Two weeks today

Can't believe today our little man is 2 weeks old. I wish I knew the secret to slow this time down, because before I know it, he's going to be all grown up. These are the days to cherish forever.

Labour Post for those who wanted to know.

Okay a lot of you have wanted to know how my labour was with little Noah. Well to start off I wouldn't change anything at all about my labour really except maybe wish I had the fourth doctor to deliver him but the fifth doctor was fine. It's a pretty short story really so it won't take too long to tell.

Well after complaining all morning and most of the afternoon about not enjoying being pregnant anymore, we get home from being out all afternoon shopping and my water breaks in the bathroom at 4:15pm. If it was any sooner it would have been either in the store or all over the car seat. Well they say that normally when most women's water breaks naturally it will be like a trickle and not like the gush in Hollywood movies. Well for me I got the gush, I thought it was never going to stop, and tom is laughing in disbelief at what he is seeing. We call L&D and they told us to come right in. I thought it was going to take forever so we took our time packing my hospital bag and stuff for tom etc. The hospital is about 20min away and 5 min into the drive my contraction start and they start right away at 4-5min apart. Once we get checked in and set up they told me it could be like this for hours. However Noah had other plans. We were 3 cm dilated when they checked me and an hour later we were 5cm and it pretty much continued at this fast pace, there were no breaks between my contractions, which I really didn't understand why. The Nursers and Doctors were really surprised that a first time mom was going this fast. In fact the labour was going so fast that although we saw 5 different doctors, the nurses almost had to deliver Noah because no doctors were free. I know they had the call button pushed and 5 nurses were running around and than all of a sudden a doctor showed up just in time. I pushed for 10min and Noah arrived at 9:24pm. Which surprised the doctors even more because Noah was face up(babies are supposed to be born face down normally), which normally makes for a harder labour and some women end up with C section because of it. We were pretty much the talk of the floor for a while at least. Now I couldn't have gotten through it with out Tom that is for sure. He kept me focused, calm and got me to do my breathing which I think is how I didn't get an epi. I was also happy I didn't need any stitches and let me tell you the natural endorphins after labour are so nice (just like a runners high). So I know this sounds crazy but I would rather do that labour again than the pregnancy for 9 months hahahaha. Yes I know I am weird. So that is basically my story.

More Pictures for everyone back home

First picture of the new family

Lying down with mom

Giving us his smiles

Drying off from our first bath

Daddy getting me ready for bed.

My Boys

The two loves of my life.

A few more pictures

Ride home from the hospital in the outfit mommy came home in, when mommy was my age!!

I like to sleep lot

A close up

Me with a very tired Daddy.

Thank you all

Not much time to write but the three of us would like to thank all of you for you congradulation that you have sent our way. Things are going well and Tom and I are completely in love with our little Noah. Haven't been taking pictures at the moment but I am sure we will later this week. Things have been going great since we got home. So far he's a good sleeper and eater, and a joy to look at. We'll try to send up dates but not sure how often that will be.

It's a Boy!

Selena and I are proud to announce the new addition to our family. Noah Clifton Flynn was born at 9:24 PM on June 16, 2007 in Santa Clara, California. Baby and Mom are doing great and managed to complete the labour in just over 5 hours! More pictures to follow later but here's a few to start...

Yes, we're still pregnant!!!

Well the doctor was surprise that I made it to my appointment today. She really didn't think I would still be pregnant. Things are progressing but we have a high chance of a C-section now b/c of how big the baby is. We are still hoping that it won't come to that but not much we can do if it does. Hopefully this week we will have our baby. Not much else is going on, with us. We'll let you all know when the baby arrives or another family member will help with the phone calls so don't worry someone will tell you when the baby is here.

Baby update

Well we had our doctors appointment today and I guess it went well. It was a longer appointment than normal because due to the baby's heart rate at the appointment, I had to go for a NST but all is okay. Well somehow I exploded in two weeks, No I haven't changed my eating either. The swelling however is getting a lot worse which the doctor said was still okay. She said she could see me going this week but she also said you might not, which is normal because most doctors will say after 38wks that you can go anytime. However she was surprised at the measurements b/c I was behind a week at 36wks appointment and now I am a week ahead and the big news is that yes folks it's an estimate and can be off a pound or two either way, where it's an est. BUT BASED ON TODAY'S MEASUREMENTS AND PALPATIONS SHE WOULD SAY AS OF TODAY THE BABY IS 9LBS. ALL YOU FOLKS THAT KEEP LAUGHING WHEN I SAY IT'S A BIG BABY FROM DAY ONE, WHO IS LAUGHING NOW!!!!! Oh well not much one can do but wait and see How big it really is and what the sex is and what the name is, we'll all have to wait till the big day.

Ah 14 days maybe

Well it's funny to see that potentially there are 14 days left, because 14 days into the pregnancy you don't even know if you are pregnant and here I am at 38wks pregnant and potentially only 14 days to go. Tom's still counting down the days, which I told him he might want to add another week or two to that count of his, because this little one is not going to want to come out.

Well through this whole pregnancy or I should say once everyone realized I was pregnant and not just gaining a little wait which was around 24 weeks, everyone kept telling me down here that I looked to small to be due when I was due (even last month).....OH how that table have turned. I am sure I have mentioned the swelling has started just after 34wks, thankfully it's not as bad as some women get but it still sucks and hurts. Anyhow my friend Laurie and I were out walking and near the end of our walk along the main street with all the shops and restaurants....in the matter of 15 minutes a part I had two older women just look at me and say:

"Oh you must be ready to go any day now, do you know what you are having"
me: "I have about 2 weeks to go and no we decided to wait to find out the sex".
Both ladies "OH IT'S A GIRL"

Hahahaha. I am not sure what to think of these comments. They don't bug me at all, I just laugh and than they continue to ask me all the pregnancy questions. I couldn't imagine though if I was really sensitive of these comments though, like some women can be. If I was I don't think I would be leaving the house anymore. So now I have gone from you can't be due in June to SHAMUUUUUUUUUUUU "the killer Whale" that is going to burst at any moment. Hahahaha

So I was hoping that the full moon last night might help me out a little and bring this little one closer to us but no such luck. I think this little one is never going to want to come out and meet us. Sort of like his or her dad and getting up in the mornings, they just don't want it to happen. We just got to wait to see when this little one decides to come or if the doctors decides. At least I know it will end sometime this month, thank goodness.