I am proud to say that just like my mother, I am now 2 for
2. Having two kids naturally on their due date. Just like the meaning of his
name, Solomon was very wise to wait
for his grandmother to arrive in California before he started his way into the
world. I picked my mom up at the airport 2pm on May 28th, the day
before his due date. We had a great family dinner that night and then around
11pm my contractions started. They were not very strong so I went to sleep. At
around 2am I woke up realizing, they were starting to pick up and were closer
together. Knowing I could not eat post epidural, I went downstairs to eat. As
my contractions started to grow closer together, I woke Benji and we both
repacked our hospital bags and started to prepare to head to the hospital. I
called the hospital and they recommended that I continue to labor at home since
my contractions were not very strong and we live only 5 minutes from the
hospital. Their definition of strong was “not being able to talk through a
contractions.” So fully dressed (even with make up on) I went back to bed
(somewhat). In the morning, the contractions were definitely stronger and but
still 10 minutes apart. At 10am we ALL hopped in the car and my mom and Izzy dropped
us off at the hospital. You can see a photo of us on our way in. On the drive
there I could feel every single crack in the road and the drive seemed like
forever….
By the time I got to the hospital at 10am, I was 5
centimeters dilated and was admitted and had an epidural in the next hour.
Ahhh, the epidural was great and Benji and I had a couple hours to relax and
hang out before we became a family of four.
Solomon made his way into the world right before 1pm (you can see the time below), delivered by
Doctor Mary Parman. Part of the Stanford philosophy is to encourage immediate
bonding, so directly after birth, before the doctors do anything, they put
him on my chest and do not check major vitals or weight until a couple hours
later (they did not even give him a bath until 24 hours). It was all very exciting, joyous and slimy! I mean I just found out I had
my 2nd beautiful baby boy that has a TON of hair. My reaction was
uncontrollable laughing. A much better
reaction than me yelling out “weird” when they handed me IzzyJ We immediately could
tell he had the Goldstein genes with dark hair and big dark eyes. He had very long finger nails, and was longer
and skinner than Izzy was as a baby. It was amazing to see how, he started to
breast feed right away and we just got to hang out, relax and bond.
We are so lucky to have one of the world’s top hospitals
down the road from our home – Lucile
Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. It is unique that it has a
maternity ward in a children’s hospital. It is also attached/a part of Stanford
hospital. So…if anything were to happen to the baby, or me, we’d be in the best
care possible. People from around the world and surrounding areas schedule their pregnancies to happen at this hospital. Being it was
Memorial Day weekend and most doctors prefer NOT to work on the weekend, we
were in luck. The hospital was EMPTY! It is not guaranteed to get a private
room at this hospital, but since it was a holiday weekend, almost all the rooms
were available!!
Since I did not have the epidural very long, I was mobile
faster than I remember with Izzy. I also healed a lot faster. Once we were in
our post labor room, the first thing I wanted to do was EAT! I ordered French
toast and pancakes (something I never do) and we had a feast.
That evening around 6, my mom brought Izzy over to meet his
little brother. He was a little hesitant at first, but I can assure you, he has
warmed up fast. Here is the video of Izzy meeting Solomon for the first time. Izzy was most excited to bring me snacks (he is an expert snack
bag maker). He also was excited to eat sushi with Grandma after they left the
hospital.
Overall, I feel extremely fortunate to have a healthy baby
and a very un-eventful birth!!
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