So obviously I've been doing some catching up, and I am pretty sure that all of you know that Conner Ray Hinton arrived on December 1st at 2:26pm at 7lbs 8oz and 19 3/4 inch long. Here is a quick overview of our birth story.
We had been worried about when Conner would arrive because I had my interview for Physician Assistant school on December 9th and we wanted Conner to be as old as possible since he and Dustin were going to come with me so I could feed him since it was scheduled to be an all day interview and was the only day they were interviewing. So lots of walks! I went on a long walk November 30th, on his due date in the afternoon. I had been having contractions pretty close together for awhile now, but they would always stop after 2 hours or so for the past week. On the 30th I started getting some pretty hard contractions at 4pm. By 8pm they were every 5 minutes. We were planning on going natural using Hypnobabies and so tried to labor at home as long as possible. We got to the hospital when my contractions were every 3 minutes at 1am. We continued to labor, mom and Sarah came to the hospital and joined us, and Dustin was a great coach. I stopped progressing and so at 10am they broke my water, which lead to closer and harder contractions, and I had to stay in bed for monitoring (which was the worst position for me when trying to labor naturally) and then started vomiting and shaking, etc, so Dustin and I agreed it was time to get the epidural. Our goal was to do everything we could to not have a c-section and I was progressing again, and I needed rest. I hadn't slept the night before either and was of course exhausted. We got the epidural and 1 hour later I was fully dilated. Conner was super high up, even though facing the right way, and do the doctor said since he was doing so well he wanted me to sleep and let him labor down naturally to make pushing easier. So Dustin, mom, Sarah and I slept for 2-3 hours. By this time Jessica and Carter also joined us. Then we were ready to push, and 20 minutes later we had our little Conner!! It was an amazing experience and we feel so blessed for the opportunity to be parents, especially to such a sweet spirit. He is such a good baby!!
Here I am after the epidural and they are having me switch positions to try and move his head further down.
We sure love this little guy! He is so sweet! And growing already! I know they say that they grow fast, but geez!! He is only 12 days old and is already beginning to be too long for some of his newborn clothes! But we sure love seeing him grow too and how much he's already learning and doing!!
