Well it's about time I blog about Maddox's birth. I was not going to get induced with this pregnancy until a few things changed my mind. One I was getting miserable but two, I turned 39 weeks on the Sat. of Memorial Day weekend which gave Scott a 3-day weekend off work and made it possible for my sister to come up and take care of my kids while I was in the hospital. So I agreed to get induced again.
We went in Sat. morning September 4th and they got things started around 10:00. My doctor was fairly aggressive with the Pitocin so by about 1:00 I was at a 5 and could finally get my epidural but I was having such strong contractions every minute or so and was in full-blown transition while he was trying to stick my back. I think it took about half an hour to finally get the epidural in and by then I thought I was going to die. That warm tingling feeling slowly going down my body and erasing the pain is the best feeling on earth.
So after the epidural settled in they checked me and I was almost to a 9 so I called my sister who wanted to be there and Missy also and they rushed up thinking we'd have a baby within the hour. However, the epidural slowed me down a bit and so he wasn't born until right before 5:00. He came out with the cord around his neck which we had expected but I pushed him out so quickly that it didn't have time to do any harm.
He came out kicking and screaming but has hardly cried since. He weighed 7lbs 2ozs and was 19 1/2 in. long. He is just beautiful and such a sweet baby. He has the most tender personality already and loves to snuggle and kiss me. I love it! I feel so blessed to have little Maddox in our lives.
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