Mateo Konaleohanoahoihi Kawika
IT'S A BOY!!!!!!
THE GORY DETAILS:Labor & Delivery
(skip this section if you don't wanna know, haha!)
Prior to Wednesday the 14th, I was trying my hardest to get the baby to come out so I wouldn't have to be induced--house work, cleaning the garage, attending my baby shower (haha), walking, running, skipping, (k, maybe not the last two)..... NOTHING. Once Tuesday night came, it sunk in that I was going to be induced, and I wasn't really looking forward to it. David and I went to sleep REALLY late... I guess the nerves, excitement, and anxiousness totally got to us. Well, more to me. LOL.
The alarm went off at 6am, so I got out of bed.... andddddd MY WATER BROKE! Yeah, thanks for breaking AN HOUR BEFORE I'M SUPPOSED TO CHECK IN. Jerk water. lol. But we got ready, got to the hospital.... got all set up....
I must say, I had THE BEST NURSES EVERRRRR!! No, seriously. Noreen & Carissa were freaking AMAZING. I almost cried when they had to leave after taking me up to the 8th floor to recover LOL. ANYWAYS, I just can't express enough how great they were. Our entire experience at St. Luke's was bomb; I couldn't have asked for better.
Labor this time around was only 8 hours-- less than a third of what Keaka's was! I did end up getting an epidural-- once contractions got really bad LOL. I'm pretty sure it helped me progress faster, though. But they kept my Pitocin very low; my body did most of the work on its own, which was great!!
I must say, I had THE BEST NURSES EVERRRRR!! No, seriously. Noreen & Carissa were freaking AMAZING. I almost cried when they had to leave after taking me up to the 8th floor to recover LOL. ANYWAYS, I just can't express enough how great they were. Our entire experience at St. Luke's was bomb; I couldn't have asked for better.
Labor this time around was only 8 hours-- less than a third of what Keaka's was! I did end up getting an epidural-- once contractions got really bad LOL. I'm pretty sure it helped me progress faster, though. But they kept my Pitocin very low; my body did most of the work on its own, which was great!!
Once I was fully dilated, my doctor had me do just a few pushes to get baby to come down more, since he was still pretty high. She told me that since we didn't know the gender, she was gonna pull baby out, and face "it" towards David and I so we could see the gender first before anyone else. So after pushing only 3 times, there the baby was-- she faced him to us, and we were SHOCKED to see that it was a BOY!!!
Then the tears started flowing...
Holding my son!
My First 5 Thoughts:
1. Thanks & praises to Jah for the angel before me (and for labor being over!)
2. Wait...... What?!?! OH MY GOSH, it's a BOY?!
3. He looks exactly like Keaka, just chunkier! He is freaking beautiful....
4. So happy to share this moment with my amazing husband.
5. Me and David make some DANG good looking babies! hahah!!
Proud Daddy holding his boy
Born at 4:29pm, he weighed in at 7lbs 6.4oz, and was 20" long.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
We named him Mateo Konaleohanoahoihi Kawika. Yes, it's "long" or whatever... But it all means something special.
Mateo-- Matthew in Spanish. We wanted something to reflect his Mexican heritage.
Konaleohanoahoihi-- His voice of authority and respect. Mateo's middle name, to reflect his Hawaiian heritage. David and I actually got this name from my grandma while I was in labor, haha!
Kawika--David in Hawaiian, after his Daddy. :)
A few hours later, David went to pick up Keaka so she could meet her new sibling. We were pretty worried that she'd be disappointed that "he" wasn't a "she"...but the second she walked in and saw him, she fell completely in love, asking, "Is that my baby brother?" and said, "I love him SO MUCH!" Ohhh goodness, so, so sweet. Seeing the love in her eyes for her little brother as they met for the first time was the most precious thing ever.
*On a side-note, Keaka had a hard time
saying "Mateo" the first day or two, and kept calling him "Material"
LOL... Why?! I dunno, cause I'm pretty sure material is harder to say than Mateo.
Crazy kid!
The next morning, a photographer who's contracted through the hospital came in to do a photoshoot with our baby boy. These are some of the pictures.... and OF COURSE, we had to order them, because OF COURSE, the photographers do a great job and it's hard to say no to pictures of your child, right?!
As our family grew bigger last week with the addition of our son, we couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of love from our Heavenly Father & our Savior. We are so happy, and feel totally blessed and honored to have Baby Mateo in our 'ohana.
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