WORTH THE WAIT

For those of you not aware, I was scheduled to be induced on Wednesday, December 19th, but unfortunately there was no room at the inn for us. I was very disappointed that my well planned out delivery was not going to go my way. I try so hard to be organized and have everything in order, that I set myself up for disappointment when things don't go as planned. So on Thursday, December 20th I went and saw my doctor so that she could hopefully move things along for us. I was pleased to know that I was already between 2 and 3cm. She scheduled me to be the first induction on Friday, December 21st at 5:30 am. So finally, after what seemed like a forever wait, Friday came. Tim, myself, and my sister, Dawn took off for the hospital. We got settled in and by 6:45 am I had my IV, pitocin, and penicillin G. The penicillin G was because I test positive for Group B strep. And honestly, the penicillin G was the worst part of my whole labor and delivery. As it enters your blood stream it causes a lot of pain in that arm (OUCH). By 8:45 am I had my epidural and the doctor broke my water. By 10 am, I had gone from 3cm and 50% to 7cm and 80%. By 11:45 or so, I was completely dilated. We waited until Spencer was a +2 (a little before 1pm) and then with 2 contractions, our beautiful baby boy was born. It was the most amazing birth and definitely WORTH THE WAIT.
I was so fortunate to have my sister there to capture every part of this amazing child's birth. It you haven't checked out her blog or website, please do. I have emailed everyone with the links and if for some reason you didn't get them, please email me and I will forward them onto you.
For now, here are a few pictures from the past 6 days.