they did. The doctor decider that I needed to be started on petocin which would help induce my labor. I was very excited about this because I was told it makes labor a lot more intense and I was wanting to go natural. Well contractions started to get more and more intense and they eventually had to turn down the petocin because baby wasn't happy. Well after 7 hours of contractions they checked me just to find out I hadn't dialated anymore. So we waited more. Contractions got very intense to the point I was ready to give up. They were coming about every 50 seconds and lasting over a minute. They called the doctor in to check me and see what to do next. Doctor checked to see that there was still very little process over the last few hours. He told me that the safest option for me and baby was to deliver him c-section. So next thing I knew they were prepping me for surgery. I was taking into surgery and got a spinal block to numb me from the chest down. Hermes was prepped too so he could be in the room. At 4:04 our sweet little Haydn was pulled out of my belly and met the world. He weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 inches long. He looks so much like his daddy and is perfect in every way. We are so grateful for him to be here safe and sound. I couldn't ask for a better daddy for my new little man. He has been so great taking care of him while I've been a little out of it because of medication.
