He's Here...

You knew it was coming soon enough...and sure enough my dearest little one decided to make his grand debut into the world this week. On Tuesday I had my non-stress test and and my regular doctor's appointment. I was still dilated 3 1/2 cm and the doctor did a sweep on me. Then as I went home my contractions started to kick in and become more consistent. I decided to see how things would go throughout the night and determine whether or not I was actually in labor. Well that night was awful. Contractions started coming harder and harder and by 4 in the morning I simply couldn't sleep anymore. I knew we needed to go to the hospital sometime in the day. We waited until around ten to go to the hospital and when I got there I was at 5 cm and still dilating. So they registered me and got me hooked up to monitors fast because I was in active labor at that point. Within an hour I had dilated a full centimeter and was making steady progress. And hour after that things sort of stalled and I was stuck at almost 7 cm for a few hours because my water hadn't broken yet. So they waited for the doctor to come and break my water and kept me on pitocin. But by the time the doctor was on his way I was starting to feel some pressure and told Jonathan that. When the doctor finally made it he was only going to break my water but then he realized that I was ready to deliver the baby and started laughing. So we started pushing...and after 5 minutes on Wednesday at 4:54 p.m. Hudson James Spooner was welcomed into the world. And he is such a treasure and I can hardly wait to get to know better!