My Birth Story

Yes, I am finally here! I heard Mom choose a date for an induction on Friday so I knew I had to finally make an appearance, and do it sooner than later! I let mom and dad have one last day swimming in the pool and playing cards. Mom and dad ate dinner together and talked about what they would do the last day before my induction. Dad would get his head shaved, a nice meal at Columns.. but, I had other plans! Five minutes after they cleaned up dinner I let mom know I was on my way! She called the doctor at 8:50 pm and he told her to come down to the hospital to see is she was indeed in labor.

They ran around the house packing up final items in their bag, telling the neighbor to watch the dogs, and packing up the car. Mom was having a few contractions, but they weren't too bad and she gave dad the thumbs up on the way out.

When the doctor told mom she was in labor they brought her to the labor and delivery floor. The doctor recommended an epidural sooner than later but she wanted to wait it out as long as possible. After two hours the pain got really bad and she asked for one, but had to wait a  because there were two ladies ahead of her. She was in quite a lot of pain and tried bouncing on the ball, but nothing helped. Alas, she got an epidural and she was all smiles.

Then, mom and dad got some sleep. Later in the night the nurse came in and said her contractions were getting too far apart (7 minutes) and gave her some pitocin. She slept some more and when they checked next at 9:00 am she was ready to get me out! After the nurse got the a-ok I was out in 45 minutes! Here I am below seconds after I was born!

Mommy shed lots of tears of joy in those first minutes. I knew right away how much she loved me.

Daddy was smitten from first sight and was such a natural. 

An hour later grandpa m. showed up with some more of my family to say hello. Do you know I have a dimple right in the middle of my chin? Just like grandpa!

They wheeled me to the nursery to weigh me, take my temperature, and wash me off. Lots of other family came to visit, but I was still in the nursery at that time. I was sad to not see them, but knew we would meet someday soon.

Mommy gave dad a new Manchester City soccer jersey and matching soccer outfits for me to wear! I can't wait to watch lots of soccer games with him!

Dad gave mommy a beautiful necklace with my birth stone and initial on it. How sweet!

When I got back from the nursery I spent the rest of the day with my family. What a perfect end to my first day in this world!