Friday morning we had a regular visit scheduled at 8:15 am. They performed an ultrasound and everything looked great - they estimated his weight at 8 lbs 12 oz. Dr. Gregory checked me and I was only 2 cm dialated. She said everything was great and went ahead and scheduled me to be induced on Monday at 7am. In the meantime, they hooked me up to the fetal heart monitor. During that time I actually had three contractions. Dr. Gregory looked at the monitor and didn't like that his heart rate dropped everytime I had a contraction. She then told us she was going to go ahead and send us to labor and delivery right then to start Pitocin and break my water.
Needless to say we were both in shock as we were both expecting to come back the following Monday. Luckily we brought all our bags with us just in case. The entire walk to labor and delivery was a long one. We got settled into the labor room and got me hooked up to all the monitors, etc. I progressed fairly quickly and the contractions weren't too painful. The nurse asked when I was around 4 cm if I wanted to get the epidural. I wanted to make sure it wouldn't wear off before it was really needed, but the nurse reassured me it wouldn't. Epidurals are wonderful and immediately worked.
Around 4pm they told me to start to push. About an hour and a half later, they told me to stop because Dr. Favor - the one to deliver Nicholas - was in the middle of another labor and I would have to wait. NOT what I wanted to hear. Luckily it was only 5 or 10 minutes before Dr. Favor came in and we started pushing again.
So at 5:53pm Nicholas Brent Davenport made his entrance into this world. Daddy was able to cut the cord (that was actually wrapped around his neck). Immediately Dr. Favor and all the nurses said he was a large baby, so I was dying to know what his stats were. They immediately took him to suction out some fluid that he swallowed in the delivery process. He hardly ever cried during his bath and other tests they performed.
It turns out that Nicholas is in the 95th percentile for his length. I had never heard of a baby being longer than 21 inches. The entire process was much better than I expected and I'm just so happy he is healthy and finally here!
Congratulations! I saw some pictures that Beth put on facebook and he is absolutely adorable! Hope all is well and that you've been able to get some rest!
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