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341551 tn?1266980730

Caiden James has ARRIVED!

WOW ladies, I am SO glad to be home!! We just got home from the hospital today!
My water broke Monday 2/9/09 at 7:17 am and I was admitted to the hospital at 9:00. After 17 hours of long and very painful labor I finally delivered Caiden at exactly 12:00 midnight, making it Tuesday February 10th! He weighed an astounding 9 pounds 4 ounces!! Believe me, it surprised everyone! He was 22 inches long and I delivered vaginally with no pain medication at all. We were the talk of the hospital how I even got him to come out! I labored for 14 hours and pushed for almost 3 before he came out! I was completely exhausted and I'm not gonna lie, it hurt like HELL!
But when this little boy was put on my chest for the first time, it was priceless...made everything worth it!

I ended up tearing very badly...took over an hour to stitch me up and they kept me until today (thursday) but I'm doing fine..just a little sore and Caiden is an angel! I decided to breastfeed last minute but am giving him bottles at night to give me a little rest. He's doing okay eating but has already lost 11 ounces, so we left the hospital with him weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces. So we just gotta make sure the little guys eating! But we are home and adjusting to having our son here. It's just the most wonderful thing in the world...I am so happy he is here and healthy!!

I will put a few pictures up now!! Hope all you other mommies are doing great!
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congrats have fun
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487124 tn?1256654549
congrad gina i had a 9lb 6 oz baby with my son .  Congrads hope all is well  and u  and r family are doing fine
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368690 tn?1284357253
Congratulations Gina!!!  I hope you have a great Valentine's Day tomorrow with your little (big) love.  
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368461 tn?1291515587
Congrats! I am in the Mar 09 moms group - but had to jump in b/c I am having a girl and we plan to name her Haiden James ;-) (James being a family name).

Congrats to you !
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514428 tn?1287598456
YAY Gina!!  What a BIG man!  :)  

When I was looking through your pictures, I KNEW he was going to be bigger then what they U/S said but didn't want to scary you :)  

Wishing you a speedy recovery and hope everything is going wonderful!!!!  

Hugs-
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538174 tn?1234725096
Congrats on your new baby.  Hope you feel better soon.
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231441 tn?1333892766
Congratulations!

Recover well!

Sally
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525485 tn?1314361301
Congratulations Gina! Caiden is beautiful!!!!! What a big healthy boy!
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448723 tn?1301454958
Congrats!  My first child (son) was also born the 10th Feb..
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151668 tn?1239921105
Congratulations on your baby boy!

Wow...we both delivered a 9 lb. 4 oz baby with no pain medication! I'm glad I'm not the only one who suffered. hehe!
But you're right, the minute they put the baby on your stomach, and you feel their  little warm, wet bodies...it's priceless.
I hope you heal quickly. I also tore and made the mistake of looking "down there" three days after giving birth. It was so swollen that the stitches looked like they were going to pop right out. I told my mom it looked like something from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"! LOL
Mine still isn't healed, but it's slowly getting better. Just be sure to take it REAL easy, and don't sit in any one position for too long. It makes it worse when you stand up!

Best of luck to you in the coming weeks with adjusting to life with baby! You have a lot to look forward to, even though some of it will be a little rough in the beginning.

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319281 tn?1238542923
Wow pushed for 3 hours!!!!  I had a 9 lbs. 11 oz. kid but i only had to push for 45 mins.  I did labor for 21 hours though.  I also did it without pain meds so go us!!!!  Congrats. your boy is quite the cutie!
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Avatar universal
Congratulations!! you poor thing! 9lbs and no pain meds! Your my hero. GLad to hear that both of you r doing O.k.
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