Happy Birthday Colton

Well yesterday was the day that our perfect little boy decided he wanted to be his birthday.  I knew I was in labor all day, but I still had that unsure feeling about it.  I had a dr appt at 4pm so I just counted contractions.  They were unsteady all day but they were coming every 6-10 minutes. This was new for me being that with Hayden she broke my water and with Gracie I was induced, so I was very uncomfortable all day. 

On my way to the dr office, I just really knew that my baby boy was coming, so I called Mark and asked him to leave as soon as possible, being that it takes 3 hours for him to get home.  When I got to Dr. Garrett's office, she was at the hospital delivering another baby, so I had to wait which almost drove Mark crazy...he kept texting me and I would tell him that I still hadn't seen Dr. Garrett yet.  Well, the new midwife that she has hired came in to check me and said that I was measuring 39 weeks and I was dilated to a 5 and 60% effaced and was in active labor...so she went to get Dr. Garrett to confirm her diagnosis and Dr. Garrett agreed, she stripped the membranes and sent me straight to the hospital.  The funny part was that I drove myself to the hospital and checked myself in.  It was really weird being all by myself but I knew Mark was about an hour out.  Thank goodness Mimi and Pop came to the hospital to keep me company while waiting on Mark... Aunt Linda went to my Mom's to pick the girls up, so that my Mom could come to the hospital. 

At 10:45pm the most handsome little boy ever entered the world and our lives.  He is perfect and he was 8lbs 15oz and 21 inches long,  yes I did deliver him all the nurses at the hospital were amazed.  He is PERFECT and HEALTHY!  After the delivery my placenta would not release, so for another hour Dr. Garrett and Dr. Lee worked and worked trying to get it out and finally they couldn't leave it any longer and I had to go to surgery for a D & C for them to make sure they got everything out.  It was the scariest feeling leaving my husband and newborn son in the room to go off to surgery but I didn't really get a choice.  The surgery went fine and ended up in recovery about 1:30am and stayed there until about 3:45am.  I am not going to lie, I was in extreme pain, in fact I was in so much pain I was crying.  They gave me several different pain medicines and it still hurt but it was bearable.  Finally at 4am we were in a real room and Colton slept like an angel for Mommy and Daddy, which was very nice to get a little bit of sleep before starting at 6am with nurses and labs.  Oh well at least we have all been able to nap on and off today. 


Mimi brought Hayden and Gracie this morning to visit their little brother.  They were so excited!  Hayden held him for a really long time and Gracie held him for just a minute...she still can't be completely trusted.  It was one of the sweetest things I have ever seen to watch my three babies love on each other.  Mark and I are truly blessed with our 3 angels, they are our world!!!  Hayden and Gracie are ready for Colton to come home a play, I thought it was cute. 

Dr. Beeber also came this morning and confirmed that Colton is a big, healthy boy!  He couldn't believe that he was 2 weeks early and weighed 9lbs. He said that he is a Healthy little boy.