I dont even know where to begin this blog.. Its going to be crazy long so I'll just start from Wednesday morning.. November the 7th!
We woke up at 4am Wednesday morning, we needed to leave the house by 5 to get to the hospital by 6. I only slept a few hours that night, I was so anxious and nervous! Our dogs were staying with my parents while we were at the hospital, so we dropped them off at my parents on the way to the hospital. We spent a little more time there visiting with them then we had planned so we were running late! I wasn't that worried about it, I didnt figure they would send me home! lol! We got to the hospital at about 630, got in our room and got settled in! I don't think it actually had hit me yet, we were about to meet our sweet baby!! My doctor came in a little after 9 to break my water. I was still just 3cm at that time so she figured once the pitocin kicked in we'd have a baby by supper time! I was still feeling great at that point! About an hour later my contractions were terrible! I told my mom at one point "this is for the birds!!" My nurse came in and said the anesthesiologist
was on the floor now and had a few people in front of me so it would be about an hour before I could get an epidural if I wanted one. I decided to go on and get it. She told me since I was pretty uncomfortable she'd check me again after I got the epidural. I toughed out that hour but my contractions were pretty bad. The anesthesiologist came in a little after 11 and was finished by about 1145. I told the nurse I felt alot of pressure when they gave me my epidural, she thought that was weird. She checked me again and said "Either I can't find your cervix or your at like 8! Im going to get another nurse to check you!" So another nurse came in and sure enough I was at 8. She said well that explains the pressure you felt during your epidural! I had a massive headache so she laid me flat and said she'd be back in a little while. I asked her how everything was going to go, she said, "Well, we'll wait til you get to 10, let the baby drop more on its own, do some practice pushes, then call the doctor for the real pushes!" That sounded fine to me. So she left, well a few min later I felt a lot of pressure so we called the nurse, a different nurse came in and said my nurse would be back in 15 min, that she had just checked me so she'd let my nurse check me when she got back. My nurse comes back in a litle bit later to check me, I asked if I could set up now cause my headache wasnt bad anymore. She said I could after she checked me again. As soon as she checked me she said "Don't move! Its time to call the doctor the head is right there!" I asked if I could set up she said "NO! Its litterally right there!" I then asked about those practice pushes she told me about she said "We're long past that!" Within no time there were several nurses in there and my doctor and it was show time! I didn;t even have a chance to really get nervous or anything! I pushed about 6 times and at 1:44pm we welcomed Kasen Stone Shepherd into the world! Dallas announced that it was a boy and he got to cut the cord! I was absolutely overjoyed! He was perfect in every way! He weighed 7 pounds and 6.8 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long!!! I couldn't believe I carried a baby that big! It was love at first sight! He was healthy and the delivery couldn't have gone smoother! It was a perfect day :)
We're home now and he's changing every day! We are so in love with our sweet boy! He's been a really good baby so far! He might kinda be on my night shift schedule, but we're working on it! Any loss sleep is completely worth it! I have never been happier! Dallas has been a huge help around the house and is the best dad! Kasen has a good man to look up to! Dallas was already talking about buying him saddles and ropin dummys and his Dallas's dad already bought him a pair of handmade boots! He's not spoiled already or anything :)
I'll try my best to keep yal updated on how hes doing and how he's changing! Thank you everyone for your love and support. We are so blessed :)
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