Thursday, June 2nd 11:00 a.m. | I had a doctor appointment in the clinic to be checked. Dr. Jones checked me and I was dilated to a good 4-5 and 60% effaced. I was shocked but not surprised. I have always dilated to at least a 4 with all three of my other pregnancies around this time. I called Colby after my appointment and told him the news. He seemed a little worried, but I told him things were good. We looked up flights (just in case) and there were plenty of flights Colby could hurry and get on if things got too serious. I was comforted knowing that if he had to hurry and get home, he could.

Saturday, June 4th | At this point I was contracting all the time. Sometimes my contractions would be 3 minutes apart and sometimes more like ten minutes. Sometimes the contractions would be really painful while others weren’t too bad. I took it easy the entire day watching T.V. I called Colby several times during the day giving him updates about how I was feeling. I was definitely contracting more and more and explained to Colby I was getting a little nervous.

Sunday, June 5th |  I was at my parents house eating dinner. Colby was on his way back from Disneyland with my three boys, but wouldn’t be home until around midnight. As I sat on the couch, my contractions seemed to be hurting more and getting closer together. I thought that relaxing on the couch would help, but it didn’t. Eventually, my Dad asked me if I was okay and I started to tear up. I had been trying to be strong and take every contraction at a time, but I was definitely hurting pretty bad. He told me he would take me to the hospital to get checked. However, being a previous L&D Nurse, I knew they might send me right back home if I wasn’t fully in labor. My Dad convinced me to just be checked. We went down to the hospital and they put me on the monitors. I was dilated to a 5-6 at this point and definitely contracting.

To make a long story short, Colby arrived at the hospital around 1:00 a.m. I was still contracting and dilated to a six. Throughout the night my contractions slowed down a little bit and I was sent home around 7:00 a.m. I was definitely frustrated and still hurting! I was previously scheduled to be induced the following Saturday, but wasn’t sure how I would make it to Saturday hurting and contracting the way I was.

Monday, June 6th 8:30 a.m. | I was laying in bed at home trying to relax. My phone rang. It was Dr. Bailey. He told me he didn’t know I had been at the hospital through the night and told me to come back at 1:00 p.m. to be induced. Again, I was frustrated I had been sent home, I was still contracting, but also relieved that I didn’t have to deal with being dilated to a six for an entire week like I thought.

June 6th 1:30 p.m. | We got checked into the hospital and about an hour later the nurses started me on pitocin.

June 6th 3:30 p.m. | Dr. Bailey checked me and broke my water. I was dilated to a 7 and decided to get my epidural. In hindsight: I should have listened to my Dad and got my epidural BEFORE Dr. Bailey broke my water. Parents always know best right?!

June 6th 4:10 p.m. | The BEST Nurse Anesthetist (AKA my amazing Dad) gave me my epidural and I was able to rest for about 30 minutes. However, that didn’t last long and I was feeling a TON of pressure!

June 6th 4:45 p.m. | Misty (my nurse) checked me and I was completely dilated and effaced. I was relieved, but yet still hurting a little bit because I had progressed SO fast. Dr. Bailey was called and the nurses started to get everything set up for the delivery.

June 6th 5:10 p.m. | I was able to start pushing at this time.

June 6th 5:24 p.m. | My forth handsome little boy was born with ten fingers, ten toes, the cutest little face, and some chunky legs! He weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 inches long. He weighed the most out of all four of my boys!

Please excuse the fact that the pictures are posting in the wrong order. I have tried to fix them three times and I gave up! Enjoy them from the end to the start instead…

Part Two Coming soon!