I'm holding my son

We're home. All three of us.

Quick rundown of the events:

• Wednesday 315 -Water breaks
• Wednesday 7PM - Midwife Mary confirms broken water
• Wednesday 730 - we got the go ahead to go home for the evening
• Wednesday evening - E packs the suitcase, washes bassinette gear. Midwife visits at 11pm for antibiotics (hadn't yet heard back about my Group B Strep Status)
• We went to sleep around midnight.
• A few contractions woke me.
• Thursday 3am - next birth center nurse visited us for antibiotics (every four hours!)
• Thursday 645am - we were at teh birth center, ready to stay
• Thursday 8am - executed legal documents (lawyer and our friends I&M met us there!)
• Thursday 830am - began my induction protocol
• Thusday 9am - threw up my protocol
• Thursday 1030 - contractions actually began
• Thursday 430pm- acupuncture brought on terrible back labor
• Thursday 6pm- extreme frustration resulted in a "check" where it was determined that I was 100% effaced and 5-6 cm
• Thursday 10pm- 7-8 cm dialted, frustration set back in
• Friday 1am - began pushing (no checks)
• Friday 1:18am - A was born
• Friday 1pm - we arrived home

E was fantastic. A is beautiful. More detailed account to come later. In the meantime, we're working on getting the hang of breast feeding, and settling in. I'm sore, but well. Baby isn't a big fan of eating yet, but he's gorgeous. Oh, his stats:

• Gestation 37 weeks, 2 days (water broke at 37 weeks)
• Born 1:18am, Friday April 18th
• 6lbs, 14oz
• 19.5" long
• reddish blonde hair

The few pics I got to load are all messed up at the top, but there we are! Blogger is giving me lots of problems uploadng pics, so this is all I can do for now. Sorry, but more to come!