Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome to the stage……
“Monkey”
Born June 26th, 2009.
(10 days before our due date)
7lbs 15 ounces.
(I shudder to think how big he would have been if he came on time….or even late like my other two)
He’s officially 1 week old tomorrow……I can’t believe it!
I actually beat the butterflies!
Here is a quick version of our birth story……with a few details you could probably care less about :)
(Friday Night)
1. Got Pregnancy Photos Taken (phew, lucky right?)
2. Emailed entire family that baby would be here in 2 weeks
3. Set up Church meals to come in 2 weeks.
4. Water Breaks immediately after I hit send.
5. Freak Out.
6. Call Husband (who is at work)
7. Husband doesn’t answer.
8. Freak Out.
9. Become Hitler and start barking orders to my children to pack.
10. Call Family (who is at least 2 hours away) to come soon.
11. Begin to Pack my own bag.
12. Silently cursing myself for not being ready.
13. Call Doctor, but it’s Friday Night…..and I keep getting a recording.
14. Listen to the Recording….I can’t even figure out what it’s saying.
15. Listen 5 more times till I realize it’s not going to help me.
16. Call Hospital.
17. Husband calls back. He’s getting off work.
18. Call my Emergency Back-up to watch the kids.
19. Finish packing…..all I’ve got so far is a bag of Q-Tips.
20. Freak Out.
21. Load up the kids.
22. Drive myself to the Hospital. (9:30pm)
23. Freaking Out the entire way….Lord please don’t let me give birth in my car.
24. Meet-up with my friend and she takes the kids.
25. Check into the hospital.
26. Dr. comes and looks. Says he thinks my water broke. But it’s not testing right.
27. Husband shows up. (phew)
28. Admitted to the Hospital.
29. Only small contractions, nothing painful.
30. Told to get some rest we’ll check in the morning.
Saturday
1. Woke up (every hour as they check my status)
2. Ate hospital crackers and yogurt.
3. No significant changes, or contractions.
4. Dr. tells me I might have been mistaken….maybe it wasn’t my water breaking.
5. I of course……Argue…..it was water I say…I’m not mistaken.
6. Says we should go home to wait and see.
7. I say, but 24 hours after water breaking is risk for infection.
8. He says yes, but you can come back when there are heavy contractions.
9. I of course……Argue again…. (I’m soooo not going home to worry about infections)
10. I request an ultrasound to see if the water is broken. I’m convinced it was my water.
11. Dr. does and ultrasound.
12. Dr. changes his mind. It was my water. We’re going to induce.
13. I’m hooked up to pitocin.
14. Dr breaks remaining waters.
15. Oh, the pain. Immediate pain.
16. In come my favorite people.
17. And the pain is gone.
18. 3 hours of labor…(if you can even call it that, being so painless)
19. 9 minutes of pushing. (yeah, 9 minutes, I rock)
20. Baby Boy McClintick enters the world!
He looked a little something like this….minus the clothes :)
And I just wanted to thank everyone for their heartfelt support! It means so much to us that were being wrapped in a big ole’ blanket of prayer.
I hope to be able to respond to emails soon, but for now I’m just going to sit around and smell him.
New Babies just smell so delicious don’t they?
A HUGE Congratulations. He is gorgeous. Wishing you and your family many years of happiness
God Bless
congratulations on your new sweetie
Congrats on your newest little angel! Your post brought tears to my eyes… what a sweet story! Get plenty of rest, and enjoy your beautiful family. :)
WOW!!!!! Awesome story, welcome little guy!!!!
Congrats! {He looks exactly like you!}
Wow!!!!
This is so amazing, woke up this morning thinking this is the day.
Congrats to you all.
He is soooooooooooo Cute.
Faith
Congratulations! Loved the story!
CONGRATS!!! Thanks for sharing the story! :D What a beautiful baby boy! :D
Congrats to you! He is adorable.
Congratulations Valerie and Family!!!! He is adorable!!!
Oh, Valerie, Congratulations!!! He is beautiful! I hope you get all the rest you need. Enjoy your first few precious weeks with your new baby boy. I bet your older 2 are over the moon in love with him already.
Loved your story in order of events. Especially “in come my favorite people”, LOL!! Yep, we love the guys with the giant needles, right?!! I can’t believe you drove yourself to the hospital, You really ARE SuperMom!!
Sending you cyber hugs and prayers of blessing for your sweet family,
Jasmine
Congratulations!! He is beautiful! And I love the shirt hes wearing: “Property of Mom Forever” :) Enjoy your newest blessing!
congratulations I am always thrilled to see new borns It brings back so many memories Thanks for sharing I have been wondering when it would come lots of love from switzerland myriam
Congratulations! He’s gorgeous. :)
Congratulations, Valerie! Hope this magical (and sleepless) time is a real blessing to your whole family!
Congratulations! I’m so excited for you, Valerie. He is very cute. God has blessed you abundantly! Love your birth story. It’s hilarious, as only you can tell it!
Awwwww he is so so adorable!! Congratulations to you and your family.
Dear Val, congrats for your new sweet baby girl!
May the Lord bless you both with health and joy!
Love in Crist!
He’s beautiful – congratulations! And early is far better than late, in my opinion…
Valerie,
Your little one is precious…what an amazing birth story you have to share too! :-) Love this new blog, it’s great, would love to feature it on THL! :-)
You look beautiful in your belly pic too :-)
Valerie,
He is so precious!! A perfect addition to your wonderful family :-)
Congratulations & Blesings!!
Congratulations~!! Loved your birth story.
Valerie!
CONGRATULATIONS!! I loved your list, cracked me up :) 2 of my boys weighed in at 7lbs 15 oz and were both early. My last one (a girl, number 5) was early as well and weighed 8 lbs 12 oz. Isn’t early nice???
Brenda
congrats! i love your blog. we will miss you while you are busy smelling that new baby.
love the angry face photo at the bottom. Great story, and good job pushing the doctor to let you stay.
YAY! Congrats! I’ve been wondering! Haven’t read the birth story but I will!
Valerie ~ Congratulations on your new baby boy! He’s gorgeous! The pictures of you (and him!) are really sweet, too. May God continue to bless you and your growing family! :) Hugs!
Pamela
Hi Valerie,
He is so cute! Congratulations on your new little bundle of joy! You’re right! There is something about the sweet smell of a baby. Don’t worry about us because we’ll be here whenever you have a minute to spare. Please enjoy him to the fullest because they grow up so fast.
Glinda
OMG, HAHAHAHHAHAHA! I’m sure it wasn’t funny at the time, but your recount of it is hilarious! In fact, this is the first time I read your blog–I get notices occasionally from Lapbook Lessons. As I have three glorious children of my own, I’m always excited to hear about the birth of someone elses.
Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! God bless your family!
-M
What a sweet – and funny – story. Okay you didn’t enjoy it at the time – but I LOVED the digest – moment by moment – layout and TOTALLY felt it with you. And oh. my. word. Anesthesiologists are magicians, aren’t they??? Congratulations. Enjoy your new baby smell often. =)
Congratulations !!!!
The wait is over ! What a precious baby. I know you are glad he is finally here.
It was the pictures that did it…lol. Aren’t you glad you got that done?
Is Monkey his nickname?
Btw, a wonderful birthday present for me…lol. we share the same.
Congrats, Valerie, and best wishes for you and the baby. He is so precious, and you certainly did that… very efficiently!! ;-) Way to go!! The photos are adorable!
Congratulations on your new little bundle of joy. May he grow as Jesus grew: in wisdom and stature and in favor of God and Man. Luke 2: 52.
PS> I LOVED reading your story in numerical order. It was hilarious….now that I am reading it. I am sure you weren’t laughing hysterically at the time
Congrats. He’s so darling. I love babies had five myself. Enjoyed your birth story my last one came a week early and she weighed 8lbs 8oz , I almost had a c section.
Congratulations!!! He’s adorable! Enjoy God’s little gift!!!
Congrats again! He is adorable! Great to read your play by play~ so reminds me of my early labor/deliveries. Blessings to you as you enjoy your lil’ Mr. McC. :-)
Hi Valerie. Congratulations on your new baby. I had a feeling thats where you where when you werent posting as often. :) You make me so jealous I have 2 more months to go and doubt my delivery will go as smoothly. Lucky girl. Enjoy your little guy.
Nikki
Congrats Valerie! What a beautiful boy!! Way to go Mama!
Hi,
Just wanted to send my congratulations! I’m 5 months pregnant with our second child and although November seems a long way off, your post reminded me of what’s ahead! :) I know what you mean by favourite people lol