Aiden Eric Dilworth :)

So i know that Aiden is a little over a week now, but i definately haven't had time to blog about him yet. As he is laying here sleeping i figured i would.



So on Monday the 25th i was scheduled to be induced at 7 am because we thought he was going to be a big baby. I was measuring really big and had a TON of fluid so they thought he was going to be at least 9 pounds! So we went in, put on the wonderful nightgown they supply haha and got hooked up to all the monitors and was scared out of my mind. I was so nervous i was going to meet my little boy that day! The nurse checked me and i was still a 2 from the Thursday before at a Dr. Appt. So i just laid there for an hour to see if i would progress. Well i didn't so they gave me a pill called Cervidil that goes under my cervix that is supposed to help me dilate. It kicked in after an hour or so, and all it really did was make me REALLY crampy. So i laid there for 4 hours....and made it to a 3 but wasn't thinning at all which is really what they wanted me to do. She gave me another dose and waited another 4 hours.....and nothing. She gave Dr. B a call and he said to send me home. WHAT?! I was pissed, sad, confused. Why not just put me on pit? Start me? My body just wasn't having it, and my little guy wasn't ready to come out. After being on the Cervidil for 8 hours and experiencing what it made my body feel like, i went home with a completely different mind set. I told myself, when he is ready to come, he will, and i don't want to force my body to do something its not ready for. So he told me to come back the next morning because sometimes it works overnight. So we did, and nothing. We went back home and i told Eric i am done going to the hospital until it's time.

Sorry if it's too much information, but that night i kept feeling like i was peeing my pants, just a little bit at a time. Everytime i would stand up or change positions something would leak out (gross) so i thought it was just from them checking me, whatever. It kept happening, so i called in Wed about noon and she told me to come in just to get checked because it could be amniotic fluid. I didn't call Eric or anyone because i didn't want to go through the same thing of getting everyone's hopes up. So they did a test on me and sure enough my water broke just a tiny bit. So she told, "Your not leaving without a baby this time" Holy moly!! Of course the day i AM prepared they send me home, and when i think i am just peeing my pants they keep me!! haha

So she started me on pit around 2:00 and we just waited. Dr. B came in around 5:00 and broke my water, and honestly i think it was the coolest feeling ever. haha i know, weird. Once he broke it, i started to hurt really bad. My contractions were right on top of eachother and never had a break in between. I am not good with pain AT ALL, so for me, these hurt, and i figured i have experienced some of labor pain so i will just enjoy it from here on out. haha So they gave me the epidural and i felt amazing. The rest of the night we just waited. It was nice to have it during the middle of the night because Eric, my mom, and grandma could just sleep. Me on the other hand did not. I finally got to a 7 and from then it went by way fast, i was fully dilated around 7 am Thursday and pushed for about 2 1/2 hours, and our little guy arrived at 9:37 am on the 28th of October.

I have read so many peoples blogs about there experience of having a baby and i truly know what they mean now. Words can't even express my love for him. The experience seeing him for the first time and hearing him cry for the first time is indescribable.
I cannot believe that me and Eric have made something so perfect and how blessed we are. I look at him and wonder how i have lived my life without him. I never thought i could love someone so much. Overall i had the best pregnancy, and the best experience having him. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I cannot wait to watch him grow, and just enjoy be his mommy. I love both of my boys so much and i am the luckiest girl in this world. :)

Aiden Eric Dilworth
October 28th 9:37 am
7 lbs 6 oz 20 1/2 inches long :)



First family pic, more to come :)