Well, I finally did it! I had the baby! Nicolas Alexander Cotto was born Friday May 2, 2008 at 9:32am. He was 8lbs and 3oz and he was 20 3/4 inches long. Gilbert and I checked into Winnie Palmer at 5:30pm on Thursday 5/1, and I was hoping to have the baby that day because Gilbert's birthday is April 1, but no such luck! Dr. White broke my water and then it was time to wait (Thank God for baseball on in the room for Gilbert! haha). I wanted to hold out on getting the epidural for as long as I could just so I could continue to walk around and let gravity help run its course. I got to about 6cm or so and decided that it was time to get the epidural because I was in pain and I was wussing it up! Then the Dr. checked me at like 5ish and said that I had progressed to about 8 cm but that she would come back in a couple of hours and check me again. I needed to get more drugs because the pain was too much! I got more epidural and then I got sick to my stomach and threw up all over my bed!!! I know TMI....but anyway, at about 7am or so, it was time to start pushing! I pushed for an hour and a half and he just did not want to come out at all, so the Dr. told me that I was going to have to have a C-Section.
By that point, I was already freaked out enough, but the Dr. had given me something to help me relax several hours earlier, and it made me really sleepy! Thank God for that one too! Gilbert and I went into the OR and the baby was delivered via C-Section at 9:32am. He is absolutely perfect! Not one single thing wrong with him in my eyes!!! I love this little guy.
He has my face definitely...my cheeks, my eyes (which I think will stay blue!), he had Gilbert's hair color and seems to have his skin tone as well. He also has Gilbert's feet and hands. But in the face, he's a spitting image of me! Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing yet! haha
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