Labor Day! October 3, 2009

Saturday, October 3, 2009 - I woke up at 6 a.m. this morning with really bad contractions and they felt stronger than they have ever felt before. I finally got out of bed at 6:45 a.m. to take a nice hot shower hoping the contracting would go away. And for those of you who know me, know I am NOT a morning person so these contractions had be really bad for me to get out of bed at 6:45 a.m.! After the shower the contractions still were not gowing away but I was sure I was not in labor. So David and i decided to go on a walk around 7:30 a.m. hoping that would alleviate the contractions. We walked to a breakfast cafe in Carmel Mountain but I could not sit down and eat because of the contractions, so we went to Starbucks and I got a scone and we walked home. We got back from around 9:30 a.m. and we started timing the contraction; they were about 4 mintues apart. David and I started to pack the hospital bag although I was still in denial that I was in labor! We finally arrived at Pomerado hospital about at about noon and I thought they might send me home but they checked me and I was already 4 centimeters dilated! The nurse said I would have a baby by dinner time. I couldn't believe it! I called my parents and David called his parents. My parents were the first to arrive around 1:30 followed by David's Mom and later David's Dad. My labor progressed and the nurse said I was like "textbook" labor because everything was going so smoothly. I was about 6.5 centtimeters by 3:30 when I got my epidural. The nurse ended up breaking my water while she was checking me which made my labor progress even faster and by 6:45 I was starting to push. Adam and Shilah had just arrived before I started to push. By the time it came down to pushing Miles out I was exhausted because I had been up since 6 a.m. that morning and all I had to eat was a scone at Starbucks. I knew the faster I could push Miles out the sooner I could eat, so that was my motivation! HaHa! After about an hour of pushing Miles was born at 7:59 p.m. on October 3, 2009. Dr. Kohatsu delivered Miles with another nurse and David and my Mom were also in the delivery room. Miles was born at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches long. When he came out they put him right on my chest and David cut the cord. I remember thinking how warm Miles was and how beutiful he looked. David and I had about an hour to ourselves with Miles before we let the rest of the family come into the room. David and I were smiling from ear to ear and just so over joyed that our son was finally here!