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- 6:34am: the time Harvey was born
- 4 hours: amount of time that passed from the 1st contraction I timed until Harvey was born
- 15 minutes: how long I pushed (as opposed to 2 hrs with Stella!)
- 7: # of contractions I pushed through (according to my midwife – I don’t remember this at all!)
- 5: # of people in the room when Harvey was born (Charlie, myself, the midwife, his assistant, & the photographer)
- 0: # of stitches I needed (I had just one tiny tear)
- 30 minutes: amount of time that passed before I delivered the placenta
- 40 minutes: amount of time that passed before Stella woke up and came downstairs to meet her baby brother
- 45 minutes: amount of time that passed before we cut the cord because it had quit pulsing
- 1 hour: amount of time that passed postpartum before I remembered to latch Harvey on to breastfeed!
- < 48 hours: amount of time that passed before my milk came in
- 4 hrs 15 minutes: total amount of time my midwife & his birth assistant were at our house that morning
- 38 degrees: the unseasonably warm temperature for the mountains in Colorado that morning at 3:45am when our midwife arrived
- 3: the number of home visit checkups my midwife did in our first week postpartum
- 9 & 10: Harvey’s apgar scores
- 9#5oz: Harvey’s weight (4220g – he was already up to 4230g at 6.5 days old!)
- 21.5″: Harvey’s length
- 14.5″: Harvey’s head circumference
- 20.3#: amount of weight I gained this pregnancy
- 10 days: amount of time it took me to lose 19.9# (I lost 12.6# in the first 12 hours)
- 8: # of times we filled the birthing tub over 4 weeks to make sure it’d be ready to go
- 0: # of times we regretted having it filled & ready to go 🙂
- 10: # of guests we had the first day at our house – all family and very close friends
- 2: # of amazing kids I now have
