Our little man decided to come a bit early, July 22 at 3 am I was awoke by some slight contractions, nothing that was to terribly painful and they weren't close together. I got up to get a bite to eat and to time them just in case they came more often. I then noticed I was "leaking" a little. I pulled out the What to Expect When Expecting book and read about water breaking. It isn't always a gush, can be a slight trickle. I wasn't completely sure if this is what was going on or not. I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't, I didn't want to wake Sean if it was a false alarm. I knew I would be going into work at 7 am anyhow and would get checked then. Walked in a half hour early and told my co-worker that I was going to get checked. They tested me to see if it was truly my water breaking and sure enough it was. I had Sean go to work and I told him I would call with the results of the test. I wasn't having any contractions so I was hoping that I could work a few hours. Now I don't love my job that much, we just have A LOT going on and I had A LOT to get finished before I took 12 weeks off. Nope, I was strapped down with all kinds of monitors and wasn't going any where.
Called Sean and the family and let them all know what was going on. Thankfully the hospital has wifi so I could play on my ipod touch and get on the Internet and facebook. Have to kill the time some how. I got the epidural put in around 1100, it was great!!!! The worst part is that now I couldn't eat any more. I hadn't eaten much all day, guess it was the nerves.
By 1200 I still hadn't progressed that much they started me on pitocin to help move things along. 5pm still hadn't progressed that much more and his heart rate was dropping with each contraction, so they took me off the pitocin and started talking about a c-section. I didn't want to go down that path but they want the kid out within so many hours of your water breaking to prevent infection. 8pm check and then it was time to push, 38 min later out he came. And wow did he let out a scream. 8 pounds exactly and 20 inches long with lots of hair and blue eyes. Hayden Allen Wagner
Hard to describe the first time seeing your child, was just amazing! The next few hours were spent with family, Sean's parents, brother wife and kids, and my parents were all there. Got some nice photos, and me in the background of my mom holding Hayden is me eating. I was so fricking hungry.
Now 3 weeks later we have been adjusting. I use to love sleep, I was at least an 8 hours a night girl, now if I get 3 in a row I am happy. He is just perfect, although I am a bit biased. Sean took the first 2 weeks off it was so nice to have him home to help. It is hard to believe it has been 3 weeks already. Seems if I would have lots of time during the day but it just flies by, with the seemingly endless feeding and changing. Diaper changes are going well, it seems as if I do it 100 times a day, and I have been peed on only a few times, he got Sean good during a bath, it was pretty funny! The grandma's have been so nice to watch him for a few hours here and there so we can get out. As for the beer I had in the fridge, it was ok. It just didn't taste as good as I hoped it would.
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