Cason's birth story

We got to the hospital at 5:45am Thursday morning. The nurses immediately put us in a room and got us settled. I didn't expect much to happen for a while because with Noah, they didn't start my pitocin until around 9:00am and I didn't see my doctor until around 10ish. Well around 7:10am, my doctor walked into my room and was not happy that I didn't have an IV yet, so he got a nurse to come and start that. Shortly after my IV was in, my doctor came back and broke my water! He was obviously ready to get the party started! After he broke my water he said, "Well prepare for a long day. It probably won't happen until late tonight." That was NOT what I wanted to hear! Apparently Cason was still pretty high up and my cervix wasn't as thinned out as he thought it would have been. 

My family stayed with me for most of the day. Around 10:30am, I decided to get an epidural. It hurt more than the last time I had one, but it still wasn't that bad. After that I was able to relax a lot more. My nurse, Megan, was awesome and told me that she predicted I would have the baby around 3:30pm. She put my catheter in and that was a lot more painful than last time...and I had had the epidural in for a while at this point. I tried to tough it out, but after about 30 minutes I could still feel the catheter. So my nurse called anesthesia and they came and gave me an extra dose. After I got that, I could not feel a THING. I couldn't move my legs at all. 

Around 2:30pm I started to feel SO restless. I couldn't tell if it was because my legs were so numb or if I was transitioning, but it was miserable. I was shaky, dizzy, cold, nauseous, yuck. I started to feel a lot of pressure around 3:00pm and told the nurse that she better check me. And I was a 10! Once my doctor came in, I pushed through three contractions and out came my little angel. Perfection!

He has the longest fingers and toes. He has black hair just like Noah did and it is pretty long in the back! I'm pretty sure his eyes will be brown, too. He is so precious and just the best baby. 

Noah was pretty excited about meeting Cason at the hospital. Cason got Noah the Octopod toy he has been wanting, so he was really happy about that. It took Noah a few days to acknowledge Cason without us asking him to and he acted out for about two days, but now he absolutely loves his little brother. He asks to hold him and kiss him, and he loves when Cason has his eyes open. 

We are so blessed and so thankful that we had an easy labor and delivery and that we now have another beautiful baby boy to love! 

I can't post my cameras pictures from my iPad, but they are coming soon!