James Petros arrival

He's here!!!!!!!!!!! And we are all so happy to have him with us. He is the sweetest thing ever born!

The story is a rough one, but with a very happy ending.

My water broke at around 2AM Nov 16 after going to the washroom. So we rushed to the hospital and they admitted me by 3:30AM. Well at this point labour hadn't actually started but they were planning on inducing me at 6AM. I asked them to put it off until I could try and start on my own by walking the hospital floors. Well, by 1PM no regular contractions so they induced me and I decided at the same time to start the epidural. The epidural was a breeze, but trying to find a vein for the IV was a nightmare. They tried 3 veins before they actually were able to have it going due to my hands being do swollen over the last few months.

Everything was great until I was in active labour and the left side of my body was not responding to the epidural. I was feeling all of the pain with extreme intensity. Along with that I was shaking really bad and throwing up. I had a great nurse that was helping me through everything. So they tried giving me more. At 7pm I was fully dialated and started pushing. After over 2 hours of pushing and feeling every pain possible, I was told the baby was facing up or in posterior position. They tried turning the baby while I was pushing and that didn't work.

Because of so many other deliveries taking place, I had to wait until 10:45 to be taken to the OR for surgery, so of course more pain and pushing to ease the pain.

I was rushed to OR and given a strong dose of the epidural as they were worried I would feel the surgery. I threw up right after Dr. Polski took him out of me at 10:59PM and I didn't get to see him until later after they cleaned him up.

Weighing in at 8lbs. 2oz, James Petros Payne was finally with us. He was not making any noises and just looking around at all the lights. We are all so very proud of him. Grandparents and Aunt Fannie are also really proud of him and can't wait to be with him all of the time.

A very special thanks to my husband, mother and Gloria (MIL) for helping me through the worst of the pain that I had gone through.

Also thank you to my Dad, Fannie, Sally, Voula, Hilary, Sonia and Anjanette for being there during that rough time. (I hope I didn't miss anyone)

I want to thank the staff and nurses for taking really good care of James and myself during our stay at the hospital. I truly felt like I was at a 5-star resort hotel. The nurses were all very kind to us and I learned so much.

Can't wait to see our baby boy grow up!!