Sunday, November 3, 2013

He's Here!!

Welcome Flinders (Flynn) Lok Ping Lam!!
Our special little guy was born Tuesday 22/10/13 at 8:26pm. He weighed a hefty 4.455kg/ 9lb 13oz {whoa!} & was 52.5cm long.
I ended up having a water birth, which was unexpected! But I was in the bath (an awesome pain reliever for contractions!) and labour advanced a bit quicker than expected, so the midwives decided to leave me there rather than try to move me between contractions. So even though he was quite a massive baby, I managed to push him out with only gas as a pain reliever, and I didn't need any stitches or anything after either. Woo Hoo {high five!} I thank the bath for that!
It was a quick labour too, I was induced with prostin at 2:30pm, my water broke at 6pm & he was born at 8:26pm! Quite quick!
Here is Jaimeson meeting his little brother for the first time!
 
So in love already! Like honestly, Jaimeson gives Flynn about 4000 kisses a day! Flynn is going to have to get used to a bit of rough love!
Daddy is a bit smitten too!

 So we're settling into life as a family of 4, having a few breastfeeding issues with Flynn, but hopefully it's just a phase that we'll be able to work through. It's a bit stressful at the moment though!
But I have to say, I have adjusted to mummyhood a lot easier this time, than with Jaimeson. It took me a whole 9 days before I cried this time, and with Jaimeson I had cried so much before we even left hospital! LOL!
So now I've got heaps of pics to use for Project Life! LOL! How to choose???!!
:) C

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

CONGRATULATIONS... so wonderful to see Flynn arrive on your blog. I look forward to following his progress. Great job mummy-of-two..love you lots AJ

Louella said...

Congratulations - although I have been following (and of course by following I mean stalking) you on Instagram......I was eagerly waiting to see if you would have a boy or a girl!! Flynn is so super duper cute, glad that the labour/birth was good.....I dread my next baby (if I have one), my last labour was horrific! ha ha ha Hope the breastfeeding issues sort themselves out!!

Yvette Adams said...

He's so beautiful. I was SO happy to meet him on the weekend, so fresh and new. And have a lovely long cuddle while he slept. I forgot you had a water birth! I'm glad you wrote that here!
PS - I'm sick now, I hope you didn't get it too!

Lotti said...

He is just so beautiful .... CONGRATULATIONS to your family. I love the name.

Granny Janny said...

Congratulations on my new grandson!!
What a gorgeous bundle of joy he is.
I remember saying that if you survived your first year with 3 big sisters you would be set up to live till you are 90!!
Love Mum

Shandell said...

Congratulations!!! He's absolutely gorgeous :)