I have a few minutes free to post a few pictures from Wyatt's birth (5 weeks ago). Wyatt was born the day before his due date on August 30th. His birth reminded me a lot of Luke's birth...I woke up to contractions around 1am, timed them for a few hours as they got more intense and closer together. Finally around 3:30 am we called my parents to come over and stay with Luke and Brady so we could go to the hospital. We got to the hospital around 4am and got settled into the room. I got some IV meds that made me very sleepy, so i was able to rest between contractions. The meds made the contractions farther apart but stronger. About an hour later the nurse recommended I walk around to pick things up or break my water.... but I was really ready for an epidural! So she checked me - 4 cm, 100% effaced (progress from when I arrived at 3 cm, 80%) so she ordered the epidural.
I got the epidural at 6:30 and things were a blur from there. My blood pressure dropped and I was nauseated. The baby's heart rate also dropped so they had me on oxygen and moving from side to side until his heart rate went back up - which was pretty quickly. My water broke on its own and things started progressing really quickly. I was 6cm, then 7/8 cm (7:30), then 9 1/2 cm (8:15 - I was feeling a lot of pressure at this point). They called my doctor who had to send her partner over from another hospital. After just a few pushes baby 3 was born at 8:47am! He didn't have a name until a few hours later.
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| Waiting for baby |
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| Aunt Jess meeting her new nephew! |
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| wide-eyed |
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| Grandma and Wyatt |
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| The boys coming to meet their new brother! |
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| Grandma Jo and Grandpa Neil made a 4 hour detour on their way to KC to meet Wyatt - so sweet of them! |
