Life with 6: Adrian's Journey

I never would have thought I'd wake up yesterday and end up going into the most intense labor I've ever experienced! Around 2 pm I was hit out of nowhere with contractions. They were very consistent at about five minutes apart and I swear once five pm hit they amped up to every two to three. Sure-I got the temporary pain relief but it only worked some what on the first round. After being checked over and over to see if I had progressed to move over to labor and delivery I finally had at 930 last night. After having a very rough time getting up into my new bed, the savior of my life walked in at 10 pm to give me the epidural. 8 hours of contractions that were that close and that painful was extremely trying. I rested and we waited. Around 4 am I felt pressure and contractions again so they moved Ryan and I over to the OR for delivery. Reason being the nicu triage room is right there.

Ryan got all suited up as did I.

We (and by that I mean the nurses and my doctor) waited forever for nicu to get there. I was told not to push-that's hard-until a nicu staff was ready.

Well in all 1 and a half pushes later he was here!!

He's perfect. None of us could believe that he was 5 pounds! He seriously doesn't look it! He's doing so well already!

He is on what's called ampotherm which is a humidified oxygen. He's been swaddled all afternoon and is breathing so much better that way. He'll be on it for a few more days(the ampotherm) and after he's off that and breathing well we will try to nurse. So for now it's back on the pump!