Porter's Birth Story

Matt, Carter and I welcome Porter Scott. He was born November 30th at 3:00 PM weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz. and was 19 in. long. We are so happy to have him join our family. He has been such a great baby. The day before I had Porter the doctor and I decided I would get induced the next day. At the time I was already dilated to a 4 and was completely effaced. We were surprised that I hadn't already gone into labor yet. The doctor told me labor and delivery would call me in the morning to be induced if there are enough delivery rooms available. I was last on the list to be induced so they told me that if the rooms were full we would have to wait until Monday. I was told they would call me no earlier than 6 and to call if I hadn't heard from them by 8. Well at 5:15 the next morning they called and asked if we could be to the hospital within the hour. This might be gross to some of you but I lost my mucous plug just after getting off the phone with labor and delivery...we just thought it was a funny coincidence. Matt and I hurry and got ready and got up Carter. We dropped Carter off at Matt's parents and we made it to the hospital by 6:15. The nurse got us set up in the room by 7 and were watching my contractions. I was having contractions on my own but they weren't close enough yet, so they decided to start me on pitocin. Matt and I just hung out in the room for a while and the nurse kept asking me when I want my epidural. I was feeling pretty good and didn't think I needed the epidural yet. My sister, Sabrina, talked on the phone to me a lot while I was in labor. She thought I was crazy that I hadn't gotten the epidural yet. She told me I should hurry and get it because last time she waited a little longer and the contractions were really intense. She freaked me out so I decided to get the epidural then at 10. After the epidural kicked in I was pain free...I guess I didn't realize how much pain I was in. It seemed as though things were going slow. They checked me at 1 and I was finally dilated to a 5. I called my mom and sister to update them because they were coming to the birth and didn't want to miss it. They were both at the hospital but needed something to eat. They came up to the room around 1:45 and the doctors checked me at 2 and I was dilated to an 8+. They said they would check me again in a little while unless I felt pressure. After only 15-20 minutes I was feeling a lot of pressure and sure enough I was dilated to a 10. The doctor was delivering someone else's baby so I had to wait until he was finished. We waited until 2:50 and then I started pushing. I pushed for 10 minutes and Porter was born at 3:00 PM. Matt's mom barely missed the birth. She got there right after.

Me holding Porter for the first time.

Matt, Porter and me

Grandma Connie and Porter

Everyone that was there, but my mom.

Porter. He reminds me of Carter in this picture.