Baby Everest
Two days before Everest’s due date, Tara began having steady
contractions every 5 minutes. After
around an hour of them, we went to the hospital at around 5pm. They continued for a while and we called my
mom and she came over to our house to watch the kids. Unfortunately after a few
hours at the hospital the contractions slowed down and stopped, and they sent
us home. Tara was really bummed. At least we didn’t get home too late, as we
arrived back at 10:30pm.
On the due date, Tara had a doctors appointment and decided
to schedule an induction for the following day, which I supported.
The next day we came into the hospital at 7am for an
induction. Tara arrived 4cm dilated and
80% effaced. After getting everything
all setup, they broke Tara’s water at 8:30am. As with the last 2 births, Tara
wanted to have another natural birth without any pain medication, despite my
encouragement for her to have an epidural.
By around 11:30pm Tara began active labor. She was incredibly quiet and intense through the
whole process. It wasn’t until roughly
30 minutes before birth that she began to moan in pain, and occasionally asserted
she was going to die. Her midwife, K.
Skieens, calmly reassured her she was fine and that it would all be okay. At 1:24pm Everest was born (weighing in at 8
lbs 6 oz, and 20.5” tall). He came out “sunny
side up” (i.e.. face up), according to the midwife, which helps explain why it
took a little while to push him out. He
had some mild bruising on his forehead, and his nose was a little bit flattened
from the process, but overall, he looked really good. He had a little bit of
hair, and it looked pretty light colored.
He was really calm, and immediately looked around with his eyes open. Within
a few minutes he began nursing. Tara was very happy to rest and snuggle with
her little guy after the 5 hour labor process.
