Brennan Louis is here!

Our newest baby boy is here! Born 5/12/10 at 1:12pm and weighing 8lb 1oz Brennan Louis has arrived. He is beautiful. Here are some details... full birth story to come.

I woke up with contractions at 1 in the morning on 5/11 and started timing them. They weren't painful but they were coming pretty consistently, so I called the doc. They told me to go to Labor and delivery since at my doctors appointment the previous week I was 3cm and 50% effaced. We go in and they hook me up to the monitor and check me and I am not progressing. So they sent me home and the contractions petered out. So Andy and I did some walking and eating spicy food, whatever we could to keep things going. Nada. So Bishop and Granny Mary kept the boys and it is a good thing they did. My water broke at 2:45am and we got to the hospital around 5am. They did the test to see if my water broke and it did... I could have told them that. I stole 3 towels from the hotel we are staying at to try to contain the flood. lol! They admitted me and got Pitocin going, at 10:45 ish they checked me and I was 4 almost 5cm and 70% effaced. I got the epidural at around 11:15 and things progressed very fast quickly after that. They checked me at about 12:15 and I was 6cm 75% effaced and 0 station. Then 45 minutes later they checked me again because he had some decels in his heart rate and I was 8cm 90% effaced and -2 station. They tried to get a scalp monitor on him and less than 10 minutes later, I was complete and complete and Brennan was coming down. I hadn't even pushed yet and he was almost ready to come out. Shannon walked through the door just as he was crowning and then he was born at 1:12pm. Very little tearing and Brennan's apgars were 8 and 9. He is 20.5 inches long and just beautiful. I will post pics when we get home from the hospital.



I wanted to add too that we have had the name Brennan Louis picked out for a while now, and as it happens the Louis is for my grandfather (my Dad's dad who passed away when I was about 14) and May 12 is his birthday as well. So they share a name and a birthday. Makes me feel like he has not only Sophia as an angel but Grandpa Luke too. And Brennan picked this day as his birthday, no medical help needed. :) Brennan is for Andy's grandmother's maiden name, so we stuck to the family names for our boys.

Currently Brennan is squeaking in his sleep at me and I love every second of it. We are so in love with our newest little man!