Meet the newest addition to our little family, Addison Sue Butler!
Addison was born on Sunday, November 22 at 11:45am. She weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and
was 20 ½ inches long.
**Pictures below. Scroll down to skip this and get to the good stuff!**
Throughout my pregnancy, I reminded my doctor how fast my
labor and delivery was with Greyson (just under four hours from the time my
water broke and contractions began to the time he was born!), so I frequently
asked him about the option to induce labor. As long as she was healthy and developmentally
ready, we were all on board to deliver a baby in a much more controlled
experience than Greyson’s whirlwind birth. The original due date was November
28, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. At my weekly OB appointment on Wednesday,
my doctor scheduled to induce the following Sunday, November 22, if she did not
arrive before then. I was on pins and needles for the next 3 loooong days.
Every day I went to work, I hoped I would make it through the work day so that I
would be home with Blake when we needed to go to the hospital. I thanked God
when I made it through Wednesday afternoon. Then Thursday. And then Friday. Any
time after Friday at 5pm was OK with me. With Blake at work
in San Antonio and Greyson at daycare and me at work in New Braunfels, we had plans and back-up plans.
Luckily, she was a good little girl and kept everything as planned.
We arrived at the hospital around 7am and met Nannie and Guppie there so they
could take care of Greyson while we were in the hospital. After all the
paperwork, the nurse started my IV and Pitocin around 8am and waited for things to progress. When the nurse
asked me how I was feeling, I obviously wasn’t in enough pain, so she bumped up
the Pitocin to get things moving along. Around 10am, my doctor came in and
broke my water and asked if I wanted to get my epidural now, or wait until I started
feeling the contractions increase. For a split second I thought I would wait,
but knowing how my last delivery went, I changed my mind and decided to get it now. I’m glad I did, because by the time the anesthesiologist
was available, the contractions were getting intense (although they were
nothing compared to what I experienced with Greyson!). I was not looking forward to this part. I hate
needles. I nearly passed out when I had blood drawn at one of my
first prenatal appointments. I made it through without
fainting and soon began to feel the tingly sensation in my toes as the epidural took effect. Soon after, my
nurse was informed that they were over-staffed and that she would probably be
sent home soon, but things were progressing very quickly so she didn’t want to go home just yet! Each time she checked on me, she had to move the baby heart
monitor on my belly lower and lower. She told us she wouldn’t be surprised if we had a baby before
noon! Soon after, she checked me again and was surprised to see that it was
almost time! She called Dr. Young in, and a few minutes and a couple of pushes
later, we finally got to see our little girl, Addison Sue! Dr. Young and the
nurse were both surprised how quickly everything happened, all while I was
saying, “See?! I told y’all this baby was going to come fast!”
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