Introducing...

Our new little boy. We do not have a name yet for this sweet little guy, but we will soon. He was born on March 21, 2009 at 3:34 pm. We started labor at about 3:30 pm on Friday afternoon. I didn't sleep at all on friday night, but I let Brett sleep for about 3 hours until I couldn't take it any longer. One of the doctors which I preferred, Dr. Thorpe was set to take call at 7:00 am saturday, so I was holding out for the morning. We barely made it. I finally gave in and we went into the hospital at 6:00 am. I got an epidural at about 7:30 and was finally able to sleep for real. Brett was so sweet the night before, he would rub my back during a contraction, let me sleep for 5 minutes then rub my back again during the next contraction. I think he still got more sleep than I did though. When we came in I was dilated to a 5 and progressed somewhat rapidly, for a while, but then it stopped. When I was at a 7, Dr. Thorpe ordered some pitocin. My contractions never got really strong, but I still progressed okay. When I was at a 7 1/2, they accidentally broke my water and there was a significant amount of meconium in the fluid. So we bagan to prepare for some aspiration issues. When I was complete, they had me try pushing, and the doctor said he would come when the baby was crowning. I started pushing, and Susan our amazing nurse, turned around. When she turned back, it was holy cow! There's a baby's head coming out. I had only been pushing for abou 35 minutes. We had to wait about 20 minutes for Dr. Thorpe to arrive and 10 minutes later out he came. He has a bacterial infection in his lungs so they put him in the NICU, and he will have to stay for 1 week. We have faith and know that he is going to be just fine. I especially have been so impressed with the care we have recieved here at Timpanogos Regional. The nurses and staff have been fantastic. We will post more later! Enjoy!