The Arrival of Harvey James

It's A Boy!!!

Harvey James

It was a very long last month of pregnancy with daily contractions keeping me on my toes. I was feeling like this little baby could come any day. However he decided to stay cozy until his due date, when we had planned an induction. 

This baby is proving that he will not be the forgotten child and has called for plenty attention his last month in the womb and with his dramatic entry. 

Harvey's birth story:

The night before our induction, big brother Clyde went to the hotel to stay with Nana and Papa. We took advantage and went out for dinner. Before we left, I was having contractions. This was my normal, so I wasn't even counting them. I did decide to throw our hospital bags in the car, just in case. As we were driving I felt the contractions getting closer so I started timing them. By the time we got to the restaurant, I was debating going to the hospital. I walked around a little, and decided it was just my nerves and I needed to sit down and relax and eat. 

As soon as we ordered our food, I decided it was time to go to the hospital. I asked Kyle to cancel our food order. So he told the hostess that he was very sorry but we needed to cancel our order and leave because his wife is going into labor. 

Well. They all got in an excited tizzy and the manager flew out of the back and told us he would pack up our food for us no charge. We insisted on paying but they obviously didn't want a baby to be born in their business. They refused and shuffled us out the door with congratulations. 

We ended up with both of our meals and drinks for free.  We drove to the hospital and knowing that they wouldn't let me eat once we got inside, we just scarfed our free food down in the car. 

We got checked in and sure enough my contractions were getting closer and they kept me. Once I got into my room, the contractions leveled out and they told me to sleep and if they didn't pick back up they would give me medicine in the am to get things going. Kyle slept all night. I slept about an hour. Typical.

In the morning I was given pitocin, but the Dr couldn't break my water because of the baby's position. They raised my pitocin to see if that would turn the baby,  that made the contractions super painful so I got my epidural.  When the Dr. came back to check the baby's position, my water broke as she was checking. After barely any time at all, I was feeling pressure and the nurse checked and here comes the baby! I could tell Harvey was on his way out whether we were ready or not. 

And we were not. The nurse told Kyle to sit down in the chair (because he almost fainted with Clyde) Then she called for the Dr. right away and told me to relax and try not to push, but don't worry if the baby came before the Dr was in, everything would be fine. I said "just someone please catch this baby!"  The Dr. came in and didn't even have time to gown. She threw gloves on  and while she was catching, the nurses were still adjusting my bed and putting the towels out. In 1 1/2 pushes our little Harvey was here. Kyle couldn't even announce IT'S A BOY because he was so choked up and speechless. (He's a big softie!) 

Harvey was perfect! 

Big brother loved him right away, shared his Mickey Mouse and patted his head. 

This time around, I did not have any blood pressure issues. I healed a lot faster, felt so much better, and everyone was very relieved when we went home after 48 hours this time! It is definitely different, but we are settling into our family of four.