Birth Story

We are so happy to have our Grant here! He is nursing like a champ and seems to be a fairly content baby. I have been meaning to post his birth story but haven't felt up to taking the time to write it out. It was actually a pretty uneventful labor....which is good! Anyway, here it is!

As planned, we headed off to the hospital at around 5:00 a.m. We got there around 5:20 a.m. and they checked us right in and got me in my room. I changed and they came and took my blood and got my IV going by 6:oo a.m. There was a shift change at 7:00 a.m. so my new nurse started the pitocin at around 7:30 a.m. She also checked me and said I was mostly closed and still pretty thick (huh?!). She was unsure about starting pitocin right away but decided to because that's what my doctor had ordered. Needless to say, I was pretty bummed. The contractions started but weren't very intense. I could still talk through them all. My doctor was scheduled to come in around noon to break my water so my nurse was hoping to get me as far along as possible before she got there. Sometime around 12:00 p.m. my nurse checked me again and I was between a 2-3 and thinned out. We waited (slightly impatiently) for my doctor to come in to break my water. She finally did (at 1:30 p.m.)- at this point I was dilated to a 3, maybe a 4. After that things moved pretty fast and were very intense and painful. I moved very,very quickly. By 2:30-ish I was complete. After 4-5 really good pushes Grant made his appearance (2:39 p.m.- an hour after my water had been broken!). He hurt like crazy to push out so before I even saw him I knew he was bigger than Noah (8lbs. 6 oz.) was. Sure enough he weighed in at 9lbs 14 oz.- much bigger than I thought he would be. Also much bigger than the ultrasound had estimated (7lbs 2 oz.- at 37 1/2 weeks). I came out fine and didn't suffer from any tears, cuts, ect. Grant came out pretty unscathed from it all too. He was very mad though! He screamed for 45 minutes to an hour afterwards. He was NOT happy about leaving his nice,warm, watery home. Anyway, baby and momma are doing great and we are so happy to be home! The picture (above) was taken right before we left the hospital Saturday afternoon. I love those chunky, little cheeks- so kissable!