Bailey and Cade wearing their matching snowman t-shirts my Mom made them (pictures to be used on my parents Christmas card this year!) 
the newest Red Raider!
Gregg's Dad was able to fly in today as well
MiMi wither her 2 boys
Testing out the new boots
Tonight is time change so we are hoping for a good night. I am confused already thinking about feeding times and how to make adjustments with the time change! Tomorrow morning Cade goes for his circumcision bright and then we are hopefully headed home!!!
Friday, November 5, 2011
Our last doctors appointment was on November 2 and things were still status quo. My cervix was only dilated 1 cm but I was a little more effaced. My doctor decided to go ahead and schedule my induction for November 8 (my due date). We were so excited to have a date and made plans for all the family to come to town. I planned to work until Friday and then have the weekend to take care of all the last minute details and run errands with my Mom once my parents got to town on Saturday.
The best plans never work out and I should have made a back up plan but...
So, Thursday November 4, I came home from work and started about my normal routine at home. Gregg made us pizza for dinner and we were getting ready to eat when I all of a sudden felt really nauseated and got sick. While throwing up my water broke, only I wasn't exactly sure if it had really broken or if (sorry for this bluntness) I had peed on myself! There was no gush and no consistent contractions and it just wasn't what I expected at all! I told Gregg that I thought my water had broken but that I wasn't sure. So, we decided to eat dinner and see what I thought. Gregg asked me every 5 minutes what I thought but I couldn't decide and so we kept waiting. (I didn't want to drive 45 miles to the hospital just for them to send me home!) I called a friend and asked her to bring a nitrazine swab home from her job to test for amniotic fluid. She came over about 7:30pm and we did the test, decided that my water had indeed broken and started towards the hospital for confirmation.
Trying to decide if we should go to the hospital
We arrived at L&D Triage about 9:30pm and were shown to a room. My doctor was tied up at another hospital and so I was examined by a nurse practitioner and then one of the 4th year residents who both confirmed that I had a small puncture in my bag of water but that I was still only 1 cm dilated and not in labor. Plans were made to admit me to be induced and phone calls were made to all of our family to let them know our little one was coming a couple of days early!
Last pictures with my belly!
We were admitted to our room about 11pm but because the unit was so busy I didn't actually get my Pitocin started till 4am. My parents made it to Dallas at 4:45am and we all settled in to hurry up and wait! I got my epidural just before 7am and then my doctor came to check me about 9am and I was dilated to 4 cm! Not too long after that I started feeling quite a bit of discomfort and pressure. I had one of the midwifes come check me and had dilated to 7cm. The anesthesiologist came and dosed my epidural up to get me comfortable and we started waiting again.
Feeling better after getting my epidural!
Last picture as a family of 2
Dad, me, and Mom
me and my Momma
me and Seth (Seth was able to get on a stand-by flight at noon and made it in to hang out and celebrate his first nephew)
me and my Uncle Rod
my dear friend Susan spent the entire day at the hospital with us
I started feeling a little pressure again around 2pm and when they came to check me at 3pm I was completely dilated and ready to start pushing! I pushed for almost 2 hours and at 4:48pm Cade Allison Groves entered this world weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces and measuring 20 inches.
Love at first sight!
Grinna getting to hold Cade for the first time!
Grumps getting to hold Cade
Mimi (Gregg's Mom) was able to get a flight out of Amarillo and made it to the hospital 10 minutes before Cade was born
Uncle Seth and Cade
My FANTASTIC doctor, Dr. Rosenbaum and I after delivery
My wonderful nurse for the delivery, Kristen
We were moved to our post-partum room just before 11pm and quickly settled in for the night. Gregg and I were both exhausted since we hadn't slept much since we got it all started. We had a good start to the night but about 2:30 am had to send Cade to the nursery for him to be suctioned after he kept gagging and spitting up old blood and amniotic fluid that he had swallowed. We got him back shortly after and the rest of the night went perfect!
Sweet sleeping baby
Stay tuned for more pictures from the hospital and our first days at home!
