Davis Reid

I started contracting every 6 minutes around 5:30pm on Thursday, October 6^th. We hung out at my parents’ house with Elliot until around 8pm. At that point the contractions were coming every 4 minutes. I got settled into Labor & Delivery triage around 9pm. Apparently everyone & their dog decided to have their baby tonight because there were no empty rooms. So I had to labor in triage for 2 hours! I normally wouldn’t mind, but at 9pm my contractions were every 2 minutes. Luckily Lane kept me busy with his comedy act.  And by the time I got into my room, they were every 20 seconds. And keep in mind I couldn’t get my epidural until I was in a room. And they had to monitor the baby for at least 20 minutes before allowing me to have it. Plus it takes about 20 minutes to kick in. So needless to say I was in excruciating pain. I may or may not have bawled waiting for the relief to come. I was sure that I was going to have the baby before they could put it in. Luckily that wasn’t the case. Once everything started working, it was probably midnight. My legs felt like a rubber chicken to the touch and I couldn’t will them to move if I wanted to. When the nurse lifted my gown to insert the catheter, her eyes widened. I had lost my mucus plug, my water had broken, and you could see the baby’s head. All along I had no idea. That’s how numb I was. I couldn’t even feel any pressure. The nurse wasn’t sure if I’d be able to push since I had no feeling in my bottom half, but we got my doctor in there anyway and gave it a go. Two sets of pushes later, Davis entered the world at 1:16am on Friday, October 07, 2011. He weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces. He measured 20 inches long. I gained a total of 22 pounds with him. I find that odd because I gained 32 pounds with Elliot and she was 11 ounces lighter. Strange. Anyway, he is absolutely perfect.