Brecken is Born

I went into see Dr. Watson in the afternoon on August 6th. I told him I really wanted to have the baby before the 10th because my little brother Carter was leaving for his mission. If I didn't have the baby by then I wouldn't be able to make it to his farewell on the 14th... 

Dr. Watson told me he would strip my membranes to see if that got anything started and that we could set an induction date for the 9th. I then worried and stressed the whole day because nothing was happening and because I found out that if you get induced you are more likely to have to have a c-section. So, I put it in God's hands and just  accepted that he would come when the time was right.

At 11:00 p.m. I got up from watching T.V. and whoosh, my water broke. I was just in complete shock because I had accepted that he wasn't going to come for  at least another week. Kaile started running around the apartment like a chicken with his head cut off and was asking me what we needed to do. Luckily I had a bag packed and off we went to the hospital. Once we got there they checked me into a exam room and made sure that my water really did break... it did:) They hooked me up to some monitors and the nurse told me I was dilated to a 3 and was having contractions every couple minutes.

I guess my body is weird or I am really lucky because I couldn't feel any contractions... when I did start to feel them later it was more like a cramp then a real tightening. Anyways, they moved me to my delivery room and I ate some applesauce and tried to get some sleep. The nurse kept checking on me every hour or so and at around 3 in the morning I was dilated to a 6. At this point I started feeling the contractions and decided to go for a walk around the hospital with Kaile cause they said it might help. After my walk the contractions were 10 times worse so I finally asked for an epidural! The epidural was quick and painless. My legs and lower back felt heavy but I couldn't feel any pain. I then tried to sleep some more and when the nurse checked on me again I had stopped progressing so they started me on Pitocin.

 I started to progress again and by 12:30 p.m. I was completely dilated. I started pushing at around 1 and Kaile was my counter.  At around 2 Dr. Watson came in and said "Lets get this baby out". After another 20 minutes of pushing he still wasn't out and I was exhausted so Dr. Watson did an episiotomy. I gave another couple pushes and at 2:22 p.m. on August 7th Brecken Wade Myrick was born.

I heard him cry and then I started to cry. I just couldn't believe that after 9 months my little boy was finally here. It was so surreal and all I wanted to do was hold him. He weighed 7 lb. 13 oz and was 20 inches long. His apgar scores were high and he was born with a full head of hair. They brought him over to me and I couldn't believe how perfect he was. Kaile and I held him and kissed him and just felt so much love for him and for each other.