Mason David

Sunday night, a few hours before the contractions started picking up

Baby Mason 7 lbs 8 oz 19.5 inches



Big sister love




Proud Daddy

Going home


April 19th was the day. Shortly after I posted the last blog I was pretty sure that it was the day. Having consistent contractions for 24 hours was frustrating and uncomfortable, but when they started getting stronger and closer together it was unmistakable that these contractions were different. Nate went to bed and I stayed up trying to stay as comfortable as possible. I took a bath, surfed the internet, watched tv, etc. At about 2:30am I woke Nate up since the contractions were picking up and they quickly got worse. We left the house around 3:30 and dropped Alyssa off at a friends house. We got to the hospital at 4am and I was 5-6 cm dialated. We went to our room and asked for an epidural and we waited quite a while. I think I hit transition during the wait as I was shaking, throwing up and in a lot more pain than before. Luckily I eventually got the epidural and felt much better. About 2 hours later I was ready to push and Mason was born after 15 minutes of pushing. The pushing phase differed the most from my labor with Alyssa. I pushed for at least and hour and a half with her, so it seemed so easy this time. Mason is doing great, eating well and has been sleeping almost all the time. He has been awake alot more today though. We are really enjoying him and Alyssa likes him a lot. We've had some behavior issues but I think she is going to adjust pretty well. It's been a very tiring few days, I'm hoping for some good sleep tonight.