Gavin Is Here

Gavin was born on June 15 @ 5:23pm. As Brett said, he couldn't have received a better Father's Day gift!! The day went by really quickly. We were told to me at the hospital at 5:30am. We got there and they told us they were not ready for us. They had a labor going on and wanted us to come back in about an hour. We went to McDonald's for breakfast (making the best out of my potential last meal of the day).



We got back to the hospital around 6:30am and they told us they still weren't ready - they had another delivery in the works. Brett and I headed to the waiting room. We didn't want to go home and disturb the dogs since they were in their crate. They finally called us back around 8:30am to start the process.



They broke my water at 9:30am. Then at 11:30 they started the Pitocin. The nurse came in every half hour to increase the flow. Around 3pm I started having back labor. I was trying to go without an epidural but there was no way. They gave me some pain meds until they could get the epidural in.



At 4pm, they came in to do the epidural and Brett ran home to feed the dogs. They checked me right before and I was 5 cm dilated. It took them 2 attempts to get the epidural in (got it in my blood vessel the first time). After they were done I asked if I could go to the bathroom. The nurse decided to check me first. I was 9.5 cm. She said I needed to find my husband and get him back here or he was going to miss out. I called Brett and he was downstairs. I told him to get his butt back up there because it was time.



Besides Gavin having his cord around his neck, the doctor having to cut me, having to use suction to get Gavin out since his heart rate kept going down, and the fact that my placenta wouldn't deliver everything went great. As the doctor said, it was a good thing I got the epidural!!