Above with Uncle Cameron.
Crazy happy & very proud Daddy...
Tired Mommy (this was waiting after getting my epidural)...
Proud Grandpa & Grandma Patterson...
Aiden & his Uncle Brendan...
Aiden & his Uncle Seth...
My parents and brothers arrived late evening on Monday, Dec. 28. We celebrated our Christmas together and visited before we all headed to bed. I had been at the doctor earlier in the day and she stripped my membranes when she checked to see if I was dialated at all. I was still at 3cm and 75%, which is what I had been at for the previous two weeks. I started having hard contractions after I left the doctor. By the time my family arrived, the contractions were about 12-10 min apart. Everyone went to bed except for me. My contractions had increased to about every 6 min. I woke Jon to call the doctor and they told us to head to the hospital. We left for the hospital about 2:00a.m. The winter storm made an interesting and very LONG trip to Pittsburgh to the hospital. For the first half of the drive Jon couldn't even see the lines on the interstate!
We arrived at the hospital about 3:40a.m. I had recieved my iv antibiotics and epidural by about 4:30a.m. I have never experienced so much pain as the pain I had with my contractions. The epidural really helped a lot! They broke my water at 8:30 and I started pushing at 10:00a.m. Aiden was born 50min later. My family had come down to the hospital around 6 a.m. and so my Mom was able to be present with Jon for the delivery. Aiden cried for a minute after he came out but then had his eyes open and seemed content to just look around and gaze into the faces of his family.
Tired Mommy (this was waiting after getting my epidural)...
Proud Grandpa & Grandma Patterson...
Aiden & his Uncle Brendan...
Aiden & his Uncle Seth...
My parents and brothers arrived late evening on Monday, Dec. 28. We celebrated our Christmas together and visited before we all headed to bed. I had been at the doctor earlier in the day and she stripped my membranes when she checked to see if I was dialated at all. I was still at 3cm and 75%, which is what I had been at for the previous two weeks. I started having hard contractions after I left the doctor. By the time my family arrived, the contractions were about 12-10 min apart. Everyone went to bed except for me. My contractions had increased to about every 6 min. I woke Jon to call the doctor and they told us to head to the hospital. We left for the hospital about 2:00a.m. The winter storm made an interesting and very LONG trip to Pittsburgh to the hospital. For the first half of the drive Jon couldn't even see the lines on the interstate!We arrived at the hospital about 3:40a.m. I had recieved my iv antibiotics and epidural by about 4:30a.m. I have never experienced so much pain as the pain I had with my contractions. The epidural really helped a lot! They broke my water at 8:30 and I started pushing at 10:00a.m. Aiden was born 50min later. My family had come down to the hospital around 6 a.m. and so my Mom was able to be present with Jon for the delivery. Aiden cried for a minute after he came out but then had his eyes open and seemed content to just look around and gaze into the faces of his family.
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