June 29th, Trip's official due date, came and went without event so my doctor scheduled an induction for early in the morning on 7/5. On the night of the 6/30, I got sick and chalked it it to eating too much at dinner with Will's folks. The next morning I woke up at 3:30am sick again and was having contractions 5 minutes apart (some were 2-3 min apart.) Will had to be at work at 4:00am and in all of the frenzy I somehow failed to communicate to him that I was having contractions. My doctor had told me earlier to go to the hospital when I had contractions 5 minutes apart for 2 hours straight. After the first hour of very steady contractions I called Will at work and asked him to come home.
We left for the hospital around 5:30am on 7/1.
We got checked in and went to the triage room where they checked me and found that I was only dilated 3 cm. I begged the nurse to not send me home and she said that they would keep me for a little bit to monitor me and may go ahead and induce me since I was past my due date. The contractions were so strong that I was ready for some pain relief.
I got an epidural at 8:00am and it was wonderful. (Here I am putting on makeup while the monitor in the background shows my contractions.)
The doctor broke my water at 9:00am and by 10:30am I was 10cm dilated and fully effaced.
I started pushing at 10:35am and Trip was born at 12:36pm!
7lbs 6oz, 18.5"
Pink cheeks, 10 little fingers and toes
Our little family!
