The Yeltons: Harrison's Birth Story

Tuesday, February 24th we had our 39 week doctor's appointment and Gray and I had discussed the possibility of being induced. Gray wasn't crazy about the idea, but the doctor brought it up and said it was completely normal to do it and since I was already 4 cm dilated, she felt it wouldn't take all day. Dr. Lambert was on call the next day and said she would put us on the schedule if we wanted to do it then. Gray and I discussed it for a few minutes...mainly saying "Wow, we can have a baby tomorrow!" After a few more minutes of discussion we decided that we wanted to do that. Excitement had really set in at this point!

When we got home that night we did some last minute packing and soaked up some one-on-one time with Evie. I was very emotional because I knew we would be away from her for a couple of days and it was her last night as an only child. She would be staying with my mom so I knew she was going to be in great hands, but we had no idea how she was going to handle everything.

After we put Evie to bed I started having some cramps, but had felt this way before so I didn't think much of it. When I felt another one come on later I had a strange feeling. I decided that maybe I should go ahead and shower just in case these were real contractions. We had to be up super early anyway to be at the hospital by 5:15 so I figured why not go ahead and shower. Gray and I managed to be in bed by 10:30 or so even though we knew we probably wouldn't be able to sleep much. Around 1:00 I woke up with more intense cramping. I told Gray about it and decided to start timing them. They went from every 10 minutes to about every 4 minutes very quickly so we went ahead and called the doctor and she told us to come in!

When we arrived at the hospital and got checked in I was in so much pain. When they checked me I was already 7 cm dilated and in my head I'm thinking oh my please get me that epidural. Luckily they were able to get it in time and it slowed things down a little bit. I was ok with this because Dr. Lambert wasn't coming in until 7 and I knew I wanted her to do the delivery. I made good progress throughout the morning and around 9:30 I started pushing. I pushed for about an hour because of the way his head was positioned. At 10:42 am Harrison Lewis made his debut into the world. He was very healthy and this delivery experience was great compared to my first.
Feeling extra thankful for my many blessings!