Baby Connor!

Baby Connor finally decided to join us late last night.  Cindy was induced on Monday the 1st of Sept. at 3 p.m.  We went in in a very tranquil state.  No pressure or pains, just wanting to see our little man.  Cindy was all hooked up to the machines and started her Patosin, she was having contractions every 4-5 minutes but they weren't hurting her very badly.  She continued with the same contractions for the next 14 hours.  The doctor came in and broke Cindy's water with the hopes that she would advance quicker after the water had broken.  Her contractions started to increase and become stronger and that brought more pain.  She received her epidural Tuesday a.m. at around 9.  That calmed her pain and she was able to relax, all night she hadn't been able to sleep a wink.  We kept watching her and checking her dilation all through the day and she was going really slow.  After about 30 hours the nurse said that she was dilated to a 9 and so she called the doctor.  The doctor came in at about 11 p.m. Tuesday night and said that Cindy was dilated and 100% effaced.  We were so excited, Cindy was really happy because she was emotionally and physically drained after not having eaten in 32 hours! ( except for a bite from one of uncle Jay's Krispy Kreme donuts and some smarties that I was feeding her between the checkups)

Finally we were able to buckle down and start pushing.  (I say "we" because I about had a hernia from doing exactly what Cindy was doing to try to show her how to push!) The doctor was excited for Cindy's progress and finally after about 30 minutes of pushing.  He came free.  His chord was wrapped around his neck and that caused him to have some breathing problems at first.  Connor weighed in at a whoppin 8 lbs 14 oz and we were excited to see his size.  Cindy didn't even get to hold him because they just whisked him away to a different area in the hospital.  The doctor is a great guy and looked at us and said that Connor would be fine, they just want to make sure he got a clear air passage and then they would bring him in.  The doc finished his business and Cindy started to stand up and move around.  We were moved to our room where I was finally able to set up camp and we were able to get some rest.  They finally brought Connor in at around 2 a.m. he was born at 11:32 on September 2nd.  Cindy finally was able to hold him and start feeding and he latched on really well and stayed there for about 35 minutes, going to town!  The nurses then took him for 2 hours so that Cindy could sleep and promised to bring him back when it was time for him to eat again.  I was snoozin on the couch in our room when they brought him in and I seriously didn't hear anything until I felt Cindy hit me with a bag of little debbie donuts.  She said that she was calling my name and I just wouldn't wake up.  So the fam all came over in the a.m. and took pics and then almost everyone took off and here I am, sittin here with my delivery service food and the "cookie lady" who brings cookies around to everyone at 11 a.m. every day just brought me like 6 big cookies, so I am in no hurry to leave!  Life is good and Connor is breathing better so we are all happy!   We will post pictures when I get home where my camera cable is.  Hasta luegito!