Baby's Here!!

Our SON, Owen Reid, was born on June 26th at 8:52 am. He tipped the scales at 9 lbs, 5oz and was 22 inches long. As I mentioned in my last post, my doctor had a plan for my delivery. Well, little Owen had his own plan. I went into labor on my own around 2am on the 26th. Since I was supposed to check into the hospital around 5am, I decided to labor at home for as long as I could. My contractions started at 12minutes apart, then moved up to 10 minutes apart. At 8 minutes apart, around 3:30am, I decided to take a shower and get ready to go. Joe and I left for the hospital at 4:30am, when my contractions where 6 minutes apart. I was admitted shortly after 5am and by the time I was checked, about 6:30am, I was 5cm. I asked for my epidural then and received it around 7am, I think. I tried to rest, but really, how could I sleep!! I was waiting for my doctor to come and break my water around 8:30am. But around that time I was starting to get uncomfortable. I mentioned to Joe I was feeling lots of pressure and after experiencing three "pressure moments", I called for the nurse. She checked me and in a shocked tone informed me that I was completely dilated and the baby's head was right there. It was a frenzy of commotion after that. My doctor was paged and I was told to "breathe" through the contractions. My doctor arrived and tried to break my water, but she believes it had broken earlier. She went to change and the nurse prepped me for a practice push. I was half way through the push when I was told to stop because the baby's head was crowning. At this point, I was losing control and was yelling that I HAD to push, I NEEDED to push. But I struggled through it and when my doctor gave me the OK to push, I did and the baby's head popped right out. One more tiny push and the baby was out and we saw that we had a new baby BOY! I thought I was having a boy, but I was wrong with my other two, so I figured I was having a girl. Joe and I were very surprised!! Owen is a wonderful baby! He rarely fusses and sleeps all the time! So, who does he look like...he looks just like Owen!! He resembles both Alex and Jenna in different ways, but favors Jenna a bit more. Alex and Jenna are completely in love with him! Alex loves to hold him and help me feed him. Jenna likes picking out his clothes and getting his pacifier. She loves to "pet" him, as she calls it. We are adjusting well and hope that things continue to go as smoothly as they have been.