Aiden

Introducing...

Aiden Douglas Hughes

December 5, 2011 @ 9:18am

8 pounds 5 ounces - 20.5 inches

His Birth Story:

Sunday December 4th, Bill had to go to work so my mom came over to stay with me. I had some spotting and a few contractions that morning, so Bill felt "safer" if someone was home with me while he was as work. I was 38 weeks and 5 days into this pregnancy and i thought it would never end. I had been about 3cm and over 50% effaced since tuesday. I wanted this sweet little baby out of me.

While my Mom and I were watching a marathon of "BONES" I started having contractions up to this point I've had a few but they were very mild. Now they were getting stronger and coming about every 15 minutes. I'm not going to lie i was getting excited.... I thought "YES! finally this baby is coming!" But to my dismay, the contractions stopped all together around 8pm. Disappointed and frustrated I was going to bed, my mom left to drop off my dad and then came back over around 10pm.

At 11:01pm i was lying in bed and then it happened.... my water broke! At first i thought i just had an accident (wetting the bed) but i hopped out of bed and stood in the shower calling for my mom. She came in and i told her i think my water broke but wasn't sure. She said did it feel like a little "pop" and then water leaking out. Yes that's exactly how it felt. So we called Bill to tell him.

It took Bill about 20 minutes to get home he expected to find me in pain or stressing out, but no, he opens the front door and there i am dressed and calm, just finished putting away laundry and getting my hospital bag ready.

We arrived at Hoag at 11:45pm got admitted and and by midnight i was in the labor/delivery room. Now my contractions started to come at first i could handle the pain, I was trying to hold off on getting an epidural mainly because i was scared, but also because i had been toying with the idea on trying it natural.

By 3am I could barely breath through or in between contractions that i had Bill get my nurse and said i needed the epidural. I had a wonderful doctor who's quick and steady hands had that epidural in, in under 10 minutes. from that moment on i felt NO pain it was pure bliss. I actually slept the whole night with a few exceptions when the nurses came in to check blood pressure and dilation. Bill on the other hand didn't sleep at all.

3am- 3cm

5am- 6cm

7am- 9cm

8:30am- 10cm and baby's head already about to crown.

8:50am- started pushing

9:18am- Aiden was born!

I pushed for about 30 minutes and then Bill tells me we have a SON! My reaction was kind of funny. To Bill's announcement of having a boy all i said was "what, a boy?" his reply was "Yes, a Boy!"

my whole pregnancy i thought i was having a boy but then about 3 weeks before giving birth we had a 3d/4d ultrasound done and from then on i was thinking girl, i was a bit surprised!

I had one of the most wonderful birth experiences because i had my loving husband there to hold my hand and support me, my doctor made who actually deliver me and the two nurses who were there RN Nancy was my first nurse through the whole night and RN Ashley who actually started me on the pushing and cared for me and Aiden right after he was born. Those two women did a wonderful job!