Its a boy!

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the delay in updates, but as most of you know we had little Riley on Saturday, July 26th by C-section. For those of you who were not properly informed, I am sorry...but hope you understand!

This will be a quick one since I still have over 100 emails to check, but I wanted to update you all with the quick and dirty details of the labor/birth etc. I also wanted to let you know that we are doing great and are thankful for all of your support!

How it all began...

My water broke early Friday morning (July 25th) around 1:06am. Funny story...poor Nick had a terrible toothache and so we spent all night trying to get him comfortable enough to sleep so he could make it to his 7am dentist appointment. Once I got him in bed asleep, I decided to watch some TV. Around 12:45am I decided I better get some sleep myself since I had to drive him to his appt. the next morning. Just around 1am Riley started going crazy, kicking, punching etc. Just then I rolled over to get more comfortable and when I rolled to my side...I passed gas...and then, yes, my water broke as the gas was expelled. At first I thought I just peed my pants...which was becoming a common thing with coughing, sneezing etc...but when I checked...I was pretty sure my water had just broke. Hard to tell, but mostly just a feeling at that point.

Now, because of the severe pain Nick had been in for the previous 2 days with his toothache, I didnt dare wake him to tell him the news since I knew he needed the rest for his root canal AND now, for the birth of our baby :)

So I let him sleep and I went and read my baby book to see how quickly I needed to go to the hospital. Since I was not having contractions, the book said I could most likely wait to go to the hospital. Plus I still wasnt sure I didnt just pee a little.

So the next morning I quietly drove Nick to his appt. and when I came home I realized that my water must have broken due to the continual leakage....So I did the next best thing...tried to sleep a little before Nick called for a ride home. When he called me for a ride I asked "so...how are you feeling, any better?" He said that he was numb, but was pretty sure that he was going to be in less pain. I said..."thats good cause I'm pretty sure my water broke!"

We both started laughing...mostly at the ridiculousness of the timing...but also at the fact that it seems like we can never do anything without several things going on at one time...yea, some people call that chaos. But we just call it...doing things in 3's.

So, I know I said this would be quick, but I thought that was a pretty funny beginning to our labor.

Once we got to the hospital we found out for sure that my water had broken and we were admitted immediately to start the induction.

After 40 hours of labor, an infection in my amniotic fluid, the epidural wearing off and never dilating past 7 cms...a Dr. finally came to her senses and got me in for a C-section at 11pm on Saturday night. He was born at 11:16pm.

Here are some pictures of our little man...