Behind the name . . .
From the beginning, we decided that our son would be given a name with a musical reference. Quentin and I finally decided that we both liked the name 'Taylor' after his Taylor Guitar. The name Nixon came to me just shortly after I had given birth to him, and Cobain derives from our love/obsession with Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. It only took 25 days to come to this agreement, haha. Yes, our baby was nameless for 25 days, but despite the hundreds of names Quentin and I threw out there, deep down we knew his name would be Taylor.
Taylor Nixon Cobain Bodnar-McLeod
came a week early. I was scheduled for an ultrasound Thursday May 29th at 10:30 am. Afterwards, my Doctor wanted to see me and had some pretty surprising news. Because my amniotic fluids were low, they thought it safe to induce me that day. I was in a bit of shock because I thought I still had a week or two to go. I looked at Quentin and said "We're gonna have a baby by this weekend O_o" Quickly, I went home to shower and pack my hospital bag and by 1pm we were back at the Hospital ready to have baby.
Contractions started out progressively slow (because induction is when labour is artificially started) and of course they got stronger throughout the day. Friday was another long day of contractions which I was able to distract myself from the pain with hot showers. By Saturday afternoon I had only dilated to 2 cm, so the Doctor mentioned trying another method of induction if I didn't progress anymore in the next few hours. My contractions became more intense and painful and hot showers were no longer helping. I began getting strong urges to push, then finally my water broke. I was 9 cm in the matter of hours and ready to have the baby. Initially my plan was to have an epidural because I thought I had no pain tolerance what-so-ever, but because the last part of my labour progressed so quickly I was not able to receive the epidural. I'm glad I didn't. I trusted my body and allowed myself to work with each contraction and soon enough I safely delivered a healthy 8 pound 6 ounce baby boy. He had the sweetest and softest cry. It's true when they say you instantly forget the pain because the moment my son was placed in my arms, I was overcome with the most amazing feeling ever. I cannot describe that feeling, nor find the right word for it. but I felt complete. My little May baby was born at 8 pm exactly and despite being a week early, he weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and measured 53.5 cm. By the time we left the hospital he was well past his birth weight, the nurses were quite surprised. (Usually it takes a few weeks for babies to regain their birth weight)
Contractions started out progressively slow (because induction is when labour is artificially started) and of course they got stronger throughout the day. Friday was another long day of contractions which I was able to distract myself from the pain with hot showers. By Saturday afternoon I had only dilated to 2 cm, so the Doctor mentioned trying another method of induction if I didn't progress anymore in the next few hours. My contractions became more intense and painful and hot showers were no longer helping. I began getting strong urges to push, then finally my water broke. I was 9 cm in the matter of hours and ready to have the baby. Initially my plan was to have an epidural because I thought I had no pain tolerance what-so-ever, but because the last part of my labour progressed so quickly I was not able to receive the epidural. I'm glad I didn't. I trusted my body and allowed myself to work with each contraction and soon enough I safely delivered a healthy 8 pound 6 ounce baby boy. He had the sweetest and softest cry. It's true when they say you instantly forget the pain because the moment my son was placed in my arms, I was overcome with the most amazing feeling ever. I cannot describe that feeling, nor find the right word for it. but I felt complete. My little May baby was born at 8 pm exactly and despite being a week early, he weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and measured 53.5 cm. By the time we left the hospital he was well past his birth weight, the nurses were quite surprised. (Usually it takes a few weeks for babies to regain their birth weight)
26 days later . . .
Quentin and I love being new parents. We adore our son. Even though he can't really interact right now and is "boring" according to Quentin, he makes us laugh daily with his little snorts, grunts, stretches and occasional smiles. We look forward to the rest of our lives with Taylor & we look forward to giving him the best life we possibly can . . . with our love and music.