BABYDUBI's Blog
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

May 3 2010 11:50 am Welcome Joshua Daniel!

Joshua Daniel was born at Credit Valley Hospital with healthy cries weighing in at 8 lbs 1 oz , 11:50 Monday morning. Daddy, mommy and Jordan had a fabulous Sunday at Springridge farm for Jordan's friend Akshay's 2nd birthday. All of his friends were there - Akshay (of course), Sienna, Owen, Alexa, and Alyssa. The girls (mommies) kept joking that i could have you on the spot although i kept telling them that there were absolutely no indications of labour yet - not even braxton hicks and I wasn't due until Wednesday, so Monday morning was quite a surprise. I awoke Monday morning around 5:30am with small cramps and these progressed quite quickly into contractions by 6:00am when Daddy was almost out the door to go to work. I thought they were possibly braxton hicks as i had never had them with your brother Jordan, but after seeing that i couldn't sit down after a contraction Daddy said he was going to stay home and we would see what would happen. Daddy was fabulous and rubbed my back every time i had a contraction and remained cool as a cucumber the whole time. He said that he thought these were real and i agreed as they continued until 10:00 when I began to feel sick. Jordan did not make me throw up as much as you! I ran to the bathroom, threw up and when i did so, my water broke - it was the weirdest sensation! I thought i had peed myself (as this did not happen with Jordan) and ran upstairs to get cleaned up. As i got upstairs my contractions became faster and much more pronounced to the point that i could barely move (and that was minutes later). We called the hospital and they told me that we should head in and get checked out. I could barely sit in the car as I kept feeling the need to push - I really thought that we would have you in the car! We arrived at the hospital and I was in so much pain that I could not lie down on the bed - argh! A couple on the stairs leading to labour and delivery teased me that they didnt think i would make it to the registry! Low and behold, what did we learn? That I was 10 centimeters dilated and that my water indeed had broken and that we were ready to begin delivering you! When I asked for an epidural they told me that it was way too late and that I should just start pushing - you would be there shortly. I was sooo afraid to deliver you without medication that i started crying and told them that i couldn't but they told me i had no choice and that i could. So like thousands of women in the past - (I still couldn't lie down) I delivered you in a crouch position holding on to the bedrails for dear life . You were so ready to meet the world that the nurses asked me to stop pushing and wait for the doctor as they could see your head, but you would not wait! You popped out so quickly that she didn't even make it into the room to assist you! We literally arrived at the hospital at 11am and you arrived into this world 50 minutes later! You were ready to go into my arms faster than i was ready to hold you - so they put you on my back to clean you up before i could turn over to hold you and you were ready to eat immediately. You were absolutely perfect and beautiful and calmed down immediately when i held you. Daddy and I looked at our list of names and decided that you were definitely a Joshua Daniel and that's how you became you! We are soo thrilled to have you. Your brother Jordan came to the hospital later that afternoon and boy was he excited. He kissed you, examined your hands and toes, held you and covered you with blankets. He has been such a great big brother the past three weeks and just can't get enough of having you around. I hope that the two of you will become fabulous friends. Loving you, Mommy.
5.27.2010