Bradley's Arrival

          I had been having some contractions for about a week and a few trips to the doctor but I was stuck at 3cm and showing no signs of real labor. We were walking A LOT to try and help things progress quicker but Bradley was happy where he was. We decided to just be patient
         At 3:30am on November 1st my water broke. I felt a gush in bed like a peed my pants and woke Hunter up saying I think my water broke. I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom where the water continued to pour out of me. Hunter took the sheets off of the bed and cleaned up the mess. Luckily we had a waterproof cover on the bed and I had been sleeping with a towel under me just in case. I then ran to my mom's room (she had come up to wait for his arrival) and let her know my water broke. I wasn't having strong contractions so we took our time packing up the car, ate some breakfast (I knew it would be awhile before I could eat again) and Hunter showered and got ready. We headed to the hospital around 5:30. Its only about a 10 minute drive. We checked in through the ER and I was wheeled back to the delivery room. They check me and I was still at 3cm but my water did break so I was there for the long run. I wasn't in much pain and wasnt progressing so they put me on potocin. That started making me feel contractions more. Around 8:30 the doctor came in and told me they were getting ready to do a c-section so if I didnt take the epidural now it would be awhile before before I could get one. I told her I would go ahead and get one to be safe. I was a little scared about too much pain since they were already getting painful. I got the epiduroal and to my surprise it didnt even hurt getting it. I then was stuck in bed but was much more comfortable. I started progressing and around 1:30 I was ready to push. I pushed for about a hour and a half and even with the nurse and doctor trying everything to assist Bradley out his head was stuck sideways behind my pelvis and he was not budging. The doctor decided I need a c-section.
         They brought Hunter his scrubs and gave me a different medication for the surgery. I was then wheeled back to surgery while Hunter waited to come join me. Once Hunter was in the room the surgery began and Bradley arrived. He didn't cry at first so the took his straight to the warming table. It seemed like to took forever to hear those first cries but I am sure it was only seconds. Hunter was able to walk over and get pictures while they were weighing and getting his footprints. I was shaking uncontrollably from the medications. After at least 10 minutes they finally brought Bradley over and I got to see him. He was perfect and I loved seeing him in his daddy's arms but hated I couldn't hold him in the first few minutes of life.
         My parents, Patti, and Ed were there to meet Bradley when we got out of surgery. I finally got to hold him once back in the room although it was only for a minute because I was shaking so bad and had a high fever. We then got to spend the first night with our baby. It was great! He wasn't wanting to breast fed and his sugar levels were dropping so we had to supplement with some formula to help his sugar levels and jaundice. We finally got to go home on Sunday afternoon and start our new life as a family of 3.