Another month has rolled by...

But at least now I'm not pregnant anymore! Hurray! I've got a new son and he's GORGEOUS! He's perfect and sweet and cuddly and mellow and huge. He was 9lbs0oz at birth and 21.5 inches long. Right around what we expected (well, for weight anyhow, length wasn't cause for concern).

My labor was nice and short. I checked into the hospital at 6am, got up to the room at about 6:15. After being monitored for what felt like forever, they came in and started the pitocin drip (it was really only about 7:30 when it got started). Right after the nurse got that started, the anesthesiologist came in and started my epidural. I had this annoying little spot on my left side that I could still feel no matter what he did about the epidural. It wasn't too bad to begin with, just irritating. The spot kept growing, though. My epidural wore off completely just about the time things got intense.

Sorry to all you people who think that giving birth without pain relief is liberating or something like that, but it frigging HURT! I've had four kids and felt no more like a mother after this most recent than the other three.

I also chose to have a tubal ligation. No more bebes for me. Being a mother of four has me maxed out! The surgery was the worst part of it all. I did enjoy the morphine and percoset they gave me afterwards. LOL.

But of course, the little man needs me right now... Can I get back here again in less than a month?