He Had Me From Hello: He's finally here!

Foster Kingsley was born on Friday July 13, 2012 at 11:25am est all natural, exactly 5 days overdue. He was 8lbs 10oz and 22in long. He is perfect in every way and we couldn't love him more.

(I was convinced throughout my entire pregnancy that he was going to come early. I tried for WEEKS to go into labor: birth ball, walking, squats, sex, dancing, a hot bath.... and nothing worked. I think I drove my poor husband insane, but he was very sweet and went along with all of my insanity! Finally, five days overdue, Foster made his debut!)

His birth story: I woke up around 4:30am to a contraction, so I laid in bed for a while and timed them. They were consistent so I got up to move around to see if they continued. Corey got up at 6 because he had some things to do today and I still wasn't sure if I was truly in labor. I started cleaning house just to pass the time but ctx were getting pretty intense already and the hospital is about an hour from our house. So we called my mom to come over and watch the girls. We left our house around 7:40 and luckily didn't run into much traffic (although we had trouble with parking due to construction at the hospital). They got me checked in and took me to triage, but moved me straight to a room since I was already 5cm and -1 station. I was on the birth ball for a little bit and was 6cm after that. Then I moved to the tub, didn't help much with the pain but it was still a nice distraction. Ctx got really intense, so we went back to the room and I was still only 6.5-7cm. Then I apparently hit transition because they got really strong and really frequent all of a sudden. The dr checked me literally 10-15mins later when we were discussing breaking my water to speed things up and I was at 10cm.

I was completely miserable at this point and wondering wtf I was thinking trying to go without an epidural. Anyway, started pushing and he was out in less that ten minutes. They put him straight on my chest and he stayed there for quite a while (and peed all over me! Lol).

I had awesome nurses and if it weren't for them I would have gotten an epidural. They were very "pro" natural birth. It was an interesting experience, more pain than I ever thought possible (partially my fault for not being more prepared) and a lot of back labor.

It's such a strange sensation to feel everything while you're pushing. He came out fairly fast and the "ring of fire" was painful but nothing compared to ctx. No episiotomy or tears at all.

Sorry that's so long and "story-telling" isn't my strong point, but it's something I never want to forget. Some pictures of our beautiful new son:

40 week belly shot, he was born 5 days later. The dr was pushing to induce me earlier in the week (for no good reason, other than being overdue) and I am so glad that I refused.