Baby Chase is born!

So wondering why I have not posted in almost a year?  The past year has been interesting with the pregnancy of my third child.  I was sick for the first 5 months of pregnancy, not to mention just emotionally struggling through the pregnancy as well.  Hormones and high dosages of ginger helped me get there.  By the 6th month I wanted to do everything I was unable to do the first five months and towards the end I was so tired from taking care of Hudson and Dakota I never got online except to check my email.  So here I am on the other side of pregnancy in my third week of postpartum.  I went into labor praying my way to bypass my bday so my little one would not have to share a bday with mommy every year and God was gracious and Chase made his arrival February 3rd, 2010.  He came into the world at 10:13am on that morning.  I labored the whole eve before and into the night and finally had him 12 hours later.  I was hoping for a shorter labor and delivery since Hudson was 10 hours and that was from Dakota being 20 hours.  God was so gracious to provide an amazing couple to take care of our kids, we called Mark and Pam over that eve as my contractions started coming stronger and closer together and had full arrangements for Dakota and Hudson for the night until my mom arrived the next day.  Chase William Volker was  a healthy 7.5 lb baby.  I was so thrilled he was not 9.5 lbs like his brother.  I went into the hospital that night and I was at 3cm.  Then they let me labor through the night with a wonderful epidural  and I rested as my body worked.  By next morning I was progressing but not quickly so they gave me petossin to speed things up, but it was too fast so they took me off of it and then I was ready to push.  My postpartum was much easier this time around, I did tear, but with the epidural I was able to still feel my legs so I was up and around a lot quicker this time around.  I was not as weepy and sad with this one. After I had Chase he layed on my chest for 45 minutes just resting contently.  I nursed him right away and he latched on immediately and my milk came in quickly.  He nursed all the time and he latched on wrong so I was pretty sore at first but then he got better and so did Mommy and he has been doing beautifully since then!  I just took him in for his appointment at two weeks and he has gained back to his birth weight and more, so he is doing wonderfully.  Slightly jaundiced, but the doctor is not worried.  He is doing great on a three hour schedule for the most part and sleeping partially through the night, but that differs each night.  I will start to schedule him more after he has a growth spurt which should happen anytime now.  He is a very content baby and this one not having any complications has been amazing !  Zach and I have both enjoyed him much more this time with nursing issues and our newborn Hudson being in the NICU, God was so gracious to bless us with a normal healthy child.  I got to go home from the hospital after 24 hours which was a blessing to walk into our home with Chase and get the kids reactions.  Life has not quite turned back to routine yet.  We had my mom out for about a week, then a couple days on our own and now we have Priscilla out for this week.  I will be back to reality of doing it all myself this next week.  Zach was home for over two weeks as well, so with all this help I am not going to know how to do it on my own.  That is when my weepy-ness will set in I think.  Dakota and Hudson have been truly amazing, showing no signs of jealousy towards the baby, only love.  Dakota will read to him, Hudson will say “wakey wakey baby chase” as I am feeding him and he falls asleep.  He will say shhhhhhhh baby Chase sleeping.  Hugs and kisses to Chase from both Dakota and Hudson, they are amazing big brother and sister.  Dakota is a huge help and a blessing to me as I adjust.  Hudson and Dakota play so well together now that it relieves me some time to spend with the baby when I need to nurse.  This has been a joy and difficult with little sleep, but we realized how big Dakota and Hudson are now and how short this time really is.  I thank God that he has given me joy and bonding time with Chase and pray that I can balance everything.  I pray I will know when to judge when the home is clean enough and my children are played with Chase is cared for and my husband is loved.  God please grant me that wisdom and discernment.  Thank you for this blessing of a new little boy in our family, may Zach and I glorify you as we raise this child to know you.

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~ by oneblessedmommy on February 17, 2010.