The Birth Of Collyn

I know everyone likes hearing the birth story of your little ones, and I have been telling the story over and over, so I figured I would post it here too, so everyone could read it. :)

There were so many things that were the same with Collyn's birth as Alden's, but it was also so different at the same time. So, here I go.

I woke up Sunday, August 5th feeling... Eh... Okay. I was having light contractions, but I figured they were just like the ones I had before and so there was no reason to be worried about them. They were no closer than 15 minutes apart. No worries. :)

Lyndon got up for church without waking Alden and I up and was going to leave us at home to rest. I thought I would go to church because I hadn't been there in weeks and I hadn't been out of the house much for weeks because it was hot and I was so miserably pregnant. I showered and got Alden ready and we went to church.

I took Alden to the nursery and stayed there with him (As always) while Lyndon taught his class. The nursery was short staffed so I helped. There were about 8-10 kids under the age of 3 and 2 of them were 7 months and younger. I had my hands full. I think this is what kick started real labor. I just kept feeling worse and worse.

We headed home after church and I just didn't feel good so I layed down with Alden and took a nap with him. I woke up about an hour into the nap with contractions, much harder, about 7-10 minutes apart. I let Alden and Lyndon finish the nap and then told Lyndon maybe we should make a run to the hospital to get checked out. (Remember: I was not dialater OR effaced at my doctors appointment). I figured I was a cm or two dialated.

We dropped Alden off at my sisters house so he could "Play" with his cousins and headed to the hospital, 20 minutes away. Contractions were about 6 minutes apart. When we got to the hospital, there were no wheelchairs in the Emergency Room entrance. I told Lyndon I was feeling pretty good, so we could walk to the elevators. I walked through the whole hospital, walked to the maternity ward on the 3rd floor and told them I was having contractions, but there was no progress at my doctors apointment, so don't worry to much, I just want to see if anything was happening.

They got me layed down (In the same room Alden was born in) and checked me. Fully effaced, dialated 5 cm. Active labor. They asked me my birth plan. EPIDURAL! :) They ordered the epidural and I was admitted to the hospital. After about an hour, I got my epidural. I was dialated to about a 6 and contracting a lot. Thank goodness for pain medication.

After about 4 hours of contractions, I was dialated and ready to push. I pushed for 15 minutes and Collyn arrived. He came out Sunny Side Up (Face towards the ceiling) so it was a lot harder to get him out. The pain broke through my epidural. I didn't tear as bad as I did with Alden so I only needed a couple stitches. He came out pink and crying. We left the hospital the next afternoon. ,/p>

Last time I had issues with bleeding after delivery. They took extra precautions this time, but nothing happened. THANK GOODNESS. My bleeding was normal. Last time, Alden wouldn't latch to nurse and I struggled. This little guy has no issues latching and loves to breastfeed. We offered him a bottle and he refused it. So, I am exclusively nursing.

It is strange to say, but I enjoyed the process of delivery, again. It is just such a magical moment when your child enters the world. We are definitely taking a break now. We aren't going to have any more for a while. I'm very satisfied with my two little boys! :)