The short version: Blogging at 11 pm - Baby at 2 am
The long version:
About 12:15 am, my water broke and I started having contractions about 10 minutes apart. I debated about calling the dr. but Jack and I decided to head on in to the hospital since we would be there in a few hours anyway. Thank goodness we left when we did.
The contractions started coming about 5 minutes apart while we were driving. Jack was so funny on the way to the hospital - it really felt like we were in a movie. I was in pain and he was so worried that we wouldn't make it to the hospital in time. At each red light, he would stop, look both ways, hit the hazard lights and then take off. It made me laugh so hard, but it hurt so bad to laugh. So, a few "stop and go" red lights later we were at the hospital.
Now it's about 1 am. We parked the car and saw another car pull up to the emergency entrance. I joked that it better not be another woman in labor because I didn't want to wait in line. It turned out to be a woman having her 4th child. We picked up the pace and beat her to the elevator :) Once on the labor and delivery floor, they actually asked me to fill out 1 form but I must have made a terrible face so they let Jack do it.
After checking me, they said I was dilated to about a 5/6. I went ahead and requested an epidural thinking we had about 3-4 hours of labor ahead of us. Well, Caden had a different idea. The contractions picked up and started coming every 2 minutes. I was like, hello, where is the epidural...? They checked me again and I was already a 1o and that's when I knew there would be NO pain medicine. That was not a good moment. The nurses were great though and they helped me breathe through each contraction - which really does help the pain.
Now we were ready to push but the doctor was not there yet. There was an "on call" dr. in the room and I was like he's great - let him deliver the baby, but they actually told me to "hang in there" and wait for my dr. (which wasn't my dr. but the dr. on call in her practice). I was not happy about being told to wait in my present condition! Thankfully, the dr. showed up in about 10 minutes and Caden was born about 15 minutes and 4 pushes later! All the pain went away when they handed him to me - he was just beautiful and I already loved him so much! Jack was a great sport and didn't faint - no seriously - he held my hand even when I nearly broke his fingers and kept me as calm as possible. I do think it's funny that his new Iphone was in the other hand and he was able to give my mom a play-by-play text during the whole process.
Everyone asks me if I could choose a labor experience would I choose this way - quick and painful or long and drawn out and pain free... Honestly, I think I would go with option 2 and have an epidural even if it took all day. That was enough drama for me to last a lifetime and I seriously admire those who give birth naturally by choice!
Coming next: Pictures from Week 1
It's official! We are homeowners. We closed on Friday and decided to have Colton's birthday party at our new house on Saturday. It was fun to let the kids run around the empty house. We even put Colton's new bounce house inside for the party.
Colton enjoying his birthday cake with Cousin Wilkin and Henry! It was quite a change from last year when he barely touched his cake.
Blowing out the candle.
One year ago today...
2 years ago today...
