24.06.2022 Ben Ezra

Ben Ezra
24. June 2022
51cm
3500g

 At 10am on Friday 24th of June Ben Ezra was born and has completed our SMC Family. 

Contractions started the Thursday morning at 1am but were far enough apart and more like bad period cramps. I had a midwife appointment at 8am and while there my water broke, so I was going to hospital via ambulance straight from the midwifes. I arrived there at 9am. There isn't much to say about the day. Contractions were 10 minutes apart and nothing was moving. I was told I would get anibiotics by 7pm and if nothing happened until 7am on Friday they would start to induce me. Contraction intensity picked up by 10pm and I was given a suppository to help with pain and relax pelvis. By midnight insensity got worse and at 1am I went over to the midwife and was allowed to stay in the delivery room. Contractions were painful but kind of manageable but still 7 minutes apart.At 2:30 the midwife checked an I was 4cm dilated. I was getting very tired and exhausted pushing through the contrations and having been up for 24+ hours. I spoke to the amazing midwife who supported me through the contractions and was given an epidural at 4am, so that hopefully I can sleep a little and let my body do the last bits it needed to get to 10cm. I did fall asleep very quickly, and slept for 2 hrs. By 7am I was at 9cm but contractions were still 7-10 mintues apart. At 8:30/8:45 I was given something to help increase contractions and boy let me tell you they came quick and painful with 2-3 minutes apart.Problem was Ben wasn't moving at all. Midwife checked an noticed he is not down in the borthing channel. The doctor came and checked and noticed the same. They did an ultrasound (30 seconds) and his head was not in the righ position (head moved backwards, not chin on chest) and there was no way he could move out naturally.

Then things went quickly. I was given something to stop contractions, explained c-section process, prepared for c-section and then we were off to the operating theater.I was exhausted and could not stop shacking due to the adrenalin. It all went very quick but I felt very much supported by the whole team and at 10am Ben was born. He was given to me immediatly and stayed with me for 30-40 minutes bevore I feld very drowsy and tired and my head felt very heavy. It took another 10 minutes or so before I was done and wheeled back to the delivery room. Ben came back to me and we started nursing straight away.

He is now 3,5 weeks old and a little superstar. He is very chilled not sure if that is because I am chiilled or´if I am chilled because he is chilled. His big brothers totally adore him and we are so happy he is finally here.

Easter Impressions

We had a fantastic time at Easter, according to the boy (and I agree). Above are some Impressions from our Easter Holiday. We colored Eggs and enjoyed good food. The kids went out on Sunday morning to hunt Easter presents and we spend the evening at the Bonfire. It was the first time in 2 years thanks to Covid that we had a public bonfire. It was great to mingle with everyone and see the kids have fun all evening playing around and hunting East Eggs. To watch the fire burn was great as well. All in all we had gret couple days

A touch of spring

There was a touch of spring in the air yesterday. We spend the morning with some projects around the garden, mainly cutting down bushes, which took all moring. The afternoon was spend clearing cut of branches away and the kids collected the parts of the roof of the small barn that got thron all over the garden during last weeks storm. After they were finished they played their version of catch hide & seek and had a lot of fun. I put the washing outside on the clothline for the first time in ages and it dried off in 3 hours. 

It was a day full of work an fun and much needed outside time for all of us. I do hope the weather stays like this. There are a few things I need to get done over the few weeks before I am no longer able to do anything safely. 

visitors

 Yesterday we had visitors, Johan and Camilo came to spend some time with us. The boys enjoyed all the attention they got. We spend some time outside, Jay and Johan made some music (Jacob too). And all in all we had a good time connecting and enjoying each others company.

1st of Advent

Friends & Kites

 My kids had their friend over today for a playdate. The weather was quite good for late September and we spend a lot of time outside. Playing on the trampoline, doing flips, playing catch etc. We had a BBQ and afterwards the wind picked up a little so we went up the road a little bit with the kites to let them fly. The kids (and dog) had so much fun. We put the kites down and went to explore the nearby woods too. It was a fun afternoon,