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Nolan Wesley was born on May 9 at 4:42 pm. He was 8 lb 6 oz and 21
inches long. My water broke on Thursday night around 11:30. I got up
to pee and then when I laid back down and was turning over, I felt a
gush of fluid. We called the doctor and they told us to head to the
hospital. DH was frantic and trying to hurry, even though I told him
there wasn't a rush because I wasn't having many contractions. I took
time to take a shower (he hated that) and we got to the hospital shortly
after midnight.
When we got there, they were completely full, so
I had to start out in a recovery room. I was dilated to a 3 and was
90% effaced. Finally, around 5:30 am, a labor and delivery room opened
up and they moved me down there. They started my IV and gave me some
pain medication. When they checked around 8:30 am, I was still at a 3,
so they decided to start pitocin. I also went ahead and got my epidural
around 10 am and when they checked was 5 cm and 100% effaced.
They
checked again at 1 and I was up to a 6.5. Then at 2 was at a 9 and
finally reached a 10 and +2 station around 2:45. Shortly after this, I
was able to being pushing. I had to push for over 2 hours and the epi
was wearing off. I was getting really upset because I felt like he was
never going to come out! Finally when I thought I just couldn't do
anymore, he came out and came out quickly! DH cut the cord and I was
able to hold my baby. It was a rough two hours, but he is so worth it!
All of the nurses were incredible, but I don't think I could've done it
without my delivery nurse! She was amazing!
He is just
perfect! He had some bruising due to being in the birth canal so long
(and a really cone shaped head that has gone down a lot since then!), so
he had a little jaundice. They said the bruise healing would release
bilirubin into his bloodstream, so they had us do the bili blanket at
home for the past three days. He finally gets to stop today! I can't
even express how much I love him!

~TTC Buddies with akcrrr and amandaf6383~
~Knottie/Nestie Besties with *ecinereb* - Congratulations!~
TTC since June 2011 dx: PCOS
Clomid+IUI: Cancelled b/c didn't respond (June 2012)
Femara+Trigger+IUI #1: BFN :-( (July 2013)
Natural Cycle (8/7/13)- BFP! Beta #1 (9/10/13): 509 Progesterone: 18.64 Beta #2 (9/12/13): 1118
Baby N born 5/9/14
Re: Birth Story
B Born 6.27.13
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TTC#1 July 2010 PCOS dx April 2011 DS born: February 21, 2012
TTC#2 June 2013 MMC Sept 2013 (partial molar), CP 02/2014 DS2 born: December 5, 2014
Aww, he's adorable! Congratulations, S!!!
My new bff Gayle Forman!
“You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control"
- Gayle Forman
"People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality."
- Neil Gaiman
Married Bio
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Team Green to Team Pink! Baby A born
Here comes 2u2! Team Green to Team Blue! Baby L born
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6