Our newest addition!

Anyway, everything went pretty much as I had planned/hoped. I headed on in to my office and got started for the day with finishing up a few last minute projects. There was a staff association meeting yesterday that everyone wanted to go to, so I offered to cover the front desk so they all could go. While I was sitting there, I go the most intense pains I have ever felt! They started coming about every 3 minutes and were so painful I couldn't talk, walk, sit or stand through them. I finally asked someone to go upstairs and get one of my coworkers so I could leave. when they came down, they took one look at me and told me they were calling an ambulance to take me to the hospital instead of home. I called Damon and told him to meet me at the hospital. Got to the hospital and finally got to the L&D observation room, since they didn't have a room ready for me. When they checked me, I was at 4cm, but he was still high and my water hadn't broken. they called for the epidural, but they were tied up in an emergency c-section. I was hurting pretty bad, but Damon did a good job of helping me through the contractions and breathing. 30 mins later, they checked me again and I was at 6cm and still no epidural. They finally had a room ready so we go moved and settled in around 12:30 or so. they finally gave me some Stadol through my IV to help w/ the pain since we were still waiting on the epidural. At around 1 pm, the OB came and checked me since I felt like I need to push. I was at 9 cm, so they went ahead and broke my water and told me that it was too late for the epidural (YIKES!) I started pushing, as he still needed to come down. Once he got past the initial hump, he came down pretty quickly. In fact, it happened so quickly that my OB didn't make it back in time. My poor nurse had to go grab a resident out in the hallway to come and play catch! After much screaming and ripping off Damon's hand (lol) he came out pretty quickly. I only pushed for 29 minutes and he was born! Two small tears that required just a couple of stitches, but otherwise all good. I am soo proud of myself for getting the VBAC I wanted and with no epidural too!

Edward Charles Riemann arrived at 1:36pm, at 6 lbs, 7 oz and 18.75 inches. Photo to come soon!