Thursday morning we headed to the Dr for our 8:30 am appointment. Dr came in and said "ok ready to have this baby"? He checked me and I was 3 cm and 75% effaced so he stripped my membranes. He asked if we wanted to go to the hospital or walk around some and go later. I told him I wanted to walk some but he was worried that if we didn't go then we would end up in the ER first where they would monitor me before calling him where if we went now he would call Labor and Delivery and have them get us a room set up without having to go through the ER. That way he would not miss the birth. So we opted for that. We went to the hospital, got checked in and went to the car to carry stuff in. We got settled in our room (room 12) around 9:15 and by 9:30 am I was having contractions. They were about 15 minutes apart at first and from 9:30 to 12:30 moved to 6 minutes apart. The Dr came in at 12:30 and checked me and said I was 4 cm and still 75% effaced so he broke my water. I have never felt that before because with Lauren and Colton I already had the epidural when the water was broken so that was interesting! I told the nurse when we went in that I didn't want an epidural but my husband and Dr wanted me to get one. She said "why do you want to suffer?" and I just told her I wanted to feel like I was having a baby so I wanted to at least feel part of it. She held off telling the anesthesiologist that I wanted an epidural for a while. When Dr Reiter came in at 12:30 he thought I was already on one and had pitocin. I told him that I had never had Pitocin so unless I needed it I really didn't want it so we held off since I was progressing on my own. The nurse told him that my lab work was not back for the epidural yet (thanks Maria) so that's why I didn't have an epidural yet. After he broke my water the nurse asked again if I was ready for one and I knew that once the water was broken things would pick up so I told her to go ahead and put the order in. Boy was I right. The contractions went from 6 minutes apart to 2 minutes apart to 0 minutes apart with NO break! They were back to back and so much stronger than before so I was glad I said I wanted an epidural. About an hour after my water was broken the anesthesiologist came in and gave me an epidural but it didn't take on my right side all the way so in a way I got what I wanted...I got to feel something and was still comfortable (after everything I'm so glad I got the epidural). I was 6 cm but quickly went to 8 cm and then 10. When I was 8 cm the baby's HR went down into the 70's so the Dr and nurse rushed in and told me to roll over to my back, then to my side, etc. That fixed the problem and the Dr said "either the baby is laying on the cord or holding it...they do that sometimes" but once the HR was back up Kraig was back at ease. They put me on oxygen to make sure the baby was getting enough but luckily the HR issue was quick and we were back to normal. Around 2 pm or so the HR started going down again but not into the 70's and the nurse checked me and said "that's why...the baby is right there" and she paged Dr Reiter who was in another delivery. He told her to tell me to not push until he got in the room (since Colton's delivery was 2 pushes and he was here Dr Reiter didn't want to miss it). So we did just that..we waited (not long) and Dr Reiter came in the room...got suited up and when I had my next contraction he asked me to push. I pushed 1 time and baby's head started crowning and Kraig said "do you see hair?" and Dr Reiter said "oh yea...lots of hair" and he started to make a mohawk with the hair. Kraig told me to look so I looked down and said "oh my gosh! It's got to be a boy!" (because Lauren was bald and Colton had lots of black hair). The next thing I knew baby's head was out and he asked me to push again so I did and here was baby...Dr Reiter held baby up and said "it's a girl" and I in total shock said "OH MY GOSH!" and started crying. I was in total shock and so was Kraig! What a WONDERFUL surprise! I just knew Kraig knew it was a boy based on the comments he had made over the last 9 months and was trying to hide it from me but was not doing a great job so that's part of the reason I was convinced baby was a boy but after the delivery Kraig told me that he did NOT know that at 18 weeks Dr Reiter tried to show him on ultrasound but the cord was in the way so he had no clue. He thought it was a boy but was not sure so we were in total shock. Our baby girl arrived safe and sound with 10 tiny fingers and 10 tiny toes and is a pound bigger than her brother and sister were at birth! We are so in love!
Introducing Taylor Marie Williams
7/5/12
2:24 pm
7 lbs 11 oz
20 inches long
Sibling Love
Kraig's mini me in the girl form :-)
Another successful delivery for Dr Reiter and our family
Getting ready to go home Friday afternoon
Thanks to Nana and Papaw we were able to have Friday night at home just the 3 of us. They kept Lauren and Colton until Saturday morning and brought them home around 9:30. They were super excited to see Taylor and so far all Lauren wants to do is help me with Taylor or hold her 24/7! Colton wants to hold her some too but not as much as Lauren...it's his age and the fact that he is a boy. He will hold her and then want to go play with his trucks/trains/etc. We are so in love and I'm SO glad we waited to the very end to find out the sex! What a neat surprise! Friday night Kraig and I watched the ultrasound video for the first time and the Ultrasound Tech put "hoo hoo" on the video to tell us we were having a girl! Funny! :-)
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