BRONSON ALEXANDER MARTIN
BORN 9.42pm TUESDAY 01 JULY 2008
Weighed 9lb 10oz or 4.37kg
Length 54cm
Here goes the story…
Monday 30 June 2008 we went into hospital for induction as our little buba was just refusing to come out on his own. I was 13 days overdue and had no signs of labour commencing at all. The initial examination on Monday showed that baby had turned the night before from the favourable posterior position which he had been in for weeks, to anterior with his head sitting quite high. This meant induction was going to be a slow process. I was given gel to help start labour but nothing happened all day and all night – baby was still refusing to come out. The next morning (Tuesday – now 2 weeks overdue) things had progressed slightly and the Dr was able to break my waters and get the ball rolling. I laboured all day hooked up to drugs to make me contract and an epidural to numb the pain (thank goodness!). Things were looking really good at 3pm and our midwife said we should have a baby by dinner time…but it was not to be. 6pm showed no movement from 7cm dialated and a 2cm lip in the cervix that would prevent the baby from fitting through the birth cannal, so we were s’taring down the barrel of a C-Section’. Our midwife said we’d give it 2 more hours and they pumped up the drugs as high as they could in the hope of softening the lip. 8pm check and no change, baby still refusing to come out! So we were moved down to theatre and Bronson was born by C-Section at 9.42pm.
Bronson came out a healthy 4.37kg with beautiful skin and a very healthy cord, so showed no signs at all of being over-cooked, he was obviously very content in Mummy’s tummy. Keryn says that sets him up to be a ‘Mummy’s Boy’ for sure! Keryn completed his Fatheryly duty and cut the cord before bringing Bronson over to me for my first snuggle and all I could say was ‘he’s the most beautiful baby i’ve ever seen’ (of course!!!).
We stayed in Hutt hospital for 5 days and got treated wonderfully – it was really quite a relaxing time for me and Bronson to bond. Keryn and Magnus got to spend a fun 5 days together doing Father and Son things and came to visit every day. On the first day Magnus met Bronson we told him there’s no more baby in Mummy’s tummy, here’s the baby. He really seemed to ‘get it’ and was interested in pointing out baby’s head, tummy and hands etc. Very cute!
The expanded family of 4 got home Sunday evening, 6th of July. Since then Bronson has proven to be a very chilled and cruisy baby. He’s feeding and sleeping beautifully and only cries if he is hungry. For now, he’s in a great night routine of going to bed around 10pm, waking for a quick feed between 3-4am and sleeping through to 7-8am. So once again we have a good sleeper and are all managing to get enough sleep each night.
The C-Section means that I can’t lift or carry Magnus for a whole month, so that’s really hard on me and my little boy. Apart from that, I feel really good and mobile and am not in any pain. So the recovery seems to be going really well. I have a schedule with Keryn, my Mum and Dad, sisters and friends to help me with Magnus every day – we are so blessed with such a great family! Aunty Rebe came to stay for 3 days when we got home and was just the best help and Magnus had a blast! She even taught Magnus how to say ‘cool’. Was just as well Rebe had a second trip planned as her and Uncle Matt came down the weekend before Bronson was born, but as he was so late, they missed him completely! Aunty Pip and cousins Max and Jonty came up from Dunedin for a week to meet the new baby and ended up spending 6 days here with no baby. Bronson came on Tuesday night and they left Wednesday afternoon, so got to see him for one monring! Was a bit of a shame. But Magnus, Max and Jonty had such a great time playing together and it was really great to have them staying at Granny and Grandfather’s for the 3 nights Magnus was staying there while I was in hospital waiting for baby to arrive.
Magnus is adjusting pretty well to having a little baby brother in the house. He has been pretty sick with colds and an ear infection so isn’t in the best of moods to be coping with such a huge change. He’s not all that happy when i am feeding Bronson and can get a bit growly. It’s hard because he’s old enough to notice the change, but not old enough to understand. Magnus has been amazing with me and accepting cuddles on the floor and walking holding hands instead of being carried. In the hospital I was explaining to him i couldn’t carry him and we went for a walk in the hospital corridor and he knew to hold my hand and walk nice and slowly instead of trying to run off. So he definitely understands to some degree. Last night when Magnus was having his bottle he took me by the hand down to our bedroom and got me to climb into bed with him for snuggles – it was just the cutest! He obviously wanted some time with just Mum so was smart enough to take me away 
Well, I think that about covers the story of the first 12 days of Bronson Alexander’s life. All is great in the Martin household and we are completely smitten with our newest edition and are so blessed to have 2 such beautiful, healthy boys.
1 hour old
First cuddle with Mum
The 3 of us in theatre just after Bronson’s arrival
Granny’s first hold with baby Bronson
Aunty Pip making the most of her hour with Bronson before returning to Dunedin
The 4 boys – Jonty, Max, Bronson and Magnus
Our 2 boys!
Dad and his 2 boys
Bronson’s first bath with Granny and Grandfather
Mum enjoying her snuggles with baby Bronson
All ready to go home from hospital and venture out in a cold Wellington Winter’s night
Aunty Rebe and Aunty Nic
