The Newest Little Leak

I never know how many people really want to know all the details of the birth story. But I don't want to forget and this blog is mostly a kind of journal/scrapbook for family so here goes.

Here is the low down on the arrival of the newest Leak.

My labor was scheduled to be induced at 6:30 am on April 21st. We show up at the hospital and apparently there had been a baby boom overnight and there were no labor and delivery beds available. So they put me in a triage room until a L & D room became available. We thought this might take a few hours. It ended up taking about eight hours. They started my pitocin around 9 am but did so at a very low level because they didn't want me to end up delivering in the triage room. So even though I was having contractions, they are not all that painful yet. A little side note, the beds in the triage room are not meant to spend eight hours in. They are the most uncomfortable creations ever spawned from the devil. They finally moved me to a real room at 2:30 in the afternoon. Right away they gave me the epidural and broke my water. Breaking my water was quite a production because during the last trimester of my pregnancy I had developed polyhydramnios, which is an excessive build up of amniotic fluid in the uterus. At about 5 pm, they checked me and I was dilated to a five. I told Zach that this might be a good opportunity to run down to the cafeteria to get himself some dinner. Since I still had five centimeters to go, I figured I had a little while. Luckily he decided not to because about 15 minutes later, the nurse noticed on the monitor that the baby's heart rate was acting funny and came back to check me and I was at a ten and it was time to push! I pushed for about 15 minutes and even though the cord was around his neck, he came out pretty easily. Weston Aaron Leak was born at 5:43 pm and weighed 8 lb, 11 oz and was 21 inches long. Overall this was the easiest labor out of the three with the hardest and most uncomfortable part being that horrible triage bed. We are so excited to welcome this newest addition to our family.