On Thursday, May 10 at 12:24 pm, Colin and I welcomed our first baby into the world. William Aston came into this world weighing 6lbs 13oz and measured 18.75in long. He was absolutely perfect. This day was absolutely amazing and I want to remember as much of it as I can so here is my lengthy replay of events of our son's birthday.
Everything started on Wednesday, May 9. I chose to be induced because I couldn't wait any longer to meet my baby boy. The doctor hesitantly agreed to do it, although she preferred that I wait it out up to two more weeks. She didn't think my induction would go as smoothly as it did. I'm very happy that I proved her wrong! Colin and I arrived at the hospital at 8:10pm to check in to start Cytotec to thin my cervix. When we arrived we were asked to wait in the waiting area for someone to come out and talk to us. I was confused and was getting angry because I thought they were going to come out and tell us they were full and didn't have room for me. At 8:45 my nurse finally came out and took us to the L&D room. I was relieved that I wasn't being turned away. Everything moved quickly as soon as we were in the room. I was quickly changed into the fabulous hospital gown and hooked up to the monitors. Before I knew it my IV (which was excruciatingly painful). I signed all the papers necessary and then the Cytotec was put in at 9:40. Before giving me the Cytotec Wednesday night I was only 1.5cm dilated and not thinning. The day before at the doctor I was only 1cm dilated and not thinned at all. Contractions started quickly after the Cytotec was in place. They weren't too painful, but they weren't comfortable. At 1:30am Thursday morning they attempted to give me another dose of Cytotec, but I began bleeding (which had occured twice before in my pregnancy, so I shouldn't have been surprised). The nurse's reaction scared the crap out of me and I began shaking uncontrollably and crying thinking that I was going to have to be rushed to have a c-section. The nurse called in other nurses to come and help her check and monitor the bleeding and they thought my water might have broken on it's own. (It didn't.) They notified my doctor of my situation and it was decided I wouldn't get anymore Cytotec, but they would just monitor me and start Pitocin at 4am. They check me again at 2:30 and I hadn't made any progress, but the nurse chose to tell me she could feel the baby's forehead and that it was wrinkled like a bulldog. At 3am the nurse shows back up with the anesthesiologist ready to give me my epidural. They thought it would be best for me to get it to help me relax. Getting the epidural was the one thing that I was scared of the most when it came to labor. Getting the epidural was basically painless compared to getting the IV. At 4am Pitocin was started and I was 2cm dilated and still bleeding. The upped my Pitocin at 5am. At 6am they checked me and I was only 2.5cm dilated and still bleeding. At 8am my doctor arrived to check me and break my water. When she checked me I was 3cm. At 8:15 I was able to feel contractions again with the epidural. The nurse checked me at 9:00 and I was 4cm dilated and 100% thinned. The nurse told me to prepare for a long day of labor. I complained about feeling contractions in my belly and lower areas and was told to press the magic white button every 5 minutes, but after 30 minutes I was feeling no relief. The nurse called the anesthesiologist back to give me another dose of medication. That helped with the contractions in my belly, but didn't take the pain away down below. Around 10:45 they called the anesthesiologist back again, but he insisted that I be checked before giving me another dosage. To the nurses surprise I was 9cm dilated. She said get ready and sent the anesthesiologist away. Around 11 everyone came in to prepare for the pushing. It was a party in my room. Everyone (except the baby nurse) had a student shadowing them! With Colin on my right and Tracey on my left at about 11:25 I began pushing. Labor and delivery was nothing like I expected/thought it would be. It was easy. It was painless. It was fast. Between pushes we would all just talk as if nothing was going on. I remember all of us (including the staff) talking about push presents and clarifying that Colin couldn't combine push and Mother's Day presents into one unless the gift was really good. I told the people a million times to cover the mirror in the room, Colin finally solved the problem with medical tape and a pillow case since no one else would. Tracey was continuously feeding me ice in between pushes until I sadly ran out and I remember the nurse having to call for my doctor 3 times to tell her it was time. My doctor finally arrived and we continued to push, but little man just wasn't getting through. The doctor gave me the option to keep going as is or to speed things up by cutting me herself. I elected to be cut - 100% painless. At 12:24pm, William Aston was born. I remember them telling me his head was out and then I felt the pressure of the doctor twisting and pulling him the rest of the way and him fully emerge. AMAZING. He was immediately layed down on top of me and I just cried and stared. I couldn't believe he was really here and I couldn't believe how incredibly easy it was. The rest of the time in the room is almost a complete blur. I remember them measuring him and telling me the numbers and I remember seeing Colin hold him for the first time. I remember just lying there while the doctor did her thing to finish me up. Sadly, I don't remember holding my baby for the first time. The last thing I remember is Colin holding him. Everything from that point on in the L/D room I can't remember. Once moved to post-pardum, the visitors came flooding in to meet our little man.
Colin did his first diaper change on Thursday night while Brad, Tracey, and Laynie were visiting and eating dinner with us that they had brought (THANK YOU!!!). It was hilarious to watch Colin attempt the diaper change. Tracey caught part of it on video, but sadly not the whole 30 minute ordeal. Thursday night we kept Will in our room instead of sending him to the nursery like everyone had told us to. He was just so quiet and so good, I couldn't send him away. He slept through the night and only woke up when I woke him for a bottle. Friday was a relaxing day with just us three. It was nice to spend time together just the three of us. I remember him getting his hearing test done and thinking for most of the time that my baby was deaf. The nurse tried to tell me it was normal, but I kept asking questions and at one point she said she couldn't answer one of my questions. I nearly flipped out. He wasn't passing the test and she wouldn't answer my question. Luckily, he finally passed. Visitors started rolling in at 4 that afternoon and remained until 8:30 that night. Friday night was hard. Will became very fussy and was spitting up ALOT! We also learned he has jaundice late that night and so the pediatrician changed his formula to help with the spitting up and because Will needed to keep more down to help get rid of his jaundice. THE NEW FORMULA WAS AWFUL!!!!!!! My poor baby was spitting up even more and at times is was very scary. At 3am Saturday morning the nurse took Will to the nursery to do more test and in hopes that I would get some sleep. I cried. I slept for about 3 hours and then called the nurse to bring him back. Saturday morning discharge papers were started for baby and me and we were free to leave around 1:00pm. I was scared to go home because the night and the morning had been so hard with his spitting up. Before we left we had discussed with our baby nurse about how we weren't liking the new formula and we decided that we would make the choice to try something different on our own. BEST CHOICE EVER! (We immediately gave Will a third type of formula when we got home (Similac Sensitive) and saw huge improvements by the second bottle.) We made it safely home with our baby boy and my life is now forever changed. I'm beyond blessed with an amazing husband and a beautiful, sweet, baby boy.
Colin did his first diaper change on Thursday night while Brad, Tracey, and Laynie were visiting and eating dinner with us that they had brought (THANK YOU!!!). It was hilarious to watch Colin attempt the diaper change. Tracey caught part of it on video, but sadly not the whole 30 minute ordeal. Thursday night we kept Will in our room instead of sending him to the nursery like everyone had told us to. He was just so quiet and so good, I couldn't send him away. He slept through the night and only woke up when I woke him for a bottle. Friday was a relaxing day with just us three. It was nice to spend time together just the three of us. I remember him getting his hearing test done and thinking for most of the time that my baby was deaf. The nurse tried to tell me it was normal, but I kept asking questions and at one point she said she couldn't answer one of my questions. I nearly flipped out. He wasn't passing the test and she wouldn't answer my question. Luckily, he finally passed. Visitors started rolling in at 4 that afternoon and remained until 8:30 that night. Friday night was hard. Will became very fussy and was spitting up ALOT! We also learned he has jaundice late that night and so the pediatrician changed his formula to help with the spitting up and because Will needed to keep more down to help get rid of his jaundice. THE NEW FORMULA WAS AWFUL!!!!!!! My poor baby was spitting up even more and at times is was very scary. At 3am Saturday morning the nurse took Will to the nursery to do more test and in hopes that I would get some sleep. I cried. I slept for about 3 hours and then called the nurse to bring him back. Saturday morning discharge papers were started for baby and me and we were free to leave around 1:00pm. I was scared to go home because the night and the morning had been so hard with his spitting up. Before we left we had discussed with our baby nurse about how we weren't liking the new formula and we decided that we would make the choice to try something different on our own. BEST CHOICE EVER! (We immediately gave Will a third type of formula when we got home (Similac Sensitive) and saw huge improvements by the second bottle.) We made it safely home with our baby boy and my life is now forever changed. I'm beyond blessed with an amazing husband and a beautiful, sweet, baby boy.
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