i'm here...

safe at home since last night. oh so nice to sleep in my own bed, and yes, i did to sleep!! jonah kept me up for awhile (until almost 2) though i did doze inbetween feedings and during some feedings! but he was definitely making up for not feeding at the hospital!! but he slept from 2 till 6, brought up some mucus, dirtied a nappy and went back to sleep until quarter to 9! i got up at 6, had a bowl of cereal and a glass of juice and then crawled back into bed! it was nice!

the birth did feel long, but was ok. gas and air was wonderful this time around and i really feel like it helped. we had a student midwife who was almost qualified who was my main midwife and she was wonderful! i only pushed a few minutes though it did feel like longer, but i do realize that once we started i don't remember stopping inbetween. i didn't use the gas and air for the pushing even though it hurt like heck, but that was just not possible! jonah cried a wee bit when he first came out and they put him on my tummy, but then it took a bit of rubbing to get him crying again. he has fair hair =) a first for us... the other midwife went and made us some tea and toast and the toast was literally the best thing in the whole entire world! oh my gosh! that will probably be my favourite memory =) (oh and no stitches!! hurray!)

i got a shower around 7:30 or so then moved up to the ward around 8:30/9. jonah slept once upstairs so i slept as well off and on as there was one other mom and baby in our room and her baby kept crying. lunch was nice and then i slept a wee bit more till finally some visitors came at 3. micah, noah, nana, andy, becky and peter (they are from church). they left then i had dinner and then went home as well!

i'll leave this as is and write more later. i need to go and make some hamburgers for dinner i think =) yummy. we missed out on a bbq last night, so tonight we are having our own!!