Anthony Matthew

He's here! Our beautiful baby boy was born today at 5:05pm. He was 8lbs 5oz and 20.5 inches long! That's part of the reason I ended up having to have a C section.

So around 4:30 this morning, my water broke on its own and my contractions were pretty close together. Matt, my mom, and I headed to the hospital and got there around 6am. We were admitted pretty quickly and went up to the labor and delivery rooms around 7:15. Things were going well until they started to up my pitossin. Unfortunately Anthony wasn't responding well to the increased levels and contractions, they were putting stress on him. They tried several different things to help progress my labor including infusing fluid around Anthony and putting me into different positions. Around 4:30 they finally decided that performing a C section would be best for the baby which is what was the most important thing to me. It was a quick procedure and Anthony came out healthy and strong!

Now I'm recovering in my room with my wonderful husband and beautiful son.