labor day

hudson's due date was october 8, 2010 - which in my mind was never going to arrive. i started my weekly appointments the first week in september and dr. bill (one of the best doctors ever) was set on making me wait it out and when i reached 39 weeks - we'd schedule a day to induce- that was not what i had in mind. around the same time that my weekly visits started my blood pressure also started going nuts. i've always had great blood pressure - throughout my entire pregnancy with maddie and the whole time with hudson. however, for some reason this year my bp decided to rise and cause concern. i thought - maybe, just maybe my bp will be high enough to warrant an induction - but nope, no such luck with that either. i had gone to my appointment on monday, september 20th and dr. bill told me for the 2nd week in a row that i was still dilated to 1cm and that hudson still seemed high....he again told me to wait one more week and when i came back the following week we'd schedule hudson's birthday. (side note: dr bill's plan was to be able to go to disney world with his family and then come back and schedule the induction so he could be there - since he's hudson's namesake and all!) so monday (9/20) i go home and, yeah, i'm bummed - but justin and i have a good night and i get the house straightened and i even get dinner prepared to put in th crock pot tuesday morning- man, i was on it! while attempting to sleep (which, by this time was nearly impossible), i sat straight up in bed at 4am with a horrible pain radiating from my back around to my left side - it was so bad, i think i screamed out and scared justin! it eventually subsided and i was able to lay back down. i got up at my alarm and got ready for work - all morning i had this sharp consistent pain on my left side that wouldn't quit. started my day at work, which was beginning to spiral downhill.....after my sweet co-workers asking about my appointment the previous today- i mentioned the back pain and everyone seemed real concerned about it....not me - i knew if i went to the dr they would just send me home on bedrest - and i didn't have time for bedrest! so my co-workers made me promise that if the pains had not subsided by 10 that i would call my dr's office (cause my dr was en route to disney!) and see what they said. well i didn't wait til 10 - i left out of my 2nd period and called the dr and they suggested that i come in. after calling a parent to cancel a meeting, cleaning my desk, making sure work is left for my students, i leave. i told my co-workers that i didn't need a driver, i would be fine....YEAH RIGHT...i got 5 miles from the school and the pain intensified - and stayed at a 8.5-9 (on a 1-10 scale) the whole time. i called lori (my smart, beautiful, older, and NERVOUS sister) - she freaked out when she found out i was driving myself and offered to call an ambulance to pick me up from somewhere! she did, however, call st. vincents and warned them of my arrival and had someone meet me at the door!



- oh, while i was preparing to leave work - i couldn't get in touch with my husband. i called him 3 times and texted him several times- he wasn't answering! this was my nightmare! finally as i was driving to the hospital, he called and quickly left work to meet me at the hospital. -



once, we got in the exam room, which was immediately, a doctor came in to examine me and said that i was nearly 3 cm dilated and having some contractions! she told us to go down and be monitored for a few hours to see if i progressed any further. so off we go - getting wheeled down a couple of floors. once we got into a room, a real L&D room, the nurse says - 'ok, change into this gown and we'll get ready to start your IV'.....*confused look* "um, i'm just being monitored, right????" nurse: ' oh, no! the doctor's coming down to break your water. today is baby day!'.....justin and i just stared at each other in disbelief, before we finally snapped out of it and realized we had family to inform!!!

long story - somewhat short- they broke my water and we waited, waited and waited some more...after about 6-7 hours i had not progressed past 4 or 5 cm - so dr. woods suggested that we go forward with a c-section and that we did......i got prepped and drugged and sent in for a c-section and sweet baby hudson was born at 8:02pm!



that's how baby hudson came into the world - not too exciting, sorry! he did have quite a welcoming committee - mommy, daddy, mimi, pop, nina, papa, uncle cole, jenni, great aunt kristi, great great aunt deborah, aunt erin, and uncle josh......i think that's all, if i forgot someone then i apologize - it was a long tiring day!

WELCOME to the WORLD baby HUDSON!!!!