the adams family: Henry's Birth Story

We were scheduled for an induction on Thursday April 11, 2013 at 6pm....
Thursday DRAGGED on & on & on... it felt as if 6pm was never going to come!

Chase & I ran a few errands, cleaned, & got everything ready for when Henry would be home with us.
We then went over to my parents to pass time by playing with lulu & zoey & also playing some mario kart.

We received a call from the hospital at 5:30 saying... don't come in at 6pm, all our beds are full. We will call you and let you know, plan on 9-10pm.

I was so sad. ha ha
at 7pm i got a phone call from Labor & Delivery that said come now, we have an open bed!!

Wahoo!!! It was time to get this baby boy here!

Chase and I went to the hospital and checked in about 7:30. We started the cytotec at 8pm.
When we started I was only a 1.5 and 60% effaced with very little contractions. At 8:15pm I was having HUGE contractions that were very regular. At 9:00pm our nurse came in to insert another round of cytotec. I was not at a 2 and 80% effaced. I was not in any pain, just couldn't sleep due to excitement/discomfort from the contractions. They came in and gave me fentanyl every hour... boy that didn't take long to make me feel higher than a kite. I was sleeping great, and laughing with the nurses through out the night. Dr. Rhees said i wouldn't need anymore cytotec because it was working and I was having a ton of contractions... good news! by 10pm I was at a 3 and 85% effaced. around 3am I was at a 4 and 90% effaced. Dr. Rhees came in and broke my water at 3:28am.... Strangest feeling I have ever experienced... water literally gushed out for a good 4-5 minutes and then continued to come out as I moved. The anesthesologist was by our room around 4:30.. so we figured we might as well get the epidural while he was there... (didn't hurt one bit). around 5am, they started me on pitocin because i was at a stand still. Every hour the nurse came in to check... I wasn't having much improvement. At noon I was 5cm and 90% effaced. at 1pm the nurse came in and said... YOU ARE A 10 & 100% EFFACED! woo hoo!! we were both so shocked, yet super excited. By this point, my legs were completely numb... putting them in stirrups was quite the job. All of the nurses had told me to plan on pushing for 3-4 hours with the first baby. BUT as soon as my legs were in the stirrups, Dr. Drewes came and checked and said we would be having this baby soon. He could already see the head. After 2 contractions & literally 4 pushes later, Henry was OUT! There wasn't enough time for to cut, so naturally I had 2nd degree tearing. We weren't expecting Henry to weigh over 9 pounds. Such a big baby.. but such an EASY labor/delivery!

Such a tender, sweet moment that was!
I looked at Chase as he went with Henry to get cleaned and as i got stitched. Such an emotional thing... Seeing the love that Chase had for our little baby was so overpowering. It was like the Heavens opened up for a brief moment. I never thought I could love anyone as much as Chase... yet here was little Henry and my Heart tripled in size. This was our little miracle. Chase and I made this BEAUTIFUL baby boy! Holding him for the first time was so surreal!! Needless to say, we are in love! Henry is loved by so many people!!