Looking forward to the sleepless nights already!
It's been a couple of days now and I have been gathering my thoughts. I am 35 this year, in my late teens and all through my 20's I never saw myself as being the kind of bloke that would make any sort of a father.
In fact I had never, ever even picked up a baby until Jacob was born and he was put into my arms, these last 9 months have absolutely flown past... It was only the last week that seemed to go slowly and as Mel reached full term it seemed to be taking an eternity.
I did not know what I would be like during labour or how I should support Mel, and she went 9 days overdue in the end.
They decided to admit her to hospital and induce her last Friday. They apply a gel which is full of hormones to start off her labour because as the baby gets bigger, it can't get enough from the placenta to properly support it.
The Gel didn't do much, neither did the next two lots of Gel and eventually after they gave it some time they tried to break her waters, they then put her on a hormone drip. She was having strong contractions, I stayed there all day, but although the contractions were there she never went into proper labour and eventually they decided that for saftey's sake that they should give her a cesarean section.
She was conscious throughout the operation and I was able to be in the operating theater with her and I actually saw the surgeon lift Jacob out of her and into the world.
If someone had said that I would have witnessed all this I would have said Not on your life, but strangely the moment took control of me and it was the most natural thing in the world for me to hold my son. I am starting to adapt to his crying already, there are different types of crying for different things.. He could be hungry, need his nappy changing, be tired, be too hot, be too cold or just want to be cuddled and talked to. He is so seriously cute.
If you know me in real life, you'll know that I am probably the most unlikely father ever, but I reccomend it to anyone.
I am just so proud of Mel and my son and I am looking forward to them coming home tomorrow, I know that Mel will enjoy reading these messages, she will definately be logging on to make sure nobody has taken her trophy at Chain Reaction in the Arcade!
Tonight I have a few things to put right to just make sure everything is ready for little Jacob and Mel when they get home but seriously, it's a mind blowing experience and I haven't stopped smiling since I saw his little face for the first time and I think it will take a lot of sleepless nights to change that!
I've even changed his nappy a couple of times, and this is the guy who always used to make excuses not to hold a new baby, and I even used to leave the room when a baby was being changed.
My whole perspective has been changed and it only took 9 months!
