On November 18th, 2012, John and I headed up to Ogden Regional Medical Center at 10:00am for my scheduled induction. Since Camden decided not to come on him own my doctor was generous enough to go ahead and induce me at 39 weeks 4 days. Once we arrived at the hospital, they checked us in, got us in our room, and there we waited to get the process started. They asked me a million medical questions...all about my history and any medical conditions I might have. It's a good thing I wasn't having contractions or in "real" labor at this point because I really don't know how someone in that kind of pain could sit through all those questions. My first set of nurses were great! Their names were Becky and Sherri. Becky was a trainee, so it was definitely nice to have Sherri there as well to help her. They decided to start my Pitocin at 11:55am and then call Dr. Bierer to come in and break my water. I was completely scared o death of Pitocin. I had heard my fair share of scary stories and well...I believed them all. Honestly, it wasn't that bad and I knew when they started to get bad I would be getting an epidural, so I was able to calm down about the fear of feeling that much pain.
Dr. Bierer showed up at 12:22pm and broke my water. ( he was able to go to his entire block of church, which he said hardly ever happens). I was really starting to feel contractions now, so we decided we better call for the epidural. You never know how busy the anesthesiologist can be and I didn't want to wait too long. At this point I started to cry. I was literally scared to death to get this epidural put in. Once again, I listened to every one's horrible stories and had pretty much set myself up for the worst. The doctor administering it reassured me he had been doing this for 25 years and promised everything would go great. The nurses had me sit up while they gave it to me. I had John sitting in front of me on a chair and I had to put my feet on his legs and really arch my back. I wouldn't say getting the epidural was fun, but it was not bad at all. I did feel a little bit of pinching as it went in and I was shaking because I was so scared, but I am so thankful I was able to get one and that everything went well. I am also thankful for the sense of humor the anesthesiologist had because it made things a lot better.
I was given a button I could press every hour to administer more pain meds, which made it really nice. The only thing was every time I would press it, ten minutes later I would throw up a couple of times, and unfortunately dry heave because all I had in my tummy was water. Once all the water was gone it was terrible. I made sure I ate ice chips constantly so I would have something to throw up. The throwing up actually helped my labor move along quicker because I was using all those pushing muscles. They offered to give me Zofran, but I declined because I really was only throwing up once an hour and it wasn't all that bad.
Things really started to move along after Pitocin, breaking my water, and getting my epidural. Since I was already dilated to a three when I was induced, it made the process move much faster.At 1:30pm I was dilated to 4cm. The nurses said once I was able to get over 5cm. I would move quickly and they were right! Finally at 3:52pm I was at 6cm and by 4:32pm I was dilated to 8cm. Every time we had any progression, we all got really excited knowing it would be soon that we would finally meet our little boy. By 5:10pm I was dilated to 9cm. and soon would start pushing. It was right about then we relieved a new nurse...Her name was Emmalee and let me just tell you...we did not get along at first. She came to check me and said I was about a ten, but that she wouldn't check me for another two hours. I was not happy about this because I was having the urge to push and knew it wouldn't be long because I had been progressing so quickly. She disagreed because it was my "first" pregnancy. There were moments when John had to walk out of the room because she was frustrating him so much. I simply told her I would know when my body was ready and I would press the button when I needed her to check me again. I called her back in 30 minutes and sure enough I was a full 10cm. and ready to push. We started to push at 6:51. At first it was really difficult. I wasn't sure how to push, or I guess I couldn't really feel where I was pushing. I pushed for almost about 35 minutes with the nurses. Than Emilee called Dr. Bierer. He was there within 10 minutes and that's when the real pushing began. I pushed for about 15 more minutes, while I could see all the nurses running around and preparing for the birth of our little boy. John, my mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law were all in the room helping me push and can I just say, I wouldn't have made it through this without them! I am so glad I had them all in there for the support and the help.
Camden John Huston was born at 7:48pm on November 18th, 2012. He weighed 8lbs. 4oz and was 20 inches long. When he came out the nurse said " oh big baby!" When they set him on my chest I was in pure amazement that something this beautiful was all mine...forever. All of the hurt and pain I had felt over the past two years was worth it for that very moment when we made eye contact with each other. I felt a feeling of complete happiness and as if the world had stopped just for a couple of seconds, so I could enjoy that very moment. I will never forget looking up at John and seeing the look in his eyes when he saw his baby boy. We were both so relieved to finally have him here with us.
My labor went smoother than I had ever imagined. We feel so blessed that Camden was born healthy and had absolutely no complications. We can't thank the Ogden Regional staff enough for there help in getting our angel here and all of our friends and family that were so excited to meet this baby boy. He is so loved and I don't think he'll ever understand just how much he has healed me and John's broken hearts. Everyday I wake up I thank my Heavenly Father for this opportunity I have been given.
Camden we are so excited to finally have you here. It's as if you have been a part of our little family forever. I feel so blessed that our Heavenly Father trusts your dad and I to raise you here on this earth. We are so blessed to have such a healthy baby.
