LABOR STORY
There are surgery images below
Beginning of labor. I woke up Tuesday, May 7th at 2:00 a.m. with minor contractions. After 2 hours the contractions went from 20 min to 15, to almost consistently 10 min. apart. At 4:30 I woke Matt up telling him that I believed I was in labor. We started logging the contractions to see if they were real or brackens hicks. After an hour, they were continuing to be 10 min. apart and starting to get stronger. By 6 a.m. the contractions starting getting closer, alternating between 5 min. apart and 10 min. apart.
We ended up leaving for the hospital around 7:30a.m. with the contractions being 4-5 min. apart.
After some checking they found out I was dilated at a 3-4 so we were admitted to the hospital by 8 a.m. It was official, we were on our way to having our baby girl!
Here is the monitor printout of her heartbeat, along with my contractions.
Luckily, both sets of parents were able to make it for the labor. Around 7 a.m., we both called our parents to let them know that baby was on her way and that they should be too! Matt's parents were able to leave a little earlier and arrived around 12 p.m. My parents left not long after and arrived around 2 p.m. I was very excited to have both my mom and Lynne with us in the delivery room, they were huge supports for both Matt and I.
Labor in the beginning went very fast. I was able to breathe through all of the contractions without using any meds. I dilated very quickly. Within, 3-4 hours I was dilated to a 6. Then around 3:00 I was checked again and I was dilated to an 8. The nurses were impressed with how well the progress was going. We all believed that it was going to be a quick delivery.
Since labor was going so well and so quickly the nurses said they wouldn't be surprised if I delivered around 6:00 or 7:00. So of course, I decided that we should look at the menu and decide what we wanted to order for dinner after the baby was born.
Unfortunately, after 3:00 p.m. thats where all the progress stopped. I continued to stay dilated at an 8 until 6:45 p.m. Then, my doctor came and broke my water to help move things along. That's when the contractions started to get worse. I decided that I was ready to have some IV meds to help with me staying not too exhausted before pushing. It didn't take much to take the edge off, but they were helpful.
Finally, by 8:30 p.m. I was at a 10! It was time for baby to be here. However, after 2 1/2 hours of pushing, there was little progress. Baby was not going to go any further.
It was time to do a C-Section. Definitely, NOT something I had planned on, but at that point I didn't care I wanted to see our baby girl.
At 11:50 p.m., Arya Ruth Hoehamer was born.
I was so relieved to hear her cry. It was just such a wonderful moment when she was finally delivered into this world.
I was overwhelmed with joy!
1st time DADDY held her.
1st moment with MOM.
It was a long day and night, but we were so thrilled to finally see our baby girl!
Grandpa Hoehamer, Dad and Daughter
She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces. She was 21 inches long.
.JPG)
