Here's how our boy got here!!
I woke up Sunday morning April 10th at 7:00 having some contractions, so I started timing them and they were about 5 to 6 minutes apart. My doctor told me to go in when they were 5 minutes apart but I could tell they weren't that strong so I waited until they got stronger and 4-5 minutes apart to go to the hospital at around 11:00. We got to the hospital and was dilated to a 2 1/2. So they said they would check me in an hour. Well I didn't dilate any so they waited until the doctor got out from delivering another baby to see what to do, which was about 4 hours after we got there. I still hadn't dilated. So they decided to give me a shot of morphine and send me home. They said if it was pre-labor that it would knock it out, but if it was real labor I would wake up with full blown contractions. Well i fell asleep on the way home but kept waking up with contractions every once in a while. I woke up three hours after we got home and was still having them but they weren't killing me. I told Clint I thought we should go back in because if I was still having them then maybe I was dilating. So we hung around for a little bit so I could time them and they were about 2-3 minutes apart. So Clint got in the shower to get ready to go. Aparently the morphine wasn't worn off all the way because about 10 minutes later I was yelling at Clint to get out of the shower because they were killing me and I couldn't even walk to gather the rest of my things. I about died on the way to the hospital my contractions were so strong! But when we got there I got the good news that I had dilated to an 8. I immediately asked for an epidural. About an hour later I was all set and comfortable. This was at 9:00. I fell asleep but they kept coming in because everytime I had a contraction Calder's heart beat was dropping. They kept having me turn over every 10 minutes or so hoping it would help. But they were worried it would drop too much when I started pushing. I was dilated to a 10 at about 2:15 and they told me if he didn't come fast that they might have to do a c-section because his heart rate. Luckily he got here at 2:21am!! He weighed 7lbs 10 oz and was 21 iches long! He is such a doll and I can't get enough of him. He has been so good. He's only been waking up once a night and is so mellow. He hardly cries and will just sit there and stare at us. Can't believe how much we already love him!
I'll post more later but here are a few pictures.
