Kael Bingham Thompson

Ready to go, 39 weeks

Yesterday we went to the hospital at 7 am to be induced. I'd been induced with the other boys too and really wanted to go into labor on my own, but this little guy didn't want to come here on his own. I'd been dilated to about a 5 for 2 weeks and figured he'd come pretty easily.

At about 8 we started the pitocin and my Dr came in at 10 to break my water and said, "you're about 6, no 7, no 8." She came back a few minutes later and I was already almost 10 cm dilated. I was still doing well with the contractions so I decided not to get an epidural.

We called my mom, MIL, and sister Julia and told them to rush here.

Even though I was fully dilated, he was turned the wrong way and still wasn't descending. At about 10:50 we still hadn't gotten him to turn the right way and the Dr. didn't know how much longer it would be and I wanted to DIE. The contractions were right together and I seriously wanted to die. She got the anesthesiologist in to do the epidural and of course right afterwards the little butt head decided to turn and was born 9 minutes later.

So the epidural hadn't really set in but it took the edge off enough that I could relax a little and push. Had I known he was going to turn that soon I wouldn't have gotten it, but it could have taken another hour, so I'm grateful for it. It was good for me to feel the labor and really know when to push, but I don't recommend it. I have felt so much better afterwards though, and I didn't tear at all.

Kael Bingham was born at 11:08 am and weighed 8 pounds even. He's 20 1/2 inches long and has tons of dark hair. So far everything looks good with him and me. Kael is a name we've liked since having Kire and Bingham is Erik's great great great grandpa's name and he has some neat stories about him.

My poor sister Julia, whose about 5 months pregnant with her first came into watch. She came in at the peak of my pain and I'm pretty sure I scared her into getting an epidural, but it was a good experience for her.

My sisters Julia and Amy

Kael wide awake

The boys were so excited to meet their brother. Jack said, "can I pet him?" And Kire sat next to him and held him and just loved him. Erik called Kael a little knucklehead and Kire said, "NO he's not." I know they'll be great. Jack was pushing on my belly and asking where the baby was, and I pointed to Erik who was holding him and Jack said, "that black baby," because of all his dark hair. Kire pointed to my belly and asked why it was still fat if the baby was out. Ya, that sucks, I wish it were gone too.

My boys