A look back in time... (approximately 1 year, 1 month, 1 week, 4 days ago)

He's Here!

It only took...

41 weeks and 4 days

1 induction:  My induction started at 5pm on Saturday, June 18th, after getting a call from Kaiser at noon to come in a day early from my scheduled appointment. We had time to watch a screening of Midnight in Paris and picked up sandwiches from A.G. Ferrari before heading over to the hospital. (Oh and a run in with Bruce Bochy after breakfast at TownsEnd Cafe)

37 hours of labor

2 epidurals (yes, TWO!)

1 foley bulb

1 urinary catheter

1 oxygen mask

1 water breaking on its own (at 3:33am right as the anesthesiologist finished administering the test dose on my first epidural)

various levels of Pitocin

2 times that I was almost rushed to the operating room for a C-Section (because baby's heart rate dipped to the low 60's)

1 false dilatation reading (from 5 inches to 3)

1 mini break down resulting from above "false" reading

3 hits of Fentanyl

Countless pitchers of water

Zero ice chips

1 hour 40 minutes of pushing

Last meal before being a mother: sesame noodles with chicken and veggies and tea

Result: 1 healthy baby weighing in at 8lbs, 12 oz and 21 inches in length and scoring an APGAR score of 9!

I've practically forgotten what it took to get this baby out;)

And now my baby is one...