Early evening Monday 5/17 at dinner at 6pm, I started having contractions. Nine hours later, at 3am early Tuesday morning, we were on our way to the hospital. After being admitted I went from being dilated 4cm to 6cm in less than 2 hours, and finally recieved my epidural.... which i have to say is the best medical invention EVER! I felt so relaxed, happy, and pain-free throughout the entire labor and delivery, allowing me to really savor the moment our son was born! I was then given Pitocin to speed up my contractions, dilated to 10cm, and I was ready to push! They gave me oxygen so that Baby Taj would get enough oxygen while in the birth canal. Then with my awesome coach Brad's counting, in 2 hours, we watched the birth (via a mirror..... yes that was also a spontanous decision) of our beautiful baby boy. The second he popped out and let out a cry, Brad and I lost it and bawled like babies ourselves! It was the most incredibly emotional experience either of us has had. Truly amazing!!!
Our greatest acomplishment, our baby boy TAJ LEON GROVER, was born on May 18th, 2010 (on his exact ultrasound due date!) at 3:28pm, 7lbs 5ounces and 21 inches of pure love..... and takes our breath away every second of the day......
after getting the epidural, ready to meet our baby!:
Proud daddy cutting the umbilical cord:
the first moment he was placed in my arms and instantly turned his head to look at his mommy..... my heart melted:
Taji reaching out for his mommy as she wept tears of joy:
our beautiful son, he is our angel!:
Looks like daddy!
our first family portrait:
going home, in his very special and traditional bonnet and Czech swaddle duvet:
we were tired, but relieved, happy, and excited to be going home....
first time in his carseat, ready to see his home for the first time!
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