Dawson Ray Orton arrived Thursday April 14th, 2011 at 1:25 p.m.
He weighs 7lb. 2oz. and is19 1/2in.
He is a spitting image of Davin! I can't believe how
much they look alike.
I went to my doctor appointment on Wednesday and I hadn't changed at all in a week. I told them I thought I was going to do exactly what I did with Davin and have to be induced. With Davin, I didn't soften at all and only dialated to a 1. But once they started me I had him in 4 hours. He said he thought I should wait until my due date, which was Monday the 18th, but he'd talk to the other doctor on call and see if it was okay if I was started that night. They talked and told me I really should wait until Monday so it would be easier but if I wanted to try and come in that night I could. If the cytotek didn't work they would send me home. So, anxious to get this over with, I went in that night. I got there at 8:00p.m. and they gave me some medicine to try and get my cervix softened. It wasn't to help me dialate but they hoped it would start my labor. I was only dilated to a 1 and 80% thinned. I had contractions all night but they weren't way bad. I thought for sure I would've changed a lot in the night but when they got ready to start the pit the next morning I didn't dilate anymore, I was only 85% thinned, and his head had floated back up. Dr. Smith said he'd start the pitocin but I had a lot of odds against me that it would work. He said we'd start it and see how it went for a few hours. If it didn't work they would send me home and have me come back Monday morning. I started having regular contractions and things got going pretty good. My water broke on its own around 11:00a.m. I was at a 4 so they let me have an epidural. By the time they were ready to give me the epidural I was having pretty hard contractions. They were mostly in my back. They had some problems with the epidural and ended up trying 3 times. Third time was a charm. I didn't care how many times it took I just wanted it to kick in and help the pain! The epidural slowed down the contractions but relieved the pain so I didn't really mind. I started feeling a ton of pressure. They came in at 1:05 and started to get things ready. I kept telling them I just had to push! I pushed 4 times and Dawson was here! He arrived approximately at 1:25p.m. He is doing really good and I'm feeling pretty good. We are so excited he is here and healthy! Dav is doing great with him. He is a big help but he is so cute with him. He said tonight, "Mom, put him down he can walk by heself(in Dav's words)." I said, "No he's just a baby and babies can't walk." Then he says, "But he can crawl!" We had to try and explain that babies can't walk, crawl, or talk. He keeps saying, "Here Dawson, you want me to hold you?" It's so cute!
