My labor was a little longer than I had originally hoped for. My contractions started early Friday morning and to make a long story short I made three trips to the hospital over the next 36 hours and wasn't admitted until about 6 or 7 pm on Saturday the 13th of September. Jonathan had missed work Friday to take me to the hospital so we had decided he should go to work Saturday just in case it didn't happen that day either...and his shift wasn't over until 11pm so luckily the nurses waited to break my water until he arrived.
Once Jonathan got to the hospital everything went really quickly. Jonathan, my mom, and both of my sisters were all present for Ayden's birth and both my mom and Jonathan ended up being volunteered by the nurse to help be my pushing coaches so they were right in the action! After about 45 minutes of hard pushing Ayden was born at 1:22 am on Sunday, September 14th.
He came out with a really good set of lungs on him that he put to work right away. It didn't take long to get him calmed down...but with so many bodies in the room it was a while before I got a really good chance to hold him. Its so funny how in about one minute it goes from everyone focusing on you, to everyone focusing on the baby - the mommies almost seem to disappear after that :)
It was nice to have my loved ones there with us, but it was also nice to have some quiet alone time as a little family once they all went home. One of my favorite things to do was to watch Jonathan in his new role as a daddy. From that first moment he has been the best dad ever to our little Ayden. He even changes the poopy diapers without complaining!
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