David Michael Irving

Born November 2, 2013 at 6:06 pm. Weighing 8 lbs 4 oz and 21.5 inches long.

Baby David was born 7.5 hours after my first contractions. I had gotten in the tub at home but knew fairly quickly that things were happening pretty fast. I told David that I thought we should go ahead and go to the hospital. He asked me if I was sure and I said yes. We finally got in the car to go and got to the hospital and checked in at 3:50.

They got me to labor and delivery and rushed to get my IV's in since I tested positive for Group B Strep. They checked me and I was 7 going on 8 centimeters dilated. They called the doctor.

What I love is that Dr. Lewis wasn't on call that weekend and she still came in to deliver our baby. She was very hands off. I loved it.

My water broke while pushing (Nikki was such a life saver during this labor. I highly recommend a doula!). As soon as I saw the color of it I knew there was meconium in it. They immediately called some team in and about 3 or 4 nurses came in and stood off to the side to help with that issue. Then I started bleeding more than I should so they had to work to get that stopped. That was HORRIBLE.

He's a lovely baby. He eats well. He rarely cries. We are very blessed. Avery adores him. It's precious.

Induction

On Halloween night, I got a call from my midwife stating that after consulting with a doctor, they both felt that due to high blood pressure it would be safest to deliver the baby. Avery went to stay with grandma and David and I headed to the hospital.

A doula/midwife assistant came and met us from our midwife's practice. Her name is Nikki and she was fabulous. That poor girl sat up all night with us at the hospital for an induction that didn't work.

For some reason my body didn't respond to the Pitocin that they had me on and I never went into labor. I had a fabulous doctor (Dr. Kayci Lewis D.O) and rather than continue to try to get me to go into labor, she let me go home. She said that my blood pressure was being controlled well with the medicine and that she believed I'd go into labor on my own since I had before. So we packed up after a night in the hospital and came home.

The next day I woke up feeling fine. No contractions at all. That changed close to 10:30. I started contracting regularly. They fizzled out for a while but started back up again and they hurt like a son of a gun. That crap hurts I tell ya.

To be continued...