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Gavin Matthew Wynder Born October 1st, 2009 @ 9:04 pm Weighing 7lbs 2oz, 20 inches long Well it's official- we have now become a family of four! Wednesday night I didn't sleep at all because I was having some strong contractions. I knew labor was coming because the contractions were waking me up every 20 minutes. I decided sleep was out of the question and went to watch some television to keep my mind off the pain. As the night turned into early day and time progressed I noticed the contractions getting closer together. At about 7 am they were a consistent 7 minutes apart and I told Bret we should start getting our things together and making arrangements for Ashlyn so we could go to the hospital. Being a crazy weekend with lots going on, it was a little crazy finding a place for Ashlyn. (I just want to give a big THANKS to all those who helped take care of her during our hospital stay!) Even though I was being slow to progress with my labor and we ended up watching movies all day at the hospital, when things finally started to move along the delivery went very quick and only took about 4 or 5 pushes before our little boy was here. I can't tell you how relieved I was when Gavin finally got here! He was a beautiful healthy little boy that I had been waiting on for a very long time. Our doctor was amazing and things went very well. Bret was spoiled with meals and after the baby was born, the staff took care of all 3 of us and were so great! Other than having low blood sugar the first night, Gavin did amazing in the hospital. We were happy to have some family and friends visit us during our stay and I have to say that leaving the hospital was a little bitter sweet because I felt so comfortable when we were there. But now we have our family home and it is going to be a whole new ball game from here on out. I wish I could say all is well and end my post on a happy note for once but alas, there is always something going on with us and I have not had the most pleasant experience since we've been home. Ashlyn got a nasty cold from one of the places she had to stay at during our hospital stay and has been pretty miserable. It's hard because I don't want Gavin or anyone else getting sick so we have been trying to have her stay away from the baby and me. Bret has been trying to give her lots of extra love and attention but being sick is no fun and things have been stressful. Last night was extremely hard because I spent the entire night up with Gavin who was running a temperature and crying all night long. I don't know if he was just having a hard time adjusting or what but I got no sleep and was worried about him all night. Luckily his fever finally broke early this morning and he went back to his calm, wonderful, happy self. One thing that is a concern is that Gavin's jaundice seems to be getting worse and so we will be going back to the hospital Monday to get him checked out. Then there's me- I had been having some problems with my bleeding and had to be put on meds which made me feel miserable. Also for some reason I seem to be retaining tons of water and am more swollen in my legs, ankles, and feet then I ever was during pregnancy which makes getting around hard and painful- I hope the water starts coming out soon otherwise I might have to go into the doctor to see what we can do. Then today I sneezed and my stitches came apart (yes- THOSE stitches). There isn't really much they can do but hope things mend well on their own and for me to take it easy until they do. So needless to say, I am pretty miserable in TONS of pain and wishing things would just go right for once and that I wouldn't have so many problems. Luckily I have a wonderful husband and mom who take care of me and a new little baby to cuddle with while I lay on the couch with my feet elevated. I really am excited to have this little family of ours- even if all my kids look like clones of my husband. Hey I'm not complaining because look how cute they are! At least they both got my cute Larson nose and mouth.