Our Delivery Journal

What a whirlwind the last 48 hours have been! Nick and I arrived at the hospital on Sunday evening at 6 p.m to be induced and at our suprise I started having really fast and hard contractions at 6:30. The little guy must have known what we were doing! Within 2 hours I reached 8 centimeters and shocked the nurses how fast my labor was progressing. We thought for sure we were going to have a Fathers Day Baby! The nurses said if I were to have another baby make sure I get to the hospital QUICKLEY!! Luckily I got an epidural right in time. So around 9:00 things started to go downhill, the baby was in distress because of how fast and long my contractions were lasting...he was getting no break at all. He would come down a little bit with each contraction but go right back up. They thought because he was big his shoulders were just not fitting into my pelvis. So we waited...and waited...and waited (for 5 hours) to see if he would move down anymore and see if I would dialate the rest of the way. Within these 5 hours we had a few big scares where his heartbeat went way down (7 minutes at one time) and they had to give me tributaline to calm my uterus down. Then my cervix started to swell because of all the pressure and my Doctor decided at that time to do an emergency c-section. It was definately scary, but I was proud of myself for staying calm. Nick did an excellent job of helping to keep me relaxed and comfortable! I definately could not of done it without him! Baby Talon scored a perfect 10-10 on his apgar score and my Doctor said that was a first for her! So in the end we have a beautiful, healthy baby boy who is the love of our lives! I think he is a perfect mix of Nick and I. He has my blonde hair and top lip and his daddy's nose, jaw line and fingers! We will be leaving the hospital on Thursday and we are all ready to go home and just enjoy our new little love!