Well I know it has been awhile since we have updated our blog....as usual. We have been very busy with our new little baby. He was born on Dec. 29th. 2 days late. On the night of the 28th I was getting very tired of being pregnant and my mom had been in town for 3 days and I just needed to get the baby out. So I had heard that if you drink castor oil it would put you in to labor. We went and got some at the store. It was the odorless, tasteless kind, but still very gross. I mixed it with some juice and drank it very quickly. That was at about 8:00 pm. At about 10:00 pm I started with regular contractions 3-4 min apart. They didn't really hurt so I decided to go to bed and get some sleep. At about 3:00 am I woke up and the contractions were still regular and getting a little more painful but nothing unbearable. I woke Devin up and told him what was going on. We decided to wait until 5:00 am to go to the hospital. When we got there they checked me and I was only at a 1....needless to say I was surprised and disappointed but they didn't send me home because I was overdue. At about 7:30 am I was at a 3 and then at 10:30 am I was still at a 3. That is very annoying. The doctor came in and broke my water and started me on the pitocin drip to help speed things up. As soon as my water broke I wanted the epidural....bad. So I got one and was waiting for it to start working, however, my left side went numb, but my right side did not. It was really weird. So it only worked on one side. At 12:15 pm I was in a lot of pain the babies heart rate started to drop and so did mine so Devin called in the nurse. She came in to check everything and was shocked when she saw the babies head. He was here and ready to come. The doctor rushed in and I pushed for 4 min and then Bennett David Wahlen was born at 8 pounds and 20 inches long. He has lots of brown hair...who would have thought. He is a great baby and we love having him here.
