Corbin's Story

***Warning - labor & delivery details ahead! I kept it very generic but the language is still there. =) ***

While appearing very similar to his brother, Corbin has already proved to be different! As many of you know, Aiden's birth story is much looonger! HA! After progressing to a 7 with Aiden I was given an epidural which stopped my labor. I then had to be induced with pitocin to start my labor again. On top of that, Aiden was 1 pound larger than Corbin and I ended up pushing for 2 hours with him. All in all, it took 11 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing to get sweet Aiden into the world. Corbin is very much the opposite.....

On Friday night, I had gone to bed around 10:00 pm. Marc was working his normal work schedule, from 6 pm to 2 am, and arrived at home around 12:45 am for 'lunch.' I woke up at 1:30 am to use the restroom. After that I walked to the sink to wash my hands and felt another small 'gush.' In my heart of hearts I knew what was happening but was in denial. I decided to change clothes and began folding a basket of clothes that was near my bed.....wasn't sure what else to do! Shortly after I began folding the load of clothes I felt yet another small 'gush'. At this point I knew. Marc walked into the bedroom, still in full police uniform, and told me that he was headed back to work. I said, "Well..........I am pretty sure my water just broke." Of course, this look of shock came over his face and he said, "Let me go call my sergeant." My bags were already packed and ready to go. By 1:45 am I had changed clothes again, Marc was changed, my bags were in the car and we were headed to the hospital, calling my family along the way. Marc's Mom came into town on Sunday, May 8th and has been staying with us. She was able to stay with Aiden while we made our get away. We arrived at the hospital at 2:00 am and went directly to triage. By this time I was beginning to cramp but nothing severe. They got me all set-up in triage and begin monitoring my contractions and Corbin's heartbeat. At about 2:45 am the triage nurse came in and said that the on-call doctor would be filling in for my doctor that night and the on-call doctor had sent a resident doctor to check my progress. During the check, they determined that I had progressed to a 6. By this point the pain had truly set in. We realized that I was there to stay and that the cameras were in the car! Marc knows how devastated I would be if we delivered a baby without the ability to take pictures directly after; so he ran from triage to the car to get the cameras. While he was gone, my labor went from bad to worse and reached the point where my contractions were one right after the other with zero break in between. There was no down side to the contractions for a breath. At the same time, my delivery room was ready and they decided to move me across the hall. By this point it was 3:00 am. When I arrived at my room, there were 4 labor and delivery nurses waiting for me. One was attempting to get me admitted while one was attempting to get my IV started and the other two were attempting to prepare the room. I kept telling them that I felt things were moving really fast but they had asked about my previous birth story and they continued to tell me that 'we had some time.' After my IV was in, I really felt like it was time to push and one of the nurses decided it was time to check me (Marc was back by this time!) After checking me at 3:05 am they determined that I was correct.....I was a 10! There was certainly no time for an epidural. This little guy was coming VERY quickly. I began to push at 3:10 am and our sweet little boy arrived at 3:30 am. Exactly TWO hours from the time my water broke at home! The pain was the most intense thing I have ever experienced in my life but I truly only experienced pain for 55 minutes and he was here. That's the way to go!!! We are sooo excited that he is here yet it still feels very surreal. Oh how we are blessed.

Marc and I had talked about how we wanted Aiden to be apart of the entire experience. So, Marc's Mom woke him up around 2:45 am and toted him to the hospital in his pajamas! Aiden was actually one of the first to get to hold baby Corbin! It was also good for me to have him there. He blessed me with a few comforting and sweet snuggles. Aiden was VERY tired that day and ended up taking a 3 1/2 or 4 hour nap, but it was worth it. He is back to normal now and all is well!

**Enjoy the pictures below. As you can see, I was pretty out of it after the delivery. Please remember that we rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night with no time for hair and make-up! I appear very disheveled instead of perfectly done like many of my sweet friends.....who will remain nameless. =)