28-08:00><-08:00>03/12
Little Dallin
I should have put up some information awhile ago but yes, we did have the baby finally! He came on the 13th of March at 3:30 in the morning. And here is the story.
In my head I kept thinking the baby’s due date was the 29th of February…as I have said on here before…and I just kept thinking the doctor was wrong about the 9th of March…well, the 29th came and went…then the 9th came and went. At that point I was getting a little frustrated. I had walked and walked, eaten every food that was thought to help labor along, tried whatever the doctor suggested and still no baby. On the 11th I walked over 7 miles all together that day. Contractions would come as I walked but then go away when I stopped. Monday I thought that something might be going on but the contractions were not all that regular and they were coming about 10 or more minutes apart. Still not good enough to go into the hospital. Finally around 5 that evening i was getting tired of these contractions that I knew were labor contractions but weren’t getting much closer, just stronger so I thought we could go into the hospital just to see if anything was happening. We got there and apparently everyone else decided that it was a good day to have a baby because they were so full that people didn’t have rooms and they were having to sit in operation rooms until something opened up. I was dialated to a 3 but nothing happened in the hour I was there so they sent me home and told me to come back at 10 the next morning and they would induce me. I didn’t think I would make it that long (at least I hoped) so I went home and we just hung out for a few hours.
Shaun fell asleep but I could feel my contractions getting stronger. Finally around midnight I told him we should go back in. When we got there things had died down so they checked me and I was at 5-6cm dilated! HOORAY! Since I made it all the way with Ada without an epidural I decided to see how far I could make it without one this time. Plus I didn’t want anything slowing down the process I was just ready to get this kid out! It was hard becuase my mom had the kids so she wasn’t there and Shaun doesn’t do well in a hospital setting…he gets a little queasy when he sees people in pain so I was trying really hard to not look like I was in pain…mostly near the end during transition. I kept thinking, “where is that urge to push?!” Because i knew once I felt that I was almost done. Finally I felt like I was ready and the nurse said I was ALMOST there so she would come back in 15 minutes…longest 15 minutes ever.
With Ada it was one push and she was out so I expected that with this one…I should know not to compare labors…this time pushing was a lot harder! I just kept saying, “Come out kid! just come out!” He ended up being quite a bit bigger than any of my other kids so that may have been the reason for him taking a little bit longer. He was finally born on Tuesday march 13th (Same day as his cousin Marielle!) around 3:30 am and weighed 8lb 4oz and was 20.5 inches long. Everything went really well and I was so excited to have a healthy baby and to not be pregnant anymore!!
Now it has been 2 weeks since his birth and he now weighs 10 lb 1 oz! He is obviously eating well :) We named him Dallin Timothy Edwards and as with the other kids, that wasn’t the name we had gone into the hospital thinking we were going to name him but we like it! He is a little doll and the other kids love him…ok, Preston loved him from the start but Ada has taken her time to decide she likes the little guy. I’m not totally sure if she does but at least she isn’t trying to terrorize the poor kid!
So, that’s the story. We are all doing well! Lots of pictures below…Lots.
Marie
March 28, 2012
11:41 am
Yay for babies! I am so happy it all went well, you make me really excited to be having another baby :) I can’t wait for my little one to get here. We too never name our babies what we thought we’d name them ;) Congrats!!!!
Jami
March 28, 2012
1:05 pm
So sweet. Love him already!
Sarah
March 28, 2012
3:10 pm
So excited for you guys… and this makes me even more excited for my little guy to arrive in July! Dallin is so adorable. I especially love the pictures of the kids holding him and the one of you in red holding him and he is wearing yellow. Also… the jenga tower picture, was that thrown in there just to make sure we looked through all of the pictures?! :)
annakare
March 28, 2012
6:22 pm
Thanks for all the pictures. I love them! Can’t wait to see everybody in person. Just a few more days….
Alisha
March 29, 2012
5:44 am
So you don’t look like you just had a baby! You look great and so does Dallin! Congrats. And 10 lbs already? Grace needs to learn a thing or too from Dallin.
amy
March 31, 2012
8:05 pm
Your kids are just all so beautiful! I cannot believe how big big Preston and Ada are! Last time I saw Ada she was a newborn baby and Preston was in diapers still! It’s been WAY too long!