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9lb 9oz, holy jumpin jesus on a pogo stick. Mine boys were 6lb 6 oz and 6lb 13oz.
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What my wife wouldn't have given for a nice manageable 7 lb baby! Jordan is big, even by our standards! Seems we just make big babies:
Baby #1 9lb 3oz
Baby #2 8lb 13oz
Baby #3 9lb 9oz
Imagine working a 9.9 baby out of you for 47 1/2 hours. I was there every minute, and still I find it incredible. I can push myself pretty far, but I don't know that I have the energy reserves, pain tolerance or willpower to endure that.
My wife, God bless her, wanted all natural childbirth. We don't like the impersonal nature of hospitals and I don't have the patience to deal kindly with the arrogance of doctors. I'd be more likely to get booted from the hospital for punching one out! hehe Birthing with midwives at a birthing center or at home, is our ideal. There are no sick people there, birth is a natural thing, its not like having a kidney stone removed!
The kids were there for the birth, along with two grandmas, and the midwives interfere only minimally, you work through it all yourselves. Thats how it should be. Everyone feels like they are an important part of the process of adding a member to the family. I did want the kids out at certain times so my wife could feel free to take off the brave face when she needed to, but I woke em up when I could tell she was at the last stages, so they were there on the bed with us when the baby was expelled. Its amazing to see this little scrunchy purple head waiting there, looking around as calm as anything, waiting for the next contraction to pop the rest of her out!
The first one was delivered at the hostpital, but the second was delivered at our birthing center. Its like being in your own house, we were that comfortable. In fact, Jacob was actually born in the same room we had Jordan in.
Going to go catch some more sleep while I can, I'll get a pic or two off the digicam a bit later and post it up.
Thanks everyone for the good wishes and congrats. See yall later!