3/22/11 Lo had been having contractions...she woke me up about 1 in the morning and said they were getting more intense. Around 2 we started timing the contraction length and the amount of time between them (we had to google it, the class was out the window at crunch time!). They were about 30 seconds long and anywhere from 3-8 minutes in between. Finally around 4:30am we decided to pack up and go to the hospital. They checked her and sent us home. False alarm, waa waa waaaaah!
3/23/11 She continued to have contractions throughout the day & night...getting way more intense, lasting a full minute and only 3 or 4 minutes in between. Finally around 9pm we (Nana Venise, Daniella & Bianca who drove up that day) convinced Lani to go back to the hospital. At 10:15pm they admitted us dilated at a 3-4. She immediately got an epidural and was told to get some rest.
3/24/11 They came in regularly and checked her throughout the night and morning. She dilated to a 7 on her own, then was given drugs to fully dilate. At 10am she began PUSHING! She pushed like crazy for 2 hours, the doc determined that Mack was not turning (was still face up) and just might be too big for Lo to get out on her own. They decided a C-section was the route, in a flash Lo was prepped, papers were signed, I put on scrubs and rushed off to the O.R.
Our little man, Mack, was born at 12:38pm (March 24, 2011). He weighed in at a fit 7 lbs. 13 oz. and a towering 21.5 inches. He has hands and feet like a bear, hopefully he will be like a puppy and will grow into them.
He is the greatest thing GOD could ever have given us, it is amazing how much you are attached even though we had never met, he is our everything. Here is a video fresh out the womb getting cleaned up, covered up and getting the heck out of the operating room.
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