House of Haynes: May 2009

Well Sterling arrived almost 4 weeks ago and this is the first chance I have had to start updating the blog. And now as I start, he is crying...go figure. So after our last post, we started to monitor Sterling a little closer due to the gestational diabetes. At our ultrasound, we learned that Sterling weighed in at 6lbs even at 37 weeks. The ultrasound also showed that the amniotic fluid was getting low. So we had a repeat ultrasound at 38 weeks which showed even lower fluid levels which is why we decided to induce labor.

So on April 24 the we headed to the hospital at 7 am. We were sure we would have a baby but by 5pm we still had no baby. So we started Pitocin to try to get things going faster. At 11:30 with still no progress we decided to take a break for he night and restart at 5 am on the 25th. The break in action worked and at 8:30 am they broke my water which really got things moving. I didn't last long with the contractions so had an epidural which was wonderful. It still took another 10 1/2 hours but at 6:53 pm Sterling FINALLY made his grand debut. He weighed in at 6 lb 9.9 oz and 18 3/4 in long.