We welcomed Alden Ray Peterson in to the world on Friday January 27, 2012 at 7:26 pm. He weighed in at 8lbs 4 oz and 20 inches long. And like all new moms here is where I will share all of the details of his birth. Ok maybe not all, but Alden has already shown that he is in charge of how things are going to happen so his delivery definitely did not go as planned.
Alden was due on January 20, so we went to the hospital a week later to get induced because he was not going to come on his own (I had not progressed any in about 3 week). We arrived at 6 am and they broke my water at about 7. After oxygen off and on for about the next 12 hours I was pretty much ready to go when nurses came rushing in yelling to get the doctor on the phone immediately and get as many hands in the room as possible. I was flipped on to my side and told to push. My right leg was so numb from the epidural I couldn't tell if I was pushing or not. I thought I wasn't doing well because I was immediately flipped to the other side and tried pushing again. Then the next thing I know they are yanking my bed away from the wall and talking about a c-section. There were so many people running around they actually broke the bed because we were in such a hurry to get out of the room they forgot to unplug it. As we were leaving and Cass was instructed to stay put someone said something about Alden's heart rate being in the 60s and that it had been there for around 4 minutes they had to get the baby out fast. There was also talk about if I couldn't get numb in time that I would have to be knocked completely out.
I didn't have to be knocked out, but we were the most exciting thing happening in labor and delivery on Friday night. There was probably about 15-20 people in the operating room waiting on us. And it was less than 20 minutes from when the first nurses rushed in my room until Alden was out and being cleaned up. Cass was great at supporting me through all of this and thinking that it was cool to watch a baby get cut out of my belly. We also had incredibly awesome doctors and nurses for the whole weekend. Alden had some fluid in his lungs when he was delivered, but nurses were able to get that out without too much trouble so we are blessed with a beautiful healthy perfect baby boy. Sorry this is so long, but here are some pictures to make the reading worth while :)
This is the first time I got to see our son. It was so awkward and I could only touch the his cheek with the tip of my fingers when the blood pressure cuff was not tightening up. This is our first family picture. Ignore the bad resolution it was taken with a camera phone because left the room so fast the camera was not thought of until after we had a baby.
Just some cute pictures. Alden has such a sweet personality he doesn't fuss much, but definitely knows what he wants. When he is asleep don't try to wake him up because it won't work :)
When I tell you don't try to wake him up this is why. He did not want to wake up to eat, but if you don't eat every so often in the hospital they will give the baby an IV. He was too tired to breast feed so I had to torture him to suck on a bottle.
A much better family picture.
This is right after Alden was born getting checked out by the nurse.
This is the first time I got to hold Alden after the c-section. I still couldn't see him very well, but was so excited to finally hold him.
Cass getting a good look at him after the nurse cleaned him up. I think he likes what he sees.
And one more picture to show what a great husband Cass is. He slept on this roll away bed at the end of my bed for three nights while we were in the hospital. He was woken up by me feeding Alden and a sore back every night, but stayed with me through the whole experience. I love him so much for it.
And the final picture is getting dressed to come home. Isn't he so cute!
