Welcome to the world baby boy

Welcome to the world baby boy!

Birth Story - May 2nd

*Felt first contraction around 1:15 PM on the way to pick up Luca’s curtains.
Had another one while getting the curtains, around 1:30 PM.

*Experienced a few more contractions in the car, at Old Navy, JCPenney’s, and Target (I was running errands).

*Called Dave around 3 PM to let him know I was having painful contractions and to answer the phone if I called back.

*A few more contractions between 3 and 4:30 PM but I wasn’t timing them,
however, they got painful enough that I called Dave at 4:30 PM to tell him to come home.

*I got the girls up from their naps and started timing the contractions, they were every 3-5 minutes.
Started packing the rest of the hospital bag and got the girls dressed to go to the hospital.

*Dave got home around 5:30 PM and changed clothes. We packed up some food and snacks for the girls and headed to the hospital.
Contractions were still coming every 5 minutes. Called our parents on the way there to let them know what was going on.

*Arrived at the hospital at 6 PM in the ER and was wheeled up to L&D.
Went to triage first, but they put us in an L&D room right away. Was already dilated to 5 cm.

*IV was started around 6:30 PM, had to receive a bag of fluids before starting the epidural.

*Epidural process was started around 7:30 PM. Unfortunately, the doctor kept hitting nerves in my legs
and it took 5-6 times to get it in right. Experienced extremely painful contractions throughout this ordeal.

*Dr. Kuebel arrived at 9 PM and I was dilated to 10 cm.
He broke my water and I started pushing. Baby was face up which made it a bit harder.

*Luca Matthew was born at 9:56 PM, weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces, and 19 ¼ inches long.