Special mid July post - Introducing...

Grant Aren Rucker - July 14, 2011

Our little guy has arrived!  Thursday night at 7:20 little Grant was born, weighing 7lb 13oz and measuring 21 in long.  I was scheduled to be induced on the 13th at 5 am, but due to a L&D overflow that day I was pushed back and was told that they would call me when they had a bed available.  Aaron and I had just gone to bed that night at 12:30 when they called us so we got our stuff into the car and got into a hospital bed on the 14th at 1:30 am.  After paperwork and an IV, the pitocin was started at 2:30 and then it was a waiting game.  Aaron and I were able to get a few hours of restless sleep before my Dr. came in before his office hours and broke my water.  The contractions started almost immediately and I got the epidural soon afterwards.  Although I was very thankful that the pain was absent, I didn't like how the epidural made me feel - nauseous, lightheaded, and very weak.  There's no way I could have gone through the day without it.  Labor went sooo slow and it wasn't until about 6:30 pm that I got the good news that I was fully dilated and almost ready to go.  The nurses got the room and bassinet set up, while my Dr. finished up a C-section up on one of his other patients.  When he was done and got into my room I was ready to go and Grant was ready to come out.  All it took was 3 pushes and he was here.  He was pretty pale and didn't cry much so I was a little worried, but he's pink as can be now and we've discovered he can cry :)  It was an exhausting day so I was very grateful to finally get to sleep.  The next day we were able to come home and everything is going great.  A huge thank you to my mom for staying the first night so Aaron and I could catch up on some lost sleep.  We love our little guy.  Aaron is an amazing dad and so involved, which I am so grateful for.  I am really going to try to make the most of my three months home, because I can already tell I'm going to hate going back to work.  Hurry and graduate Aaron!!!