My Life. My Boys.: April 2012

Thursday, April 19, 2012

First Two Weeks

Ben is two weeks old now and is such a sweet baby! He sleeps almost around the clock, just waking up to eat! He eats and sleeps so much, that his doctor thinks he's going to grow to be a big boy. We hardly ever see his eyes open. Pretty much all I do is hold him, except at night, when we swaddle him and put him in his bassinet. We are so in love with this boy!!! The couple of times a day when we do see his eyes, he has huge, beautiful eyes. I can't wait to see them when he's more alert! At his doctor's appointment, his doctor mentioned several times that he is just perfect! I couldn't feel more blessed to have such a healthy baby. His weight is very good, surpassing is birth weight and then some, and his coloring is great. He says he thinks he'll have olive skin like Jack.

I was so blessed to have my wonderful mother take off work stay with me all week. I don't know what I would have done without her. She helped me get some sort of routine started, and just helped me each step of the way as I tried to figure out how to be a mother of three! She also took some great pictures of Ben, which I'm so thankful for, because I don't think I would have remembered without her!!

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Easter 2012

We had a wonderful first Easter as a family of five! We were woken up early, after having been woken up lots by our newbie, to see what the Easter bunny had brought! It was kind of nice to have a normal kid moment to give us some orientation! The boys got dressed while I fed Ben, and then I let the boys hold him before church. It is so much fun to watch them be so excited and into their new baby brother. With James being almost six, he's so much more aware of how special this is, and with Jack being three, it's so much fun watching him as a big brother now. I was just overwhelmed this morning seeing my three precious boys together!

After church, Josh picked Ben and me up, and we headed over to Elizabeth and Bryon's house for a delicious Easter dinner. We enjoyed good family time with the whole family and had a mini Easter egg hunt for the kids. After that, we went home and crashed!! That was a big outing for me, having just had a baby a few days before!

Friday, April 06, 2012

Benjamin Carl is here!

Benjamin Carl Satterfield arrived into the world on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 8:50 a.m., weighing 8 lbs, 9 oz, and 20.5 in long!

On a Thursday morning, at 5 a.m., Josh and I went up to the hospital to be induced and meet our newest addition! It was by far the fastest of all my deliveries! From first painful contraction to delivery was twenty minutes!

They started the pitocin around 7am, and my doctor came in and broke my water around 7:30 am. He told me that baby Ben looked the best on paper out of all the babies, which made me so proud! Ha! :) Around 8:30 a.m., I started feeling hot and nauseous with each contraction, so I asked my nurse for an epidural. She told me she'd get me first on the list! My mom left at that point to give an interview across the street where she worked and said she be back an hour later. Right after she left, I started getting very uncomfortable and switching positions a lot to try and relieve the pain. I got up to go to the bathroom with Elizabeth's help, and was doubled over in pain at this point. I went back and sat on the edge of the bed, in misery, and all of a sudden felt a dramatic drop! I said, "Woah! He just dropped really far!" Then, I let out some groan that sent them into action, as if they new exactly what that meant! They checked me, and I was complete. At this point, the anesthesiologist walked out. :) I told Elizabeth, "CALL MOM NOW!", which she did with hands shaking! I had felt Ben making his way out, and boy had I forgotten how painful that was!! Thankfully, my doctor was still on the floor, and he rushed in and prepped while they put me back in the bed and got me in position to deliver (which it was SO hard to move around at this point!). Dr. Becker came over, I gave a slight, wimpy push, and Benjamin Carl was out!! Mom came in shortly after, while the cord was still attached, and was so disappointed to miss it, but at least got to witness most of it. They put Ben on my chest, and I was just so elated to have another perfectly formed, precious little boy!

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Almost There! 39 Weeks!!

I had my 39 week (my last one!!) this morning and was excited to learn I'm dilated to a 3! I'll be induced in two days, and I'm so curious how long it's going to take this baby to come out! I had pretty short labors with the first two, but they say each one is different! I'm feeling good, but it is harder and harder to sleep each week that goes by. I'm having mixed emotions today as I look down at my belly and think this could possibly be the last time I carry a child in my belly! I don't think I could wait another day at this point, though, to get him out of me and meet him! For the most part, I have really enjoyed this pregnancy, but the past 15 weeks or so have been hard on my body. I'm so excited that I'll soon (hopefully) be able to sit on the floor, run around, pick up and hold my kids closely, among other things!!

This week has kind of thrown us for a loop, and has not been the smooth descent into induction day that I was envisioning. Saturday, we discovered that we have termites in our guest bathroom that are swarming (aka: taking over) the floor back there and even trying to find their way out in the hallway and in our bathroom. Josh keeps cleaning them, and then the next day they're everywhere again! Thankfully the termite guy squeezed us in and will come take care of the problem tomorrow. And let me just say that termite treatment is crazy expensive. Then, last night, James woke up throwing up (which he has only done a few times in his life), and threw up two more times in the middle of the night. I'm praying that it was just something he ate last night, and that none of us get it. If Josh or I get it, we're going to have to make the decision on whether or not to postpone induction. But, there are so many things to be thankful for right now, and I know these things are just a part of life!!

Well, my next post will most likely be with my sweet Benjamin! Signing off as a mother of two!