It's a Boy (alternate title: Remember Me?)

My creativity has, for the past nine months, been almost wholly preoccupied with the making a human being. This accounts for my absence from the blogosphere and from most other spheres in general. Everything was directed inward. Instead of writing, I read. Instead of walking, I ate. I took copious baths and fell clean into bed for long periods of time. At the end, I even received an hour long pre-natal massage. But as nice as it sounds, I never felt totally comfortable living inside myself.

I came out again--that is, my baby boy arrived--on the 21st of this month, a day after the full moon put the birth process in motion. He weighed 6 lbs 14.6 ozs. He was 19.5 inches long. He looks just like his sister, who looks just like her father. He has no butt and, as The Partner ceaselessly marveled during our two day stay at the hospital, "he has huge balls!" I didn't realize how much I wanted a boy until I got him.

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More stories with a regional slant are forthcoming, like how to achieve a VBAC when the prevalent medical model of childbirth in New England is making such modes of delivery harder and harder to realize. And, maybe, what to do when a toddler-turned-big-sister has her first existential crisis. Stay tuned.

He's here. I'm back.   

Comments

[Velma]

Congratulations!!!

[Alex Elliot]

Congratulations!

[margaret]

Wow, I'm glad to hear you had a VBAC. I heard you had to travel (although not too far) for it. One of my friends also had to make that travel to have two VBAC's.

You know Moe's birth story and how I thank god that I didn't have to have a c-section with her. It's amazing how many doctors push for standard c-sections for different reason (and while some may be medically necessary, not all are).Anyway, I'm glad it worked out.

Oh and BTW, in case nobody told you, expect the worst around/by six weeks. That's usually the time frame for when the older sibling realizes the baby isn't going and has some "issues". I'm just giving you fair warning.

[Fairly Odd Mother]

Oooo, I had two VBAC's! Keep meaning to write up my story for the internets. They were very much worth it.

[Paula]

Big warm fuzzy congratulations!

[In the Trenches of Mommyhood]

Sincere congratulations!
And what is it about men and balls? My Hubby said the same thing when our #2 was born and they lifted him up above the curtain (c-section). Hubby yelled out to the entire operating room, "It's a boy and he has huDGe balls!"

[Daisy]

Congratulations! My girl was 5 when her baby brother was born. She had issues, but starting kindergarten kind of put the young usurper out of her mind. Good luck! And watch out when you open that diaper...

[Miguelina]

Congratulations!