Aiden's Birth Story

At 1:13 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2012 Brandon and I welcomed our precious baby boy into this world.  We woke up that morning around 3 am and got ready to go to the hospital.  I was being induced because my doctor was going on vacation the week he was due and I really wanted her to be the doctor that delivered my baby.  And Aiden was ready to come anyway, I was already dilated 2 cm.  We were scheduled to be at the hospital at 5 am and we arrived around 5:15.  We only had to wait a few minutes before we were taken up to a room because we had pre-registered.  Both Brandon and I were a combination of super excited, nervous, scared, and happy. 

We got settled into a room around 5:30 or 5:45, the nurses got me all set up, and started my Pitocin drip around 6.  From around 6 until about 8, there wasn't much going on.  My Pitocin was slowly increased and then my doctor came by at 8 to break my water.  My Mom arrived at the hospital shortly before my doctor came by and her arrival was such a comfort to me.  I knew my Mom was there if I needed her!  After my doctor broke my water, she encouraged me to go ahead and get my epidural.  At first I wanted to see how far I could progress without needing one, but she encouraged me again to go ahead and get it.  I decided to listen to her voice of wisdom :)    Around 9, the anesthesiologist came to give me my epidural.  This was a scary procedure for me, especially because they wouldn't allow any family in the room, even Brandon.  I was so needing his hand to hold during this, but before I knew it, it was over and SO worth it.  By the time my epidural kicked in, I had just really started to feel some pain from my contractions, up until then I had only really felt pressure from them.  I feel very lucky to have only felt a little labor pain :)    After the epidural, I got my catheter, which was actually great because then I could quit getting up every 5 minutes to pee!  

Sometime after all that, my Dad arrived at the hospital.  I was so happy to have both parents there by this time.  I remember around 10 we were just watching t.v. and chatting.  At some point, Aiden started to get in distress and we had to have an internal fetal monitor hooked up so the nurses could keep a better eye on him.  They kept me on my side and kept turning me to try to keep him out of distress.  At one point his heart rate got really low and they called my doctor, but she said to just keep doing what we were doing and his heart rate went back up.  It was scary for a few minutes, though.  By 11 am, I was dilated to 10 cm and it was time to have a baby!  I couldn't have been more shocked!  I couldn't believe the nurse when she told me that I was ready to push after only being in labor for 5 hours!  My doctor got to the hospital pretty fast because Aiden had been in distress.  They gave me oxygen to help his heart rate stay up and we got ready to have a baby! 

I had kind of a hard time with pushing because our stubborn little Aiden wanted to be born face up and he wouldn't fit that way, so my doctor kept having to turn him face down.  After 2 hours of pushing, I was exhausted and my doctor asked me if I wanted help.  I tiredly said yes and she delivered Aiden with the vacuum, which sounds scary, but wasn't.  Our son was finally born!  He was so beautiful!  Brandon and I were both crying and couldn't stop looking at our precious baby boy.  He weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz and was 19 inches long.  Our family was dying to meet him because they were on pins and needles in the waiting room and hadn't heard anything in over 2 hours.  After Brandon and I had a little alone time with him, all our family came in and met our bundle of joy.  Brandon and I couldn't have been more excited to welcome our son into the world!