we went to the hospital sunday night around 7:30pm. we were lucky to be in a corner room that night far away from the nurses station so it was nice and quiet. jodie got there about 9 to put in the ez- cath. nate and i both took a sleeping pill hoping to sleep so we would be rested for monday. they came and got me about 5:30 am to change rooms. about 6:30am they broke my water. i was about 3cm at that time. i was not in pain at all and we just were relaxing in the room. i had a great nurse, jennifer, that was ready to help me all day! about 10:30 i decided to go ahead and get my epidural. the contractions were not terrible but the epidural was definitely better :) i was glad to not feel anything but i hated not being able to feel my legs. my sisters and mom came around 11. i was about 5 cm around 11:30. at this point i was thinking it would not be too long, oh i was so wrong. nate was going crazy in the hospital and we still were only half way! so basically we just all hung out and waited :) every time i was checked nothing had really changed. i was getting really discouraged and just knew i was going to have to have a c-section. about 4:30 (as we were watching oprah's favorite things) they checked again. NOTHING! jennifer told me to mentally start thinking c-section. well i lost it! i was so sad that i had been waiting all day and it was coming down to this. nate was so sweet and supportive.
jennifer said lets try all these weird positions and see what happens :) so jodie (my doctor) came in about 5:30 and we had made progress!!! she asked what i wanted to do and i couldn't decide so we said lets wait one more hour and then decide. she came in about 6:45 pm and said i was ready to push! it was a miracle! i seriously could not believe it. nate's mom had left to get jim so we called and said hurry back! my family was still there waiting :) we started pushing about 7 pm. all the nurses were wonderful and so helpful. nate was so great and stood there rubbing my arm the whole time(with his back to my lower half :) ) jodie came in and told me she had an emergency c-section, that my dad was just going to help her with since he was there, and i had to stop pushing (ha!) or hurry. i was so glad she was in there for a while bc it helped a lot! dad kept buzzing in telling her to hurry :) whit made his debut at 8:24 pm. at first he was not breathing which gave nate a heart attack. i did not even know what was going on. luckily he was fine and came out weighing 7 lbs 14 oz and 21 in long! such a healthy little one! i was not allowed to hold him at first but it worked out fine so everyone could come see him on the warmer. it was a wonderful night! we sent him to the nursery about 11 pm. what a day! we love our precious whit!
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