Welcome Elllis Hayes

From mom's perspective---- It all started with a phone call from Emma and Angus reminding us that the full moon was upon us. We took a nice walk under the moonlight that night...a few hours later I woke Tom up to tell him I thought we were going to have a baby today, as I was pretty sure my water had broke. That was around 3am on the 20th. By 5am there were steady contractions and we were at the hospital by 7am. The contractions were about 5 minutes apart then. By 8am we had contractions anywhere from 2-5 minutes apart and anyhwhere from 30-90 seconds long for about 7 hours. Every one of them was in the back--it was back labor...and it was excruitiating. After that 7th hour, I did the unthinkable, I asked for some drug relief, as the pain of back labor was so intense it was just not bearable. This is after about 20 positions and 2 trips to the jaccuzi. So we tried the fentinol, it did not work, and alas, I did what i promised I would not do--I got an epidural--it was the best decision I could have ever made. I continued with the same pattern of contractions for another 5 hours and then was finally fully dialated and got to start pushing around 7pm. We pushed for 3 hours and found out the baby was stuck--he was in there a little sideways and we tried to turn him, but he would not budge, so we ended up being informed that we needed a c-section--my worst nightmare. Because he had been stuck in the same position for about 4 hours, he came out with a pretty impressive cone head (which is much better now). However, in the end it was the best thing for a healthy mom and healthy baby. We went into surgery and after just a few minutes the dr held up the baby and tom announced that we had a little boy. he screamed and cried with some great lungs and was perfectly healthy--7 lbs 14 oz and 20.5 logn with some wicked big feet. We are all doing great--I just took my first little walk. Ellis has already had 3 poopie diapers (tom is doing a great job changing them) and he has had 2 great feedings. We will be in the hospital until Friday dn cannot wait to bring him home--and to let the dogs meet him too! more to come.....