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He's Here!

Sorry its been so long since my last post...I've been a little busy trying to take care of a newborn! :)  Kolton decided to come 2 1/2 weeks early!

Wednesday, December 14, started just like any other day.  I felt completely normal; good even.  I had walked 2 miles at the gym the night before and felt energetic driving to work at 6:45am.  I was thinking a lot about when Kolton would make his arrival.  I was concerned that he would still be weeks away as I hadn't felt any Braxton Hicks contractions in a week or so.  I thought maybe my body had slowed down in preparing for labor.  At noon I went on a lunch run to Chipotle.  Got back to my desk and ate my salad; still felt just fine.  I must have finished my lunch around 12:45pm.

Then, around 1:00pm, it happened...I heard and felt a "pop."  I sat at my desk for a minute wondering what that "pop" was.  Then I decided to go to the bathroom to check things out.  I'll spare you the details but basically my water broke on my way to the bathroom...I had to almost run there.  My coworkers told me to call my doctor and the nurse said to come in to Labor and Delivery.  I wasn't sure that it was actually my water that broke.  I still felt completely normal.  Should I be feeling anything different??  I called Kris.  He was going to stop home to get my hospital bag and he would meet me at the hospital!  I grabbed my stuff and went straight to Amber's desk.  "So I think my water broke...want to take me to the hospital?"  :)  Haley grabbed us a giant plastic bag so I had something to sit on and off we went!

The contractions started on the drive to the hospital.  I still wasn't completely positive this was really happening.  I got settled in my labor and delivery room.  I was only 2-3cm dilated so it was going to be a long night.

 

The whole crew came to wait for Kolton's big arrival!

By about 5:00pm I was 4-5cm dilated.  By this point I was swearing at the contractions when they came.  Dr. Pae said it would probably be about 4-5 more hours so I decided to get the epidural!  Much better! :)  Around 10:30pm I was 9cm, 10cm during contractions.  Dr. Pae had to go perform a C-section so he told me and Kris to take an hour nap before it would be time to start pushing.  Around 11:45pm the nurse came in and started preparing my room for Kolton's delivery.  I started pushing just after midnight.

After 11 hours of labor and 20 minutes of pushing Kolton Michael Kamakian was born on Thursday, December 15, at 12:30am!  He weighed 6lbs, 4.8oz and was 19 inches long. :)

We definitely weren't expecting him so early but we were so thankful for our early Christmas present!
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