Labor & Delivery

I know this is a couple months late, but I decided that this would be a good way to keep track of everything that happened with Austin.....

I was 8 days over due, and we were preparing to make our trip to the hospital for my induction. So on Sunday Nov. 30th at 7:00pm we were in the process of beginning my induction. After getting settled into the room I would spend the next how many hours in, the nurse explained to me what the night would hold. She told me that she was going to put a pill in me to help soften my cervix. Then 4 hours after that pill she said she would put another one in. She said that these pills usually don't do a whole lot, but its worth a try. Then I was told I would receive a sleeping pill, and sleep for the night. The next day they said they were going to give me Pitocin at 6am to start contractions.
Well....thats not how things happened, Austin obviously had a different plan. I was giving the first pill at around 8:30pm Sunday night. At around 9:30pm, I started contracting, which surprised the nurses. They weren't bad contractions, but definitely figured out what a contraction felt like. They gradually got worse and worse.
The nurse was telling us stories about her labor and how her contractions had gotten worse once her water broke. Chad and I laughed because the week before we kept hoping my water would break, so I said to Chad, Im so glad my water didnt break before. Around 11pm, within 2 minutes of saying that, my water broke. And on came the contractions. They got harder and harder, to the point that I was not able to talk during them anymore, I was purley focused on breathing through them. They were a minute to a minute and a half apart. So pretty much, if wanted to get up and walk around the room, I would have one when I sat up, one when I got to the end of the bed, one when I stood up ..etc. It was terrible, but then the contraction would stop, and I remember thinking, oh I can handle another one, and then during the next one, I remember thinking, I cant do this anymore. It was on and off like this for hours. Finally at around 6am I received an epidural. It was wonderful. I finally was able to get some much need rest, I had been up for almost 24 hours at this point.
At 7am my doctor came in to check on us, and she broke the rest of my water bag, I guess it was just leaking from the top, and they needed to break the rest, but then I pretty much just rested until I was fully dialated.
My mom and sister showed up at the hospital at around 9am or so and hung out in the room with Chad and I. Which was nice, they just kept us company. At around 12 noon, I was fully dialated and ready to push. The nurses told me with first timers it can take anywhere from 1-3 hours to push the baby out. Not me... he was out in about 45 miuntes. At 12:52pm Austin David Shilton was born, weighing in at 6 pounds 14 ounces and 20 inches long. He was beautiful, we fell in love instantly.
Austin was placed on my chest right away, and Chad got to cut his umbilical cord. Then they had to take him off of me because he wasn't crying yet. Right as he was coming out his heart rate dropped alot so they think when he came out he was alittle stunned, so they had to rub him and get him to cry, which was alittle scary. But it was all worth it, he is wonderful....