Lincoln's Birth Story

On April 29th, we checked into Ogden Regional Hospital at 6am. They took me into my room, got me dressed in my gown and started an IV. Since I previously had a c-section with the twins, they only started pitocin at a 1 since they have to be careful how much they use with a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarian). Thankfully I was already having contractions on my own, so they didn't have to use much pitocin to get me going.

My doctor arrived at 8:30am to break my water. Can I just say "OUCH!" When she broke my water with Cambree, it didn't hurt much. But with him, it killed...I pretty much almost broke Benton's hand. She had to try multiple times and move me into multiple positions for it to break. I doubt my water would have ever broken on it's own since it was ridiculously hard for her to break it. She checked me and I was dilated to a 4+.

Since I was dilated already to a 4 and had steady contractions we decided to go ahead and get the epidural. My nurse thought that I would progress pretty quickly and she didn't want it to be too late and not be able to get the epidural like I wanted. So at 9:15 the anesthesiologist came in and I got my epidural. My right side of my body felt a lot more numb than my left side, even though my left side was numb. I started feeling sick, so they gave me an oxygen mask and anti-naseau medication.

At 12:15pm I was dilated to a 6.
12:55 I was dilated to an 8.
1:45 our doctor was on her way.

I pushed for a good 30 minutes. It was extremely hard even with an epidural. I was sweating like crazy, which I never had happen before. With Cambree I pushed for a while without much pain and she came out. Not for Lincoln, his head struggled passing through and boy did it hurt.

At 2:23pm Lincoln James Carnahan was born! I still couldn't believe we actually had a boy!

He weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces, 21 inches long and his head circumference was 38 inches. Everyone in the room couldn't believe how big he was. They said a normal head circumference is around 34cm, a big head was 36cm and at 39cm they have to do a c-section because the head is too large to fit out vaginally. So at 38cm he hardly could fit through and that's why it was so hard for me to push him out. I was just relieved I was able to do a vbac and not have to get him out through c-section.

We had Linda bring the girls by at 5:30pm that night. They were so excited to see him. Cambree could hardly contain herself. She "awed" at everything, and thought everything was "adorable". When Cambree held him she kept breathing deep because she said he was heavy, but she wouldn't let go. Addie on the other hand didn't say much, but she asked for a turn to hold him and sat silently smiling at him. They were too cute when they met him.

We had mostly family that stopped by in the next few days to see us at the hospital.

On Friday morning we were able to leave the hospital and go home.

If you can only imagine how many more pictures I've taken...it's A LOT! I will do another post soon about our first week as a family all together...it's been a bit chaotic. But we are so happy Lincoln is healthy and is apart of our family. We sure do love him so very much!