My day for my son 11-22-11

Last pregnant picture- morning of 11-22-11

5:00 am- This is my normal wake up time so Mac Dawg and I got up, went downstairs, he went to pee and got fed. Normally, I'd continue to get ready for school but I knew I didn't have to call the hospital until 7:30 so I got back into bed and laid there wondering how my day would go.

6:00 am- I'm still awake, laying in bed and petting Mac Dawg (who is completely passed out- like Noah). All I could think about was how it would never be just the three of us again.

7:28 am- Time to call the hospital. I have to say I was a bit nervous because I didn't want to be pushed to Wednesday due to no availability but I was also very nervous about possibly having a baby by the end of the day. When I called the hospital, sure enough, they had availability and to be there by 8:30 am. WOW! Time to get ready and get in the car.

8:25 am- The weather is awful (rainy and wet) and if you know anything about Chester County, you know that people can't drive if it's wet outside. So of course, we are stuck in traffic on Route 30 because someone had a flat tire. No I'm not kidding. Literally, we were down to one lane. Insane!

8:35 am- Noah and I realize that in our "wisdom" of taking the "back way" we are completely lost and don't have the address of the hospital programmed into the Garmin. Thank goodness for iPhone!

8:40 am- We finally arrive at the hospital and I go into registration. After a few minutes of paperwork, we are on our way to Labor and Delivery to be induced.

9:30 am- I'm in my room and given my IV. At this point I'm getting really nervous- not totally sure why. It's not like there was any way of turning back now and I honestly couldn't wait to have the baby but everything is moving very quickly. Dr. Akins came in and checked me to see where we should begin for induction.

10:08 am- The best possible solution for me to be induced was Pitocin. That was put into my IV and I figured I would have to wait for quite a while for anything to happen. Time to wait.

10:12 am- I'm already bored. Time to wait Back to the Future on the ipad.

10:57 am- Nothing is really happening at this point so my nurse, Rebecca, comes in and pumps up the Pitocin. Back to the ipad.

11:47 am- So because things are still going fairly slowly, Dr. Akins breaks my water and tells me that I'm dilated to 4cm.

12:52 pm- Another bump of Pitocin...I'm starting to feel things at this point. Even Bill Cosby can't make me laugh. (Literally, I was watching his stand up and when contractions came on- NO WAY!)

2:01 pm- I felt like a bit of a wussy but I couldn't relax at all anymore. I was in a lot of pain and because I was on Pitocin my contractions weren't very regular. They would spike very quickly and have 2-3 fast contractions- meaning there was NO downtime at all for me to breathe and relax. And yes the Anesthesiologist is my favorite kind of doctor.

2:23 pm- At this point it's time for me to be checked again. I really didn't know what to expect as far as dilation because I had been in so much pain. Turns out I was dilated to 9 cm!! My nurse said that I could have had him without the epidural, and maybe I would have had I known I was already at 9 cm but in all honesty- I'm happy with the way it went.

4:00 pm- At this point, the epidural slowed the contractions down a bit. Not that I minded but then Rebecca told me it was time to push. I knew it would take a bit longer due to the epidural but I wasn't feeling a lot so I didn't mind.

6:14 pm- Ayden Robert Austin joins the world weighing 8lbs 1.2oz, measuring 20 3/4 inches. So after a few hours of waiting and 2 hours of some very exhausting pushing, we had our baby. Noah and I couldn't be happier or prouder of our little guy for doing such a wonderful job.

Happy birthday to our wonderful and amazing son, Ayden. We love you more than anything in the world.

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