Last Wednesday, I had gone as scheduled to my high-risk doctors appointment. I'd not been feeling well for a couple of weeks. I'd been having consistent contractions, high blood pressure, swelling, dizziness, vision issues, plus Hayden wasn't moving like normal. My regular OB didn't seem to be as concerned as I was. When I went in, they checked my blood pressure, it was 134/104. This was way too high and my high-risk doctor sent me around the hall to Labor and Delivery to be monitored. One of the "Labwork ladies," as I called them, came in to draw some blood for a pH test to check for preeclampsia. My first two tests came back normal, but the third test was not what they wanted it to be. So, off to a delivery room I waddled to begin my induction 6 days early. On Monday, at my regular OB appointment, I was only dilated to 2cm. So when my doctor came in to start the induction, I was surprised to find out that I'd already dilated to 4cm. She broke my water and the contractions started picking up BIG time! They had quite a time getting an IV line placed. I seriously thought I was going to break my iPhone I was squeezing it so hard. After 5 tries, 2 nurses, and one blown vein, they finally got the IV going. The contractions, after only 30 minutes after my water was broken, were registering in the 60's and 70's on the monitor, so I started begging for anesthesia to come give me the epidural so I didn't feel quite like I was dying! LOL!!! I still felt all of the pressure but none of the pain:-) This was a good thing for me because I could tell as it was getting closer to time for him to be born! Just to give you an idea of how fast this labor went, here's a little timeline:
12:45pm: I was 4cm and she broke my water to speed things up
3:00 pm: I was already to 6cm
4:35 pm: 8cm
5:10 pm: 9cm
5:35 pm: 10cm
5:45 pm: after just 10 minutes Hayden was born
Hayden was a tiny little guy who immediately starting screaming!! This, of course, was music to my ears!! He weighed 5lbs. 13.6oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. He passed his hearing test and had no jaundice:-) The pediatrician said he looked so great and was so alert, she didn't see why he wouldn't be able to go home the next day! He had his little "boy" surgery on Thursday afternoon and wasn't too happy, but thankfully, the doctor did a wonderful job and after just 2 days it didn't even phase him anymore.
We were definitely blessed with another healthy baby!! He's a good sleeper, a good eater, and is very alert and pays attention to everything when he's awake. We took him to his pediatrician yesterday and got a great report! He doesn't have to go back until he's one month old. Here are a few pictures of our little guy!
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| This is one of the first pictures of Hayden!! He was literally 5 minutes old here! |
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| Here's BIG sister Emma!! She couldn't wait to hold him and kiss on him! |
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| Here's Hayden, just 27 1/2 hours old, going home from the hospital! |
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| Here's BIG brother Alden feeding Hayden a bottle! Please excuse the mis-matched bottle! LOL! |
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| Here's one very proud BIG brother Avery! He loves holding and kissing on Hayden and is great at calming him down! |
Our family is officially complete!! We've got four healthy, happy kids!! We couldn't be happier! If you've called, texted, Facebooked us, sent cards, we thank you SO very much!! I'm horrible at writing thank-you notes, plus these days with a toddler and a newborn, I don't have much time on my hands! The thing that I'm most proud of is how Emma is dealing with being a big sister. She's shown no jealousy, she helps out, she tries to calm him down when he gets upset, and she's sweet as pie to him!
