today's flashback: january 3, 2007...
ahonui tehaumarinoongarangi kahaialii was brought into this world at 8:05am that day. here's how it happened:
my due date was on january 3rd, so on new years day 2007 the excitement of our very first new arrival was building quite rapidly. at around 5am on january 2nd i woke up with what felt like cramps in my back. i couldn't go back to sleep so i just watched tv until the cramps died down a few hours later. when brandon woke up i told him that i thought i was having labor pains. he called up his mom and she said to time the contractions. once they began to get really close together then we'd need to be ready to go to the hospital...so i tried to relax and kept a watch next to me to keep tabs on the contractions. i didn't feel like sitting around the house all day so while brandon was at work i cleaned and ran errands. when i went home later that night i noticed that the contractions seemed pretty close together and a lot more painful. brandon was scheduled to work night show that night so i called my mom to come over. she stayed with me to help time the contractions and get our things together for the hospital. aren't moms the best?!!! at around 8:30pm she called brandon and told him it was time to go. my brother, marcus, came over to give me a blessing with brandon and then we were off! we arrived at castle hospital at about 10pm.
needless to say, it was a long night. i received an epidural at around 5am...people have their opinions about epidurals, and will probably judge me and think that i cheated with childbirth. oh well, at least after 7 hours of extreme pain i eventually got some rest and my screaming could finally subside. it was so worth it to me. my baby is happy & healthy and i didn't suffer longer than was absolutely necessary. so there.
after an hour of pushing, our 8 lb. 3 oz. baby boy was born. 19 and a half inches long, brown hair, brown eyes, and very hawaiian looking...everything was worth that first moment with him. i'll never forget it.
my due date was on january 3rd, so on new years day 2007 the excitement of our very first new arrival was building quite rapidly. at around 5am on january 2nd i woke up with what felt like cramps in my back. i couldn't go back to sleep so i just watched tv until the cramps died down a few hours later. when brandon woke up i told him that i thought i was having labor pains. he called up his mom and she said to time the contractions. once they began to get really close together then we'd need to be ready to go to the hospital...so i tried to relax and kept a watch next to me to keep tabs on the contractions. i didn't feel like sitting around the house all day so while brandon was at work i cleaned and ran errands. when i went home later that night i noticed that the contractions seemed pretty close together and a lot more painful. brandon was scheduled to work night show that night so i called my mom to come over. she stayed with me to help time the contractions and get our things together for the hospital. aren't moms the best?!!! at around 8:30pm she called brandon and told him it was time to go. my brother, marcus, came over to give me a blessing with brandon and then we were off! we arrived at castle hospital at about 10pm.
needless to say, it was a long night. i received an epidural at around 5am...people have their opinions about epidurals, and will probably judge me and think that i cheated with childbirth. oh well, at least after 7 hours of extreme pain i eventually got some rest and my screaming could finally subside. it was so worth it to me. my baby is happy & healthy and i didn't suffer longer than was absolutely necessary. so there.
after an hour of pushing, our 8 lb. 3 oz. baby boy was born. 19 and a half inches long, brown hair, brown eyes, and very hawaiian looking...everything was worth that first moment with him. i'll never forget it.
1 comment:
This post is perfect for Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to a wonderful mommy!
By the way, I say you're nice for letting Ahonui watch Elmo tap dance. :)
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