New Born Pictures

Reid Michael

He is finally here!! I cant tell you how happy we are that he has come to our family. He is simply perfect! It has definitely been a long journey to get him here, but it was all worth it. I feel so blessed!!  Reid was born on Sunday October 5th 2014 { 4 days late I might add..} We first went to the hospital around 1:30 in the morning after having contractions for the allotted hour. They send us to the triage room to check on the contractions, how far dilated and effaced I was etc... Contractions were there, they were constant like they should be, I was 3.5 cm dilated and 70% effaced. I guess it's the hospitals policy for laboring mothers to have to walk around for 1 hour and be checked again for any  progress before admitting them into the hospital for delivery. So Boyd and I walked.. came back and was checked again. Still only 3.5 cm but 80% effaced. NOT enough progression. {so sad!} They gave me the option to walk another hour before they called the Dr. to see what she thought, but the nurse was sure she would send me home. Boyd and I walked again. This time the contractions were getting stronger and more frequent. A good sign I thought and was hopeful that it was making a difference.. After our second hour of walking they checked me again and no progress was made... so i bet you guessed it, they sent us home, even though my contractions were 2 minutes apart and very painful. Home we went with some pain medication. We got home around 6:30 am and we both tried to get some sleep. Boyd got just a tad, where I got none. Contractions were practically unbearable and getting closer and closer together. Almost 2 hours went by, when I finally asked Boyd to call the labor and delivery to tell them what was happening and to see if we should come back in. Contractions weren't even stopping now. Yes they wanted us to come back in!! { stinking Dr.s and Nurses... shouldn't have sent me home!! but don't worry i'm not bitter......} They didn't even send be back to triage, straight to room 319 I went. I was at 8.5 cm now. In two painful hours I had gone from a 3.5 to an 8.5! { seriously they shouldn't have sent me home.... still not bitter..} Luckily I was still able to get an epidural for the pain. {Praise the Lord!} 

Now that I was more comfortable they wanted to try and have me wait until 12:30 pm to deliver so that I could get all the antibiotic needed before delivery because I had tested positive for the group B strep. I needed to get 2 bags of penicillin through my IV before he was born in order to avoid having to stay in the hospital 48 hours. Reid decided he wasn't going to wait. After one bag of penicillin and two hours after arriving for the second time he was born. 10:46 am and face up! 7 pounds and 1 ounce, 19 3/4 inches long and just perfect. 

We are all just so happy to finally have him here and part of our family. The girls just simply adore him and want to be around him all the time. He is a very good baby. Couldn't have asked for a better one. So glad he is here and completing our family. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!