At 12:25 on the 2nd of July I met Zachary David Zehring. All 9lb. 4oz of him. I loved him the moment we knew we were going to have another baby. Then I met our son at 18 weeks of pregnancy. I fell more in love with him. Then we had a name and he became this little guy that had a personality. He never moved or kicked unless forced. He was calm and cool and collected. And that was just in the womb.
I realized I never told my birth story so here it is in celebration of his first year!
I made it to July 1st. I always thought I would be due around June 23rd. That lined up with all my dates. Because of a miscarriage two months before, I had ultrasound, after ultrasound to monitor this baby. He was measuring small so my due date was pushed to July 7th, then the10th at first. I told my doctor that meant I had a positive pregnancy test before I was pregnant. But no one listened. Well, every ultrasound up to 18 weeks was he was measuring small and so they pushed my due date to July 14th and stayed there.
Well, for a few weeks before the 1st I was dialating and making progress. I went from nothing to 3 cm in one week and every week after that I dialated one more cm. My doctor kept saying I wouldn't make it to July. I felt that too. She even wanted me to change my July 1st appointment to June 29th but Joel's schedule didn't allow that, so we just thought either he comes or I go to my appointment. Well I ended up at the appointment. My doc was shocked. It was the longest most uncomfortable appointment ever. I was 5cm dialated (that's half way) with nothing happening. Except my blood pressure was through the roof! And it wasn't coming down. We knew it was anxiety to get things started the whole time but it was also a huge reason I was admitted that day. Also, Zachary's hand was on his head. If I was to give birth that day without him moving his hand a C-section would have happened. I really didn't want that. Thankfully, he moved. I was induced that day. I was nervous about it because I heard horror stories. For me, it was the best thing. My contractions weren't painful at all.
Then at this exact time one year ago I was signing papers to get my epidural because he was coming soon. Not being in hard labor and getting an epidural is painful. But I knew what hard labor was like and I didn't want to experience it again. I wanted to have the most relaxing labor and delivery possible. And I believe I achieved that. Yes, you heard me right. :) Joel and I spent most of the comparing my contractions, calling parents to check on Nathan, Joel rubbing my feet, drinking water, watching TV, talking with the nurses, and Joel getting some shut eye since it looked like it was going to be an all nighter.
Around midnight I was at 10cm. They broke my water and my doc was ready to meet this guy! I was too! 3 big pushes and Zachary was here!. And the first thing out of my docs mouth was, "Donna, you were right, he is a big one!" THANKS!!!! So two weeks early by doc's estimate (1 week late by mine) we had our 2nd born! It never gets old.
Now a year later and he is becoming this amazing little person.
This past year he has accomplished all this.
- rolling over both ways
- crawling
- standing
- pulling up
- cruising along all the furniture
- signing a few things
- calling me Mama and Joel dada
- waving
- clicking his tongue
- drinking from a sippy cup
- sharing
- banging things together
- recognizing all of us if we ask where each person is
- exploring
- self feeding
- using his pinchers to eat
- getting 9 teeth
- sleeping through the night
- taking awesome naps
- giving wet kisses
- understanding but no always obeying "No"
- learning to annoy big brother by getting into all his toys
- loving up on all of us
- and seriously being the happiest baby ever!!!!
- and so much more!!!
Happy Birthday little brother Z! We love you so much. Praise God for giving us this tremendous gift!
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