He's Here!!!

Christopher James arrived at 3:13pm Tuesday...only 4 days late. Despite that, he's rather tiny. He is 19 inches long and 6 lbs. 5 oz. It took 24 hours of labor (with me breaking down around 17/18 hours and getting that epidural)...however, after the doctor discovered Christopher was facing up, it still only took a few pushes (mostly to turn him over with the aid of some forceps) and roughly 20 minutes to actually deliver our dear little baby. Lucky for us, the doctor on call from Provo OB happened to be the only one comfortable and confident with forceps (he's the KING of safely using forceps). He'd actually flown in from Arizona earlier that day to perform a C-section for another woman who preferred him over the other 5 doctors. I guess it was a blessing in disguise that it took so long to get through the labor portion. I saw two other doctors in that time...one I had met and liked and one I'd never met before. All in all things went rather well. We'll be going home in a couple hours! I'm excited to get out of this room...although it's only 20 degrees or so outside.

3 Days Late

The baby is LATE!!! So much for having an early baby...at the moment I do not appreciate the fact that all the doctors at the the OB clinic said he would be early. By their predictions he should have been here nearly 3 weeks ago. This morning I went to Maternal/Fetal and Provo OB. My numbers are still low...good for me! I'm now dilated to 2cm and fully effaced. Baby's head is so low it can't get any lower or he'll fall out...so we've made lots of progress. I'll be induced Monday morning if he hasn't arrived before then. So, at the very latest he'll be coming December 4th...my parents' anniversary!

Labor Inducing Cookies?

Our home teachers stopped by to bring us what they called "labor-inducing cookies". I was instructed to eat them all within 1/2 hour and hope for the best. Uh huh. I suppose becoming violently ill might do the trick! I ate one about 10 minutes ago...and am feeling a contraction currently. That doesn't mean anything at all to me...I had 4 during Sacrament meeting and another 5-6 after we came home from church. They may be more frequent (meaning I have more each day than I did the day before), but they don't ever get me anywhere. I guess I'll just have to eat the rest of the "labor-inducing cookies". :) I wonder if having my blood sugar spike suddenly would do anything...it's extremely low today. Tomorrow is the dreaded OB appointment...hope they have good news to share.