A Glimpse: June 2009

Hunter Anthony

June 18, 2009

8:04pm

9lbs 7oz 20in

Well, a little back story...yes we still went camping! In my 37th week of pregnancy my family came into town and we headed out to the beach for our annual camping trip! It was sooooo hot and humid, but we still had a good time, especially the kids! During my 38th week of pregnancy, Thursday, June 18th, 2009 I woke up to some very light contractions at about 5am. I didn't think much of it b/c I had been contracting on and off for about 2 weeks. However as the day progressed the contractions remained but were sporadic in time. Wayne, bless is heart, was just coming off of duty and still had to move his office from one room to another and was calling every hour to check on me to see if he still had time or not to finish up things at work. At about 1pm we made it to the hospital and they hooked me up and checked me out but reminded me that they would probably send me home because I was still sitting at 5cm (which I had been for a week) and my contractions were still very irregular. So I waited for an hour and all of sudden the nurse came over and said I think I better check you...yup just what I suspected...she noticed on the contraction monitor that I was picking up in consistency. So after she checked me she said I was 7cm and the baby had come down some...but I wasn't really feeling any of this. Wayne and I were reading the newspaper and cutting up jokes. So they moved me to a room and my doctor came at 4pm said lets break your water and get it moving. Well little did I know that our hospital was a packed hospital! So by the time my doctor could actually come and break my water it was 7pm! So from 4pm-7pm Wayne and I talked, watched TV, joked around some more...etc. So 7pm the water was broke, no epidural, and by 8:04pm our 9lb 7oz 20in son Hunter Anthony was born! The doc let my husband deliver the baby! It was so cool! He handed Hunter over to me and as I oogled and googled over my son he also got to deliver the after birth! It was a great birth experience!

While at the hospital Hunter developed jaundice so we had to stay an extra day so he could remain under the lights. We are home now and Hunter is such a great baby! He looks a lot like my firstborn daughter but has the temperament of my second born daughter. All the kids just love him! We thank God every minute for everyone of the blessings he has given us!

Me...waiting...joking...and still waiting