...so where were we?

Ok. So it's been a crazy week.  I just read the last post and we were in the hospital watching movies trying to get Beth some rest for the next day of labor.  I remember having some crazy dreams that night, mostly focusing on trying to visualize what the rest of labor would be like.  I remember dreaming of Beth birthing a shaggy dog and me thinking...that's not how this is supposed to work.  I had the hardest time trying to wrap my head around how he would be born.  I'm usually like that...trying to picture events in my head before they happen, but this was a completely foreign experience for me and impossible to prepare for.   

Around 10am, Dr. Wade came in and asked Beth if she was ready.  It was time to start pushing.  Beth did a fantastic job, but by the third hour we had to get some help.  I don't think Beth's body was ready because we had to induce labor.  She did a fantastic job, but Lawson just wasn't going to come out.  Dr. Wade talked to us about the vacuum and how that would help get him out...she talked about the risks and what to expect to get Beth and I ready.  The next few minutes were a total blur.  All that I remember was watching the two doctors help deliver Lawson and then my hands started to tingle, my legs got a bit wobbly and my tear ducts must have ruptured.  Lawson was here, and super cute.  They immediately put him right on Beth's chest.  She and I couldn't stop looking at him, each other nor stop crying.  He was finally here.

While the doctors worked on birthing the placenta and stitching Beth back up, we spent a good long time, staring into Lawson's eyes and caressing his back and holding his hands.   Beth's mother was the first one to meet him with my mother following her.  Everyone agreed - what a cutie!

We spent the next 48 hours in the Mother and Baby ward.  We had a few less than desirable experiences with a less than desirable roommate, but Lawson didn't   Lawson had all of his baby tests done and passed them with flying colors.  He met his pediatrician and the nurses taught Mommy and Daddy how to give him a bath.  We left the hospital and made our way home to start our life as a new family.  How exciting, how scary, how incredible.