Titan Broc Parker

Well our little guy is now 2 weeks old..we still can't believe he is ours! I keep thinking we are going to have to give him back to someone. Like, we are just babysitting him or nannying him for a bit and soon he will have to go back. We feel so lucky to have such a sweet and fantastic baby boy!!!

To begin, the "Hospital/Birth Story" -

The day after my due date (Oct. 26th) I went in for my Dr's appointment and expected to hear that I would be induced within the week...no such luck. My doctor set the inducement day for 10 DAYS after my due date. Walking out of the office I thought...there is no way I will go another 10 days!

Then on Oct. 30 I thought I felt a leak...I thought possibly my water was leaking. So after dinner at Olive Garden, we swung by the Hospital and checked in. 2-3 hours later, it was confirmed...my water was not leaking. It was just false hope on my part. So it was back home to wait some more.

9 days overdue and I go to my last dr's appointment where everything is confirmed for me to be induced the next morning...sort of. Everyone kept asking me what time we had to be at the hospital at and I couldn't tell them, because someone calls you the night before between 5:30-8:30 pm to give you the time in the morning, then when that person calls they tell you that someone will call you the next morning between 5:00-9:00 am and you are expected to be at the hospital within an hour or so...and if you don't get a call by 9:00...please call them at the hospital! Really? They can't come up with a better way of doing all this?

So the next morning at 6:30 we got the call. I told them we could be to the hospital by 7:30 am. I had been up since 3:00 am...showering, packing, whatever I could to fill the time since I couldn't sleep, so I figured it wouldn't take us much time to get there...but then I looked out the to see SNOW!!! Lots of snow!!! Of course! Of course, I am induced on the one day it decides to snow in forever.

After driving through rush hour traffic and snowy roads...we arrived at the hospital around 8:20...by 9:00 we were all checked in, my water was broke, and the petocin was going.

Around 9:45, the doctor decided I looked too comfortable and upped the petocin. Around 10:30 I decided I wanted to be comfortable again and went for the epidural. My contractions had gotten somewhat strong and everyone kept telling me it was only the beginning...that I would be having them until at least 5:00 pm although maybe longer.

A little after the epidural, the Doctor checked me and I was to a 5. Hooray!!! Finally something different than the 2 I was at for over a month.

At around 11:30 the nurse checked me again and I was to an 8 and 100%. Broc told me though, "Don't get your hopes up!" If the doctor was checking he would probably say a 6 or 7...My doctor was a very conservative measurer! We joked I would probably stay at an 8 for the next 6-8 hours.

Then at around 12:45 the doctor came in and checked and I was at a 10!!! He said we would maybe have a baby by 2:30 pm as most people usually have to push for atleast an hour!!! So we started making the phone calls, telling everyone to hurry and come.

At 1:15, the nurse had me start pushing. A few minutes after, the doctor came in, said he was concerned about the baby's oxygen and had me start pushing closer together, he wanted to get the baby out. Finally, he resorted to using a vaccuum to help the process along and at 1:45...Titan Broc Parker was born!!!

Little did I know at the time, that the reason they wanted him out so quick was because the cord was wrapped around his neck. I found out this fact 2 days later! My doctor was so calm, I just thought they wanted him out because of some small reason...I didn't not realize at the time how serious the problem was!!! Kudos to my doctor and nurse for being so calm and for keeping me calm!!!

So that is the story, labor was less than 5 hours, pushing was less than 30 min, and in the end Titan was a healthy little boy!!! 7 lbs 15 oz & 20 in. long.

If all my labors are like that one (minus the wrapped cord) I can totally have 5-10 kids. Especially since my pregnancy was so easy as well. My doctor actually advised me that if/when I have more kids, as I get close to or after my due date I shouldn't stray to far from a hospital because had I gone into labor on my own with Titan he probably would have come much sooner. Hooray for a labor that was so quick!!! Truthfully, had I known Titan would come so quick and that the contractions I was feeling around 10:30 were actually pretty strong (not the weak early ones), I may have opted out of the epidural. As it was though, the epidural was fabulous and made for a super easy almost pain free experience. The aftermath (clean up) was actually the most uncomfortable part.

So there it is the story of how Titan came to join our family! He is now awake...so I will have to blog more later! :)