Easton's Birth Story

Our little Easton arrived 3 days overdue. So much better than the 2 weeks overdue I was dreading. He was due on a Saturday, and the Thursday before his due date I started having contractions...the real contractions rather than the pointless Braxton Hicks stuff. It was nothing I was worried about timing yet, but at least my body was headed in the right direction.

Monday, 2 days after Easton's due date, Grandma Karen (Tim's mom) arrived. I had a doctor appointment that morning and was happy to hear that things were progressing. We set a date for induction for Thursday, but my doctor didn't figure I'd make it that long. That day the contractions really started to pick up. I couldn't walk through the contractions, but I could still talk, so I figured we still had lots of time. We went out to dinner and stopped at a few stores. I was uncomfortable, but didn't want to be heading to the hospital that night. I figured we'd get a good nights sleep, I'd get all showered and ready in the morning, and hopefully head off to the hospital. After heading to bed, I couldn't sleep. I was looking at the clock with each contraction, but not registering how far apart they were. At 12:30a.m. I was jolted upright and knew we wouldn't be waiting until morning. I timed a few contractions and they were 3 minutes apart. Off to the hospital we went.

After I finally got an epidural around 3:30, the labor was a dream. I didn't feel a thing so I was pain free, and was able to get some sleep. I labored through the night and was able to have my doctor there for the delivery rather than the on-call doctor. When it came time to push, things went so fast. He was here after three sets of pushing. Wow! I felt great! What a contrast from how crazy things were with Dylan.

Easton has been an absolutely AMAZING baby! We feel so lucky. He has been a great sleeper, and such a good natured little guy. He is only fussy when he is hungry, tired, or needs a diaper change. Other than that, he is sleeping, or loves to just lay and look around. He is so adorable and I love kissing his chubby little cheeks. He is honestly an answer to my prayers!!

Here is one last pregnancy picture since this is basically my journal/scrapbook. This is two days before Easton was born. Sorry for the funny shirt - Tim thought the tank top showed my belly best. I am so happy to finally have that huge belly gone. It is nice to be able to move again and actually be able to bend over. Relief!!