Cuttin' Up: Week of Silence

You haven't heard from me in over a week. Well there is a really good reason for that. Last Sunday evening, July 31st, I went to bed close to 11:30pm, and just as I was drifting off about midnight, I felt a large gush of water, which didn't take me long to realize that my water had broken.

We were off to the hospital about 1am. I labored on my own for several hours without significant progress. They decided to start pitocin. I continued to labor without an epidural until about 2pm at which case I was still only 3cm dilated, but the contractions were getting really rough. I opted for an epidural. About 4 o'clock, the doctors came in to let me know that Nathan's heart rate kept dropping after each contraction. They took me off the pitocin and see if I continued on my own. I didn't continue to progress on my own, and since Nathan's heart rate stabilized, they re-started me on pitocin for awhile longer. Nathan's heart rate continued to drop after each contraction, so after talking to my doctor, they decided to do a C-section. Nathan was born at 5:57 pm.

He weighed 8# 2.5oz and was 21 1/4 inches long. He's a BIG kid!! I was in the hospital until Friday morning. I had some blood pressure issues from Wednesday through early Friday which appear to have rectified themselves.

Nathan and I are very gratefully at home with the rest of the family who are very excited over his arrival. These next few weeks are definitely going to be a transition for us as I learn how to care for a newbie while taking care of the rest of my family, but I have every confidence in the Lord that He will lead and provide for sleep and strength for the task to which He has called us.