3-4 Days Old and "Happy Halloween!"

We are all enjoying and adjusting to a newborn in the house.

Ryan is so sweet and we all love him so much!

Baby Day!!

I called the hospital on the 27th of October at 5 AM as instructed by my doctor to get induced.

We got to go in at 6:30 AM...I got hooked up to the pit.

We had a great nurse, which I am always very grateful for.

I had a hour to decide if I was  going to get an epidural or not because he needed to go and help for a C-section.

I decided to get one because I was in pain and wasn't sure if I could it without a epidural.

The nurse checked me and I was about at a 5...she left for about 45 minutes. 

Aaron decided to use the bathroom in case things started to happen...

While Aaron was in the bathroom and the nurse was gone-

I started to get very painful pressure...I was talking to Aaron saying that I was in a lot of pain and I wondered if I was at a 10.

I was asking Aaron if he thinks that I should push the button for the epidural, he suggested that I might want to.

So I did- then I pushed it again.

I could hear my doctor, Doctor Noorda and my nurse outside my door talking.

I wanted her to come in so bad- finally she did-- and I told her that I thought that she might want to check me.

Well, I was READY TO HAVE THIS BABY...

So she went and got my doctor...

 Ryan was coming face forward...so the doctor kept pushing him back up and he finally flipped the correct way to come out.

He was hard to get out- He is my biggest baby weighing in at 8 lbs. 20 inches long. He was born at 2:19 PM.

He came out white/grey looking and the doctor kept shaking him trying to get him to breath.
You can tell in this picture a little bit how white/grey looking he was.

That first night Ryan spit up A LOT.
Aaron stayed up with him because every time we would lay him on his back he would spit up.
The pediatrician, Dr. Bell, wasn't too worried about it and eventually he got better.
Dr. Bell said that sometimes babies do that if they swallowed a lot of amniotic fluid. 

It took us a while to decide on a name for this little man.

I had always wanted the name "Ryan" and Aaron didn't because he has a co-worker named "Ryan."
So his name was between Vince and Ryan.
Ryan won!
We LOVE YOU RYAN!

Mason and Ryan

Logan and Ryan

Holli and Ryan

Lexie and Ryan

Grandma Marsha Ward and Ryan

Ryan's first bath

Daddy and Ryan

Grandpa Robert Ward and Ryan

Our big family!

All ready to go home...

Grandpa and Grandma and Ryan

Update!

Dilated to a 3.5 and 70% effaced

38 weeks and 1 day!

I weighed in at 142 today.

Almost dilated to a 2.

Everything else is the same...

 Last appointment...Wahoo!!

37 Weeks and 1 Day!

Today I lost 3 lbs- so I am weighing in at 141.

I'm at a 1 1/2, 50% effaced and baby's head is still at a -2.

 

We still don't have a name for this little man.

Hopefully we can figure out something soon!

36 Weeks and 1 Day

36 Weeks and 1 day!

50% effaced, dilated to a little more than a 1 and baby's fetal station is -2.

We scheduled the inducement date for Tuesday, October 27th.

I weigh 144.

 

35 Weeks and 3 days!

Today I am 35 weeks and 3 days.

I weigh 142.

Still at a 1 and 50% effaced.

 Can't wait to see this baby and hopefully we can a choose a name!