He's Here!

Here's a pic of Wes. Here he is at 2 days old. I finally got a chance to catch my breath and a little less sleep deprived. Last Saturday night at 1:30am, I finally started to have contractions (they felt like menstrual cramps). They were 20 mins apart. At 3:30am, they were coming 5 mins apart and I noticed bleeding! I got worried and immediately called the hospital. They told me this was normal..bloody show. Why didn't anyone tell me before that this time bleeding was ok?!? Even though they were 5 mins apart, they still wanted me to stay home, take a shower, and call in a couple of hours. 5:30am - called. They said I sounded fine and that would probably send me home if I came in and take another shower..I should sound miserable..OH-KAY. 6:30am - OK, they are really starting to hurt! 7:00am - I want to go to the hospital NOW..I don't care if they send me home. Since we are 2 miles away from the hospital, we dropped off the Blockbuster Video before we went to the hospital...UGH..it's not fun driving in the car with all the bumps while you're having contractions. We get to the hospital, I'm 4cm dialated. I get to stay. They said the Anesthesiologist will be up in an hour and 1/2 for the epidural and that I should walk around til he got there. I took a shower. As soon as I got out and dressed and was about to walk around, the Anesthesilogist came in. YEAH! I LOVE Epidurals! 11:30am - I was 8cm dialated. They had to up my dose around 1:30 due to the pressure below was getting more painful..I was 9 cm dialated. I didn't get to push until 3:30pm. By then both legs were numb and it was kinda hard to know where to feel the pushing. I started feeling nauseous with the pushing and had to have an Oxygen mask on. I had a midwife, Dr, 3 nurses, and Jay in the room with me. The baby needed help with a couple of snips below and a suction. but, Wesley Calvin Hann was born at 4:32pm on Sunday, March 19th. He was 18 inches long and weighed in at 6 lbs, 7 oz. Oops gotta go! I'll have to write more and post more pics later.