Delivery Day

So we were supposed to go to the doctor for our weekly check-up on Thursday, but Baby Carter decided he couldn't wait any longer.

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My water broke Wednesday night at 9:30pm and contractions started up at 10:30pm. After watching the end of Top Chief and taking a shower we headed to the hospital at midnight. We were very excited to hear I already dilated 3cm. At this point we thought by 8am - 10am we would have our baby!

At 4:00am the contractions were still 5 minutes apart and not very strong. They started medication to speed up the process.

At 8:00am the doctor said I was STILL 3cm and my contractions were STILL 5 minutes apart. Eight hours of labor and nothing was progressing! At that point it was time for the epidural. Below is the lovely picture my husband took to document my contractions. He literally took the picture in the middle of the contraction!

After the epidural the rest of the labor was a lot of sleeping and watching the NCAA basketball tournament. I dilated rather quickly from that point (almost 2-3 cm per hour). Next thing we know the Purdue game is on and the nurse said it's time to push. After 20 hours of labor Baby Carter was born at 5:24pm.