On The Best Day of Our Lives

So we knew this day was coming at any time.. and it finally came :) Tuesday at 3pm I went in for my ultrasound and as we were in the ultrasound waiting room my OBGYNs on call doctor called me and said dont even have your ultrasound just go to Labor and Delivery and they are going to induce you cause you have cholestasis- a pregnancy disease where the liver is not filtering the bile and it leaks into the placenta and skin and because it was in my skin i was itching icredibly bad, i could not sleep at night and it just made me cry cause it was so awful :(. So we leave to go to the maternity center and we get in the car and...it wont stsart :) wonderful. we knew we had a bad battery cable but thought it would be fine til Dave got around to replacing it it the neart future, so lucky for us the hospital was 2 buildings away so we walked haha
3:30pm- I was officially a patient in the materity ward. I changed into my beautiful gown and layed in bed waiting to be pampered, and very ready for a baby!
The on call doctor came in and checked my cervix and because I had not made enough progress on my own she prescribed a pill to be inserted into my cervix that would help me thin out and dilate, They started this at 6pm and said they would be back every 4 hours to insert another one. BUT that first one did it... fast. My contractions started right away and I soon dilated to a 3. My labor was pretty strong all night, and very painful. I spent most the night in the tub trying to relax than at around
4am I couldn't handle the contractions so my nurse gave me painkillers through my IV, I felt so much better right away and was able to rest... not sleep really, but rest :)
6am David left to get some stuff from the house and check on the dogs.
7am they started me on pitocin hoping to make my contractions come in a constant pattern (through 25hours of labor they were still irregular the whole time).
9am my new best friend came into the room! My anesthesiologist :) they gave me the epidural, I was always so scared of getting one but it was easy and painless, my wonderful doctor came in right after that and broke my water, wow, having your water broke is a strange feeling. Also, what comes with an epidural? You got it. A catheter. Dave got back at this point and hated that a student put my catheter in :) I couldnt feel it so i didn't care.
3pm my epidural started to wear off and i was dilated to a 8 or 9 so i knew I would soon be pushing. i was so scared cause i could feel everything! so my anesthesiologist came into the room and they filled my epi back up and it wasn't working. so she shot some painkiller in that was stronger than an epi and it helped a tiny bit so she did it again. I was feeling more numb but could feel so much pressure. so my doctor came in and they started to adjust the bed and take it apart and pull out the stirrups. my mom, my mother-in-law, and Dave were in there with me.
5pm I started to push. I never cried, screamed, yelled, or got mad. my adrenalin was so crazy that the pain didnt bother me and I was even making jokes. the nurse told me first time moms normally push 2-3hours. so at about 510pm the staff and my moms were telling me how beautiful my babys hair was. I couldnt believe it. 527pm my beautiful baby was out and laying on my chest. i cried. he had his tight little hand grabbing onto he umbilical cord and the doctor had to pry him off :) my mom cut his umbilical cord. and they weighed him in at 7lbs13oz 19 3/4in. I couldn't believe this tiny human was mine and Daves, i grew this perfect person in my belly. amazing. this was the best day of our married lives, i would say of our lives but meeting and marrying Dave were pretty darn good days too :) Dave was so sweet and the best support person. baby Cole latched right on to eat, i felt so lucky! I was up and walking around about 10 or 15min after delivery...obviously my epi wasn't working or i wouldn't have been able to.
My family is the best family, i have the best husband, baby, and dog ;)
Friday the 14th, the day we were released to go home we finally picked a name for baby Cole. Owen David Cole. :)


My Beautiful Baby Boy-
Owen David Cole
5:27pm Wednesday
October 12th, 2011
7lbs 13oz, 19.75in