We had an induction set for Monday the 21st at 5:30 AM, but of course I had to go into labor myself on Sunday at 5:15 PM. We headed to the hospital around 9:00. I wasn't progressing as much as they wanted me to but decided to keep me there and have us walk for about an hour. The contractions were so bad I decided I would take a hot shower...helped soooo much! The nurse called the Dr. to see what we should do and he said to give me Pitocin at 3:00 AM and then once I hit 4 cm they could give me the epidural. Labor pains are HORRIBLE!!! I can't even imagine going through labor without drugs :) At 5:45 they finally gave me the epidural, kinda hurt but well worth the pain. Once I got that taken care of I zonked out. Only waking up to my nurses coming in and out every 5 minutes to look "busy" I wasn't too impressed with my nurses by the way. They wouldn't tell me anything about what was going on so I had to ask them everything. Finally around 10 they checked and I was about a 10 so they said they would call my Dr. Well, nurse comes in and says we are going to wait for me to progress more? Weird! Anyways around 12:45 they finally had my start pushing, by this time the epidural was wearing off and I was starting to feel the pain again. I pushed for about 30 minutes with the nurses before they called the Dr. in and of course they pushed me too hard and tore the crap out of me, Dr. wasn't too happy with them when she showed up. Brigham was born at 1:23 PM weighing in at 8 lbs 8 oz!! and a 15 inch head! I guess thats huge? He was hungry from the get go, biting the doctors fingers when she was delivering him. That was the most amazing experience of my life, to share that with Mikey was so awesome! I was so excited to see his reaction when he was born but I was crying too hard to even see what he was doing :)
We stayed at the hospital for about 24 hrs and they sent us home. First diaper changing at home he did what every little boy does and peed all over us! Silly kid!
The first night was terrible! He wanted to eat all the time and was never saitisfied so he maybe slept for 2 hours the whole night. Not what I expected from a newborn. Finally we called the hospital to see what we could do (we were about to break at this point) so they suggested pumping and giving him whatever we can get, we fed it to him and had my dad give him a blessing and right away he was a totally different baby! Love the power of the priesthood! He slept for about 4 hours and had 2 happy parents. Last night was 10 times better than the night before. We had his first appt with the pediatrician this morning and things are looking great other than he lost a little too much weight but the Dr. isnt to concerned considering his skin tone looks great. I also had an appt with the lactation specialist at the hospital and HOLY COW she was such a help! Again I was "taught" how to feed by my nurse before and it was nothing like what the specialist told me. So to sum things up we now have a happy normal baby! YAY!
We also have my family here to see/help with the baby and to celebrate Christmas. It has been great having family here especially for Christmas. They have been great dealing with my mood swings and constant feedings. Hope everybody has a very merry Christmas! We got the most perfect gift in the world!
