Our baby story

On Tuesday this week I had my final weekly OB appointment. I went in and they did the exams and after a short discussion about my baby's fetal movements after monitoring they decided to send me to the hospital to take some extra precautions. Tony was out working so I called him to let him know to come back and then we got a hold of his mom to meet me there so I would have someone there with me. I was there for a couple of hours when they decided to induce labor. They started with a gel, but they eventually decided that Pitocin was needed to push things along. I was going to try to have the baby without the epidural, but the contractions got too much to handle given the medication I was on. I went in at around 12p but I would say that I actually started labor at around 4 or 5. Time didn't seem to register to me until it I got close to delivery. I was really grateful to have some visitors. Tony's sister and dad, our friends Renee and Scott, and Tom and Laurie came by to congratulate us as well as give their support. TV also helped with the labor. It was a nice distraction to everything that was going on. I feel a little hazy about everything because the only thing I really remember was the people, my left leg going completely numb while my right only going partially numb, and the delivery. We had awesome nurses to help out, especially our delivery nurse. She was very concerned with me and my needs and was an awesome motivator when it came down to delivering. Tony did an excellent job as well. I don't think I could have done it without them. Also, turning off the epidural towards the end of the delivery helped out a lot too. I still had enough medication to where it didn't hurt, but I could feel where to focus my energy rather than pushing more mentally. Landon Robert Rudd Liston was finally born on September 2nd, at 1:36a. He was 8 lbs 3.6 oz, 21.2 inches and just came out looking so beautiful. I will have more pictures of him later. I just need to get them transferred from my camera, but here are a couple to start.

Right after I delivered . Poor thing had no idea what was going on.

In the recovery room. Much more content. Isn't he such a cutie??