We flew up to Idaho on the the 15th of May with the idea that Christy was going to be induced on the 16th.
That was the plan all along, BUT the hospital was packed and there was no room for us.
Talk about a huge let down.
So, to pass time, Christy and I went and got pedicures and Romney and Gabe (christys husband) went mountain biking.
The morning of the 17th Christy called the hospital and there was ONE room available.
They said if we hurried, we could have that room and to hope no one went into labor before we got there.
So we hurried!
We dropped Christy off at the door to run in while we parked and gathered all of our bags.
Her doctor was waiting for her and took her straight back and skipped the check in process to ensure we got that room!!
We were all determined to have this baby!
They got her hooked up to the IV and the heart monitor.
The doctor checked her to get a base line of where we were starting.
And to all of our surprise she was dilated to a 4.
(she was only a 1 two days earlier)
The doctor came in every 1-2 hours checking in on her.
The second time he came in Christy hadn't made much progress, so, he broke her water and wanted her on the birthing ball.
Once the ball came into play, her contractions were coming on stronger.
When she was dilated to a 6 she was ready for an epidural.
Bless her heart.
The nurse came in around 12:00 saying that the doctor thought she'd be having the baby by 1:00.
We were all kinda shocked because he hadn't checked Christy since she was at at 6, and how did he really know?
But just incase he was right, Gabe took everyones order and ran to chick-fil-a so we could hurry and eat before things got crazy.
Dr. West came in around 12:45 and looked at the heart monitor and said "usually when we see this heart rhythm, the baby is ready...is Gabe here? Does he want to be here?"
We said he was on a food run.
Dr. West then checked Christy and sure enough baby was SO ready!
He said "don't sneeze or cough"
Christy called Gabe, I was thrown a hospital gown-- it was go time.
When I came out of the bathroom wearing my very pink gown Christy pointed to a chair right next to her bed and said
"here's your chair"
I wasn't expecting to get front row!
It was really happening!
Baby boy was almost here but we had to wait for one more person.
We waited for Gabe who was running through the hospital halls with chick-fil-a bags.
He literally rushed in, threw the food to the side and was ready to support his wife who was about to give birth one last time.
In one and a half contractions Baby Boy was born.
He was tiny.
He was perfect.
I had never witnessed a birth before.
It was a calm room full of love.
The first cry was the purest of sounds I had ever heard.
The umbilical cord was the most beautiful coloring of blue and silver I'd ever seen.
As soon as the umbilical cord was done pulsing and loosing its gorgeous coloring, Romney got the privilege of cutting it.
It was truly an honor to be in that room.
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