The day was finally here! On June 28th we woke up feeling very excited and anxious. Aaron had the day off since the induction was scheduled for 3 PM at Ogden Regional Medical Center and it's a minimum of a 30 minute drive. He went to the gym with Ryan and Ashley to kill some time while I spent some last one-on-one time with Berkley.
I was feeling more than anxious so I called the hospital around 10:30 AM (10:24 AM to be exact...I was supposed to wait and call at 2 PM) to find out if there was going to be enough room for me to be induced or not. I felt crushed when they informed me that they had been admitting a lot of walk-ins and that they would have to postpone my induction until later that night.
Aaron was feeling pretty let-down and discouraged too when I called to tell him. After he came home from the gym and got ready we walked around the neighborhood a little bit (trying to push things along...unsuccessfully!) and spent some time watching movies from Redbox to try to keep our minds off of being frustrated and anxious. Just as we were getting ready to start another movie (at 1:58 PM) my phone rang. It was the hospital! They said to head in and they had room to induce me! We ran around frantically gathering all of our last minute stuff for the hospital, jumped in the car, and drove as fast as legally possible to the hospital!
On our way!!!
We got there at 2:45 PM and checked in.
Berkley waiting...reading a magazine!
Thanks to some problems in the admissions office we didn't get put in a room until 3:30 PM so things got started a little bit later than we had anticipated...at that point we didn't care anymore though. We knew that we were really going to have our baby! What else matters when you're that excited, right?!
Me outside of my room...you should look up the picture of me wearing this same outfit outside of my room when we went to have Berkley...it's a good laugh!
After answering questions, peeing in a cup, and putting on my super cute (NOT!) hospital gown and getting situated in my bed they got me started! They put me on Pitocin, running at 4, at 4:25 PM. The contractions stayed regular (FINALLY! It was a nice change from the past week of off and on false labor!) and we were on our way!
Hanging out in my bed! Yeah, I was still comfortable at this point! :)
Ice chips...the not so yummy only food choice during labor.
At 5:10 PM my midwife came in and broke my water and checked me. I was still at a 4 and 90-100% effaced (same as what I had been at his office two days earlier) and I was handling the contractions just fine so they increased the flow rate of the Pitocin to 8.
My cute hubby! He's so awesome!
Berkley hanging out with mommy before the pain set in!
Playing games on my phone to help kill time!
By 7:05 PM I was dilated to a 6 and starting to feel slightly uncomfortable. For those of you who don't know, I did go completely natural...no epidural, no IV pain meds, NOTHING! As the pain got worse I got more and more nauseated! It was horrible to feel so nauseous but not want to puke! I held strong and never did throw up!
By 7:56 PM I was getting pretty darn uncomfortable and a little bit snippy with the people in my room! Originally Aaron and I had discussed things that I wanted him to say to me while I was hurting to help encourage me but by the time I was hurting as badly as I was all I wanted was for EVERYONE to SHUT UP! I did say please most times that I asked people to stop talking to me though! :) Aaron was cute and asked if I wanted him to just throw our previous discussion about him encouraging me verbally out the window and I quickly said "YES!"
34 minutes before Nixon was born...I don't look too bad for being way uncomfortable and going 100% natural, right?!
The next thing I knew my midwife, Guy Cox, came into the room and checked everything. I, being the curious person I am, asked for a mirror so I could see what was going on. Honestly, it helps to see what's going on, at least for me it does! Shortly after getting the mirror I was told to start pushing...WHAT?! I didn't realize that the end was so close! PUSH?!?! Seriously?! Okay!!!
One push and Nixon's perfect little head (actually big according to the nurse...35 cm OFC) was out! Push again...he was all the way out! Holy crap that went fast! TWO PUSHES?! I never would have thought that he would come out so quickly and easily! P.S. Pushing without an epidural is a million times easier and I didn't feel like my head was exploding at all! I did feel my legs and feet get really warm right as he was coming out and then they quickly went back to normal...weird! Oh, and holy burning sensation when the little guy had crowned! So weird!
4 hours and 25 minutes after being started, at 8:50 PM on June 28th, 2012 our baby boy, Nixon Ryan Evans, made his way into the world weighing 7 lb 2 oz (just like Berkley!) and measuring 19 inches long! We instantly loved him and we are absolutely enjoying having him in our lives!
I love this little man SO much!
Berkley got to meet her baby brother just 26 minutes after he was born and she instantly loved him! She loves to rub his head and say "Wow!" and she can't get enough of giving him kisses...even without being prompted to! I couldn't ask for a more perfect little family!
Our first family picture with Nixon!
He completes our family for now and we love his sweet personality and enjoy snuggling him as much as he enjoys snuggling us!
Oh yeah, don't you worry! I got my chocolate at the end!
Here are a few more pictures from the big day!
The proud grandparents!
Our family of 4!
