It's A....BOY! The Delivery...

After 3 BOWS came a BOY!  Oh my heavens, We have a boy!  And here is HIS birth story...

We had originally planned to go to Labor and Delivery on the evening of the 10th to have my labor be induced, but my doctor decided to wait until the next morning, February 11th, 2014.

We awoke early, got dressed and ready, Cheri Taylor (a dear friend) came to be with the girls until school started, and we were on our way.  Funny thing, on this morning was an ICE storm.  Here in Texas, when it gets below freezing and there is any precipitation, then everything will be covered with a layer of ice.  It was undecided whether school would be cancelled or not, so until it was decided, Cheri was just going to be there to get the girls dressed and take them to her house.  We got to the hospital at 6 am and it was about then that we got the email/call/text that school was on a two hour delay.

I was welcomed warmly by all of the nurses in Labor and delivery who are also my friends!  It was fun to introduce Tyson to them and they were all excited to have me deliver my baby on our unit.  Krystal Pell was my nurse and she was so wonderful!  We checked in, got hooked up to the monitors, signed papers, started my IV, etc. and got my first dose of antibiotic at 7:30 am.  I was 3 cm already and so Krystal broke my water and started pitocin, but then shortly after, Dr. Orth phoned and said, don't start anything yet because her kids were still home from school because of the ice storm.  So we had to just hang out and wait.  We passed the time by watching the OLYMPICS!  They began pitocin finally at 10 am and I wasn't really feeling much of anything, although my ctx were already consistenly 2-3 mintues apart.  I felt some cramping but not any pain.  By 11:30 am, I was getting uncomfortable.  I wanted to hold out until I was in a lot of pain and so within a half hour I was ready for my epidural.  I was 6 cm and ready for some pain relief!  I got my epidural about 12 and was feeling relief by about 12:15.  Yay, I could relax and rest.  About 12:45 pm, I was started to hurt a bit more and also feeling my "normal" end of the labor nausea set in.  I knew I was close.  Within a few minutes and contractions, I literally felt myself completely dilate because I immediately felt the baby move QUICKLY down into the birth canal.  With that pressure, I called my nurse and my doctor came shortly there after.  They put me in stirrups and had me bear down but immediately told me to stop so they could get gowned up, and set up for delivery!!!

About 2 contractions later, my doctor said "This baby is coming out whether we are ready or not."  With the next contraction, I pushed for about 3 seconds, then the little surprise baby's head crowned.  I gave another short second push and out HE came at 1:20 pm!!  It was a fun delivery and soooo quick to push him out!

Everyone knew that we had waited with this baby to have the gender be a surprise, so I was sure to remind them that I wanted Tyson to announce to me what the gender was.  With the nurses and Dr. Orth's squeals and gasps of joy, I heard Tyson say questionatively "Its a BOY?!!"  I almost didn't believe those words were even possible in our case, so I exclaimed "Really?  Its a boy?!"  And my doctor lifted the babe up so I could see my son and the evidence:)  WOW, we have a SON!  It was an emotional moment as they laid him on my chest and I laughed and cried and looked up to see my loving and wonderful husband with tears of joy in his eyes too.  Nothing in life is as wonderful as these sweet moments between parents and a child!  That immediate bond is real and it was exciting to have another sweet blessing enter our lives!  We looked at him, admired him, tried to dismiss our shock, and loved this little boy, he already felt a perfect part of our family.

As he was on the scale, we learned the difference between little boys and girls!!!!  HE peed and it covered his whole body and even splashed himself in the face!  Yuck!   Good thing it was still probably sterile!

Baby Boy weighed in at 6 pounds 7 ounces 18 1/4 inches long.

Tyson and I enjoyed holding the little man for about an hour just to ourselves.  Wow, we couldn't get over the fact that we had a BOY!  Oh how our world of pink was now forever changed.  A part of me was saddened to not have just girls, but at the same time, we are blessed with a sweet baby boy who will be undoubtedly loved and adored by his three wonderful big sisters!  We are so happy, a little bit shocked, but just feel extremely happy and blessed that we delivered a healthy baby boy!  Welcome little buddy!  We are excited to get to know you!

My experience in my labor and delivery unit was wonderful and my friends/nurses took such great care of me!  I felt so darn spoiled!  I nursed the sweet baby boy and began to feel really light headed and was losing my vision and hearing....I knew what this meant, I was going to pass out.  I immediately had Tyson take the boy and I put the bed down flat.  Krystal came in to help me.  This was only the beginning of my post- delivery troubles.  But that's for another post!