Today I was born. I arrived into the world on 12/4/2009 at 6:13am after Mom labored for 52 hours then pushed for 5 hours. Finally, since my heart rate was going down for 1 minute of every 2 between contractions, I had to be vacuumed out with the threat of emergency C-section. A little bit of bruising to my head and a bunch of stitches for Mom, but at least I made it out and we're both OK.
I pooped out some meconium during labor (c'mon, what do you expect when I'm being squeezed every 2 minutes for two full days??). They didn't want me to breathe at first so that I wouldn't inhale it. I was whisked away from Mom right away while they suctioned me out. Those were some scary seconds (seemed like minutes) before I gave my first cry. Then my blood sugar was low, so I had to spend a few hours in the nursery sucking down formula and getting my heels and hands poked. Not much fun, but the food was decent.
I weigh 9 pounds 9 ounces and I'm 21.5 inches long. Both are about 90 or 95th percentile.
The whole ordeal was a lot of work for both of us. I'm going to go sleep for a couple of days.
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