Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Our New Addition




Luke Harley Endsley was born yesterday at 10:07 p.m. He is so wonderful. I can't keep my eyes off him and I just want to hold him all the time. He smells so great and so far only cries when he is hungry. He might be our calmest baby yet. He only cried for a little bit when he was born and then calmed down so fast.
So here is his birth story, sorry if it is long.
Luke was due on Saturday the 10th of March, but since I don't normally go into labor on my own we just planned on being induced.
Because of family trips on my Mom,Tiersa and Collette's part, we planned the induction on the 13th at 7:30 in the morning.
I must admit that I was not loving the pregnancy by that last week, but still was able to walk mostly without waddling and do some necassary preperations for his arrival. I looked forward to the day when we would get to hold our little guy and see what features he had and who he resembled. I planned it that way for good reason though, I needed my Mommy there.
So my Mom came into town on Monday night the day before the induction and we got all prepared for going to the hospital the next morning. I set my alarm for 6 in the morning just to make sure we would be to the hospital on time, and right before it went off my phone rang. It was the hospital. The dreaded call had come... they did not have room for me because too many women had come in the night before and they were slammed. I could not hide my disappointment, I was so sad. I had planned the whole thing out to have this baby by the afternoon and now I didn't even know if we were going to have a baby that day. I got up and went about our normal routine, but was so dejected and down. I had a Doctors appointment at 9:20 just in case they didn't get me in to start my induction, so Adam and I got ready for that. At this point I felt like they were not going to call me until late that day if at all. Adam convinced me to call them and just see what they could tell me about when I might get to go in. They had good news. They would probably be calling soon and they told me to expect to go in that day. OH THANK GOODNESS is what I was thinking.
We went to the doctor, Adam got to meet Dr. Huish for the first time and we found out that I hadn't progressed much since my last visit.
When we got home Tiersa and the girls were there and we talked for a little. I broke down and cried because I was so frustrated and felt like the baby was never going to come out. Adam and I were both wishing at this point that we were back in Cedar City with a small hospital that doesn't have so many people randomly having babies.
As we were talking my phone rang. It was the hospital and they said if I could be there within the next hour they would like to start my induction. I could have cried. I was so relieved and yet anxious because I didn't want anyone to get there ahead of me and take my spot.
We took some family pictures and then were on our way

I was hungry and knew I wouldn't be able to eat once I got to the hospital so I stopped at Subway and grabbed a sandwich. (There was a group ahead of me ordering 7 different sandwiches and it was the LONGEST 10 minutes of my life to wait for them)
We got to the hospital and checked in at 11:00.

My nurse's name was Missy and she had a student shadowing her. Because of this everything took a little longer. The student tried my IV (with my permission, which I wish I hadn't consented to). She blew my vein so the other nurse took over.
We had to do an antibiotic because I was Group B Strep Positive, which can hurt the baby, so I knew going into it that we wouldn't be able to have my water broken until at least 4 hours after the anti biotic was started. My labors really progress once my water is gone so I was really frustrated when 5 o'clock came around and I could have the Dr. break my water but he wasn't there yet to do it. Then six came around and I was STARVING, but there was no sign of Dr. Huish. I thought for sure I would have had the baby by 7 that night instead he didn't even show up until 8, which meant there was a shift change and my wonderful nurse left. Those 3 hours that I had to wait from when I could have my water broken and when he finally showed up were THE LONGEST 3 HOURS OF MY LIFE. I did however get to sleep a little and that helped pass the time.
When he showed up around 8 I knew it would be quick after that. I rested a little bit more and around 9 I felt some pressure

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