Welcome Ethan Alexander Bolzicco!

Sorry for the delay in posting! I've had my hands full with the most perfect little man on the planet :)

Ethan Alexander Bolzicco was born April 5th, 2009 at 5:30pm... here's the story :)

My water broke on the 4th at around 7pm, I wasn't sure if it was my water though, since it was more of a trickle, instead of a gush. So Rob and I took our time getting our things together, packed up the car and headed to my dads for a bit. Once we were in the car, it was obvious it was my water, I felt like I was peeing in the car, it was awful!!

We stopped at my dads, everyone was super excited - the baby was on the way! From there, we went to Jacob's place, Rob was supposed to go for a couple beers anyways, and we thought it would be cool to share the news. My contractions hadn't started at this point.

By 11 or so, I had started getting little pains, and the hospital told us it was time to come in - so we headed to Newmarket. We were admitted and told to try and get some rest, as we had a big day ahead of us! The next morning, we woke up and I had no pains at all - labour had stopped. I was dreading this, I knew the next step was pitocin, and I so badly wanted to try and do this natural. Sure enough, after 14 hours of no labour, they hooked me up to an IV and started the drip. At this point, my sisters and mom had showed up, and we were waiting in the room for the party to get started.

Everything at this point was a bit of a blur - I remember my sister telling me the TOCO reading was 'a doozy' or some other rendition (that measured my contractions)... and the next thing I remember, I was lying on my side - I honestly didn't think I could make it any farther. My contractions were about 2 min apart or so, lasting about a minute each! I HAD to be 8 or 9 cm at this point!!! But when I was checked, I was only 4, 1cm more dilated than when I was checked before the pitocin - and it had been 5 hrs!!!

So, with tears in my eyes, I told Rob I couldn't do it any more, I needed the epidural. I felt completely deflated, like I had somehow failed. The pitocin had me strapped to the bed with an IV and fetal monitoring, so I couldn't try ANY of the pain relief methods I had wanted to try. Rob was wonderful though, he was so supportive and helped me try and get comfortable.

After the epidural, it was a whole new ball game. I was able to get comfortable, rest a bit and let my body do what it needed to do. Within 2 hours, I was fully dilated, and the baby was coming down the birth canal. I felt insane pressure, so I knew it was time to push! The Dr. was in the OR though so I was asked to wait!

When it was time, I had Shannon, Madison and Rob in the room, Rob held my leg while I pushed, and within 10 minutes, my little angel was out! Rob was in such shock that the Dr had to ask him what the sex was - and with a look of astonishment, Rob announced "It's a Boy!". He cut the cord, and Ethan was placed on my stomach, where he quieted down, and I proceeded to cry like a baby! It was the most emotional experience of my life, and you could see in Rob's eyes that he felt the same way.

Our beautiful angel weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 20 inches long. He had a FULL head of hair, and the most beautiful pouty lips! It took a while for me to accept that he was a HE, since both Rob and I were convinced we were having a girl!

Rob went out to make the announcement to our family in the waiting room, and then they all came in to see us. Our first beautiful baby, my parents first grandbaby - and the first boy on my side!

Ethan had a touch of jaundice, but is doing wonderfully now. He's taken to breastfeeding like a champ (a boob man, like his dad lol), and has the calmest personality. He doesn't like having his diaper changed, because his bum gets cold. He loves the bath, except the getting out part!

All in all, we're doing wonderfully!

Hopefully I can get back on and update as things change, because he's growing and changing by the minute!!