Three in our Family!

DECKER JAMES EDDIE
Born April 7,2010 at 7:39AM
7 lbs. 11 oz. 20 inches long

We have three in our little family now! We went into the hospital on Monday April 5 at 6:00 pm. We had no idea how familiar we were going to be with that room come baby time! They brought me in and started my IV and then placed pills to help thin my cervix every 4 hours....4 doses and still no dialation. Then Tuesday morning after several walks and bounces on the big ball ...still no progress. Tuesday at about noon he broke my water and started pitossin. Tuesday night I finally got an epideral to help with pain. I was on level 16 of Pitossin and having contractions back to back I was at a 3. The baby's heart rate went down rapidly and several nurses and doctors came in strapped oxygen to me and told me to get on my hands and knees...they got it to come up finally and immediately took me off pitossin because the baby couldn't handle such hard and close contractions. The doctor then came and inserted a monitor to attach to my uterus to monitor how hard the contractions were. They also inserted a head lead to the baby to help us monitor his heartbeat. I was so upset and worried by this point I thought this little guy wouldn't make it. Everything was working in my body except I couldn't dialate. Finally early Wedensday morning and after several hours of hard labor....at 3:00 AM the nurse came in and said my doctor wanted to hold of C-Section for 1 more hour and then perform C-section if no progress...so we filled out all the paperwork and I cried. I wanted to have him regularly...after this long. We prayed harder than ever before. Then after some pain the nurse came in at 4:00 am and said the best thing ever....YOU DIALATED TO A 5. I had progressed 2 cm in only 45 minutes. The C-Section was off!!! The contractions got harder as they increased my pitossin level back up to 28 (which is the max offered). At about 6:00 AM my doctor came in and I had dialated to a 7! YEAH! I was making up for lost time! My doctor had me give a couple of pushes and said we have about an hour. He left to go do a surgery in the hospital and said he would be back to deliver. Just about 5 minutes after he left I knew I needed to push. I was in a lot of pain so the Resident doctor came in and then said,"She is at a 9 call Dr. Jones and try to catch him before surgery starts." So...they called him and my doctor left some lady in her surgery to come deliver. This didn't leave time for another dose of my epidural and it was completely warn off by now...but as Doctor Jones walked in minutes later I was complete and at a 10! Time to push...no time for epidural! It was really hard and intense. Decker was diagonal and posterior which is why I couldn't dialate. He couldn't get down the birth canal far enough to dialate. The cord was also around his neck. The doctor worked so hard to turn him and after several attempts with the forceps he got the vacuum...about 20 hard pushes later little Decker came. It was the most pain I have ever felt. I now think about it and I am grateful I got to feel the pain so I knew how badly I wanted him in my arms and how hard I had to work to get him there. I was in hard labor for 19 1/2 hours, 37 hours Total in the labor unit, and stayed 3 nights and 4 days in the hospital...and it was so worth it. Our little guy is beautiful. We took him for his check up today and the doctor couldn't believe his hematoma (swelling and blood) on his head was almost gone. He looks so much better and is such a healthy little boy. We are so blessed to have him and Beau and I have never been closer. I know that my Heavenly Father had a hand in our experience...now we can enjoy the joy after the pain. Beau was such a good goach. He was by my side the entire way encouraging and comforting me. He stayed at the hospital with us every night. He is such a strength to me and I love him. Our little family is doing so well.
These are some pictures that show our special experience.








Here is Decker sun-bathing with daddy! He was jaundice so the doctor reccomended some UV rays!