We woke up early and got ready to leave for the hospital. We had to be there by 6am. The nurses hooked me up to the monitors and it turns out that those "odd feelings" in my stomach last night were actually contractions!!! I guess today was meant to be Austin's birthday after all.
Around 7am Dr. Sharp came in and broke my water and started me on pitocin. The contractions weren't bad at first but continued to get worse. I was trying so hard to tough it out and avoid the epidural but I finally caved in at 7cm. I was so scared about the epidural but it was nothing in comparison to the pain of those last few contractions! After the epidural the rest of the labor and delivery was a piece of cake! I'm so glad that my Mom could be there in the room with me. She really helped me through it!
At 11:23am Austin Michael Beaty was born! I only got to hold him for what felt like the blink of an eye before the nurses took him. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. I couldn't wait to hold him again. It seemed like an eternity until I got to hold him again.
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