Labor story

Better late than never right? So Carson is now 4 weeks old... 1 month, I can't believe it! Anyway on to the labor....
My boss and I had always joked that I had to wait until she got back from vacation to go into labor (I think secretly she meant it lol) so anyway I turned 37 weeks that Thursday and then Friday Jamie came back from vacation so my gut feeling was that it was going to happen soon. So Jamie came back and we had a busy busy day at work. Jamie alone saw 40 patients and I was running around all day. I didn't get home until 7pm and was exhausted. The whole week I felt like crap at night but thought nothing of it. So per usual after Aryssa went to bed I stayed up for a little bit and was in bed by 930pm. Fast forward I get up and go to the bathroom at 2am, I get back in bed and get comfy, grant was snoring so I shifted in bed and all of a sudden gush! I thought "was that my water?" "or more pee" lol. I moved a little more and more gush.... I knew it was my water breaking at 205am! I wake grant up "grant my water broke!" his response "are you serious?" ok I give him the benefit of the doubt it was 2am and I just loudly wake him telling him my water broke. " yes I am serious Get me a towel!!" lol not funny then, funny now!
So we get our neighbors to come over to watch Aryssa for us because the sitter wasn't answering her phone. And off to the hospital we went!
I get up to the room and they do a test to make sure my water broke and of course yes. Then they check me I was at 3cm but Carson was posterior meaning face up meaning would hurt like hell coming out and longer pushing time. But it was still early so the nurse was hoping he would flip. So then we wait and wait I wasn't having regular contractions and they were not serious. So at 6am they decided to start pitocin. Let me tell you that is some evil stuff! Contractions pick up then. I make it through them and was on the phone with my sister for awhile and she kept me distracted. Then around 11am the contractions were crazy! I did not want an epidural I did it natural the first time and I was going to again. I knew it was getting close the dr came i to check me and I was a 8. Urgh only 8. The nurse said you can still get an epidural but I said no, I can do this. So more waiting and pain lol. Grant was amazing again and was there to hold my hand through the contractions. Then at 2pm-ish the dr said I was 9ish and could start pushing. Carson was still posterior so that was not fun. So I started pushing man oh man that was painful. I couldn't take it so they gave me a shot of fentanyl... It helped between contractions, but did not touch the contraction pain at all. But I do remember smiling between contractions lol. So back to pushing or as I say hell! I was making progress and it hurt, grant let me know that I told him I was done and wasn't going to go through labor ever again lol. So finally progress was being made and the head was starting to come out, at that time he decided to turn face down (the correct way) now that hurt! But one push later there he was at 336pm! He was put on my chest and my dr said there is your miracle baby. She showed us his umbilical cord, it had a knot in it. At that time I was like um ok and didn't really understand. Later after everything was calm and me and Carson were all cleaned up I asked the nurse about Carson's cord. She said that he his a miracle because if at any point the cord pulled tight he could have been still born. I was speechless. Right then and there I thanked god in all his glory for not taking my son and blessing us with him. So there you have it from start to finish 13 1/2 hours later my little man 8lbs 10 oz and 21 1/2 inches long had arrived. we are completely blessed with our little family. Aryssa loves her brother and hugs and kisses him all the time. She came to visit him at the hospital and immediately it was "my baby" and she let the nurses know it was her baby lol.
So that is our story in all its glory :) hope you enjoyed! Here is a pic of the cord-- note this isn't coming out of me it is connected to him laying only belly.