Birth!

Warning: this post was written by a very sleep & food deprived Mandy. Please excuse any typos... I'm sure there are a fewwww...
It's been a week and a day since Liam was born & I'm just now getting around to typing this with a full bellied baby sleeping on my chest.
Last Monday i woke up bright & early to go to the hospital to have Liam. I had to be induced because his head & body were getting so big in my belly, the dr. thought it would be safer to not go past the 40 week mark. Cody is still in Afghanistan & got a tent & computer to himself for the whole labor & delivery. It felt like having him there for real which was so awesome. Especially since I haven't even seen pictures of him since he left in September. Pretty much right away they induced me & broke my water. Even though the Dr. had been telling me all along that my baby was probably going to have to be a c-section baby, she still let me try to push him out the old fashioned way. After three hours of pushing & Liam's head still being stuck in my pelvis, the Dr. decided that I needed to have a cesarean delivery. I was really upset & scared when they carted me to the O.R. After they prepped me, They let Sarah & Cody in, which distracted me & made me feel better. After lots of what felt like tugging and pushing on my chest & belly, I heard a little cry. It was the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. The second they placed my baby in my arms I was in love. Everything I was worrying about before didn't matter because I was FINALLY holding my baby in my arms.