39 Weeks!
Its that time...
Last Picture of the Belly :(
All hooked up...waiting for something to happen
All smiles after 12 hours of labor...cake!
Profile shot...thanks hun ;)
waking the halls...trying to get things going?!?!?
10-22-12: Brad and I arrived at the hospital at 7am for our scheduled induction! We had taken bets on what time the baby would arrive and thought that for sure we would have a baby by Monday night! The nurses got me all hooked up to monitors (heart, blood pressure, contraction monitor, and IV) and started petocin upon arrival. I was dilated a 1 when we got there and was 80% thinned. I walked and walked and did everything that i could but only dilated to a 2 by days end. I was having contractions but could not feel them. I took some pain meds through my IV towards the end of the night so that i could get some sleep (not so much for the pain but to knock me out)!
Just woke up after the epidural
getting ready for pictures with my little man
10cm Dialated!!! This was our last picture as a couple... B+G=3
10-23-12: My doctor came in, in the morning and decided to keep the petocin going and break my water (i was only dilated a 3, so i was not making progress). It was the strangest feeling ever to have my water broke but it sure did the trick! After my water broke i got another shot of pain medicine out of fear that contractions would be getting stronger soon! With just having had that i got check again and was already dilated a 4. Out of pure fear of how bad the pain was going to be i opted for the epidural. It was painless (more than likely from the shot of pain meds...i didn't feel a thing) and the next thing i knew i was numb! It was fabulous and it made me tired, so off to sleep i went. When i woke up for the nurse to check me i was a 9 and then minutes later a 10. It was GO time, time to push! I could not believe that i slept through my entire labor but hey, i will take it. They gave me more epidural medication before starting to push and an hour later our little miracle was born. Max Harrison Osborne was born at 4:33pm (which my uncle Steve guessed almost exactly 4:30). He was absolutely perfect, at 6lb. 10oz. and 20.25 inches long. Labor was easy until something went wrong after he was born, he was quickly take away from me as i had to be worked on. I had placenta accerta, which only happens in 1 in 25,000 women, and had to immediately have a procedure done to save my uterus. I am thankful for the doctors and nurses that worked on me and i am lucky to not have had a lot of bleeding and will be able to have children in the future. I know that was the first question i asked my doctor. Although after i was very much in pain and then out of it, due to medication, it was so worth it to look at my precious baby boy. It is an unexplainable love!
My Perfect Little Baby Boy
Little Footprint on Daddy's Arm
Brad, Max, and Dr. Morisetty
Eyes Wide Open from Day 1
Our Long Baby...especially for his size!
Proud New Mom & Baby Max
All stretched out getting his tan on
look at those cool goggles
melts my heart
family picture
going home
our little family of 3
The Week: We spent the next week in the hospital. I was looked after by the doctors and nurses, getting over the pain of the procedure. Max spent his time sunbathing in an incubator to correct his jaundice. He loved it in there. He would stretch out and sleep all day, like a little angel baby! Brad and I learned a lot that week. We learned his schedule, when to feed, how to burp, and change a diaper. It was exhausting and on Friday we were released to come home.
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