Last Monday I had lunch with Ryan and Jessica at Vivint. It was exactly one week before my due date and I felt more than ready to be done with my pregnancy. Jessica told me to prepare for the possibility of going a week over so if I did go over I wouldn't be completely devastated... little did Jess know that just thinking about being pregnant for 14 more days sent me home from work for a good cry.
My water broke the next morning. My alarm went off at 7:00, I got up and went to the bathroom where my water broke (great timing and location for the event) Without any contractions Roland and I took our time getting ready to go to the hospital. As soon as we finished everything we needed to do we went to the hospital. They started me on pitocin at 10:00 am-since I still didn't have any contractions. It took a little while to get things going, but by 3 o'clock I was dilated to a 3 and received my epidural.
Doctor Savage came around 6:00 to see how things were progressing and I was at a 5. Forty minutes later I was an 8, and just before 7:00 I was a 10. The nurse wanted me to wait for a bit to let the little man hopefully move down a tad. Before this point my contractions had been causing some stress on the baby so they put me on oxygen to help increase the oxygen available to him..I started pushing with the nurse at 7:30 and things went were going so well she had me stop so I wouldn't have him before Doctor Savage could get back to the hospital. Once Doctor Savage was in the room it took 3 contractions before baby Christensen decided to show his adorable face.
Kade Arvon Christensen came into the world last Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 9:04 pm, weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 19 inches long.
We feel like the luckiest couple in the world to be blessed with such a perfect spirit to join our growing family. Kade couldn't be more loved.
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