We had a baby!

That's right, little Brantley Dean is here! I should really say, not so little though. My baby boy weighed in at 9lbs and 21 inches long!

I went to see my OB on 9-23-13 since that was my original due date, he(very reluctantly) went ahead and scheduled an induction for the next morning. While I was 100% happy with him as my OB during the whole pregnancy, it bothered me a bit that he thought just because I was a first time mom I would end up laboring for 24+ hours then ending as a failure to progress. I proved him very wrong though :)

I got to the hospital at 7:15, at 9 am I got mg first dose of Cytotec (I was scheduled 4 doses if needed) and by 10:30ish I was in active labor and my contractions were in full force. At roughly 1:00 I started the process of getting an epidural, while the process sucked and was horribly painful, it was exactly what I needed to relax and enjoy the labor and birth of my son. The epidural didn't take quite right on my left side, so the wonderful anesthesiologist came and fixed me up and got it working. At that point I was almost too numb. I definitely felt better, but was scared I was to numb to effectively push when the time came. By 10 that night one of the nurses had me start practice pushes to bring him down a bit more and try to get the feel of the process. About 10:30 my OB came in and suited up.

It got really real at that point (as if it was fake up until then? Lol). I started to freak out and really doubted my ability to actually bring a child in to the world. After every push I would mumble/yell that I couldn't do it, Justin was by my aide the entire time and was absolutely amazing. I know I wouldn't have been able to do it with out him. He was an amazing supportive daddy to be!

At 10:55 I pushed for the final time and just seconds later I had the most beautiful baby boy dropped on my chest. I was completely speechless, I just laid there staring in disbelief that he was my son. That I had actually given birth to a baby, a baby that grew in my belly.

This was hands down the most amazing moment of my life, along with none and Justin's relationship.