Megan's Speedy Labor

I was quite anxious to deliver Bryce especially since he decided to not come on his due date, which was November 1st. The next day, Sunday, November 2nd we went to church as a family and enjoyed a nice lunch together before nap time. Carter went down for his nap and so did I. Right before nap time I began to notice some leakage. I humbly mentioned to Ryan that I couldn't control my bladder and was leaking a little bit. We just laughed about it and then I went down for a nice long Sunday nap. After my nap I continued to leak and began to think that this just might be something more then me not being able to control myself...at least I hoped! After I read a little about the infamous water breaking, I realized that mine might have broke even though I never experienced a gush which is what you see in the movies. I didn't want any infection to occur in our baby, so I decided to call the doctor and tell him what was going on. He told me to go to the hospital and they would check me out right away. We packed the car and took Carter with us to the Labor & Delivery Floor. We checked in around 4:45 pm. I changed into my gown and the nurse told me my water did break and that I was already 5 cm dilated! I couldn't believe it...Bryce was on his way! My parents came and picked Carter up around 5:30 pm. While Ryan was attending to Carter and ordering some dinner, my contractions came on pretty strong. I got an epidural which relieved a little pain, however, Bryce's heart rate dropped drastically for about 15 minutes and the doctor was about to use the vacuum. Thankfully, it went back to normal and he was able to come in his own fashion. Ryan's dinner arrived and about half way through I complained to my nurse, Princess, that my epidural was not working. She checked me and said the pain was due to me being 10 cm dilated and time for me to push this baby out. Unfortunately, Ryan couldn't finish his dinner and he helped me deliver a healthy baby boy, Bryce Keith Xavier. He was born at 7:01 pm which was only a couple hours after we checked into the hospital. He was 7 lbs 2 oz and 20 3/4 in long. It was a wonderful delivery experience, especially compared to our first. Bryce was able to breath on his own and he was placed right on top of me at birth instead of having to be rushed into the NICU. We cannot thank God enough for answering all our prayers...He is just too good to us!