Delivery Day!

My last preggo photo!

(37 weeks and 3 days)

On the way to the doctor and hospital.

We went to the doctor on Thursday, May 14 for me to get an easy cath that would dilate me to a 4 so they could induce me the next morning.  Let's just say nothing about it was easy, it took them about 4 tries and an hour to get it, and Karson almost threw up afterwards.  

Then we went to the hospital and I ate my last meal for the next day and a half or so and we spent the night.   It was our last night as the two of us and we were anxious and excited, but managed to get 

some sleep.

The next morning, they started my Pitocin and then broke my water around 8:30 AM.  We didn't know how long things would take, but didn't know what a long day we were in for.  It took a while for contractions to start and at first they were so mild, I couldn't feel them.  They had to keep upping my Pitocin and finally around 4:00 PM I started to feel more painful contractions.  They gave me an epidural pretty soon after, which they later had to give me more because I could still feel things.  Anyways, after being in labor another 5 or 6 hours things started to get more intense and I was 

finally dilated enough to start pushing.  I pushed off and on for a 

while and the doctor realized his head was turned sideways and he was having trouble coming out.  FYI: by this point I was completely exhausted, tired of being hooked up to wires, about to have a panic attack and my back and neck were killing me from the terrible hospital bed.  Yes, I complained and cried, but no, I never yelled at anyone or said bad things.  At that point it was around 11:15 PM and my doctor decided that I would push for twenty 

minutes and if he wasn't born then I would probably have a c-section. 

So, twenty minutes later there is still not much progress and I'm completely exhausted and done.  It's close to midnight and we all want him to be born that day, after a long day, and 5-15-15 is a pretty cool birthday.  They rush me into surgery to do a c-section and he arrives at 11:57 PM!  He just barely made it on that day.  I'm  passed out from all the pain meds and have seen from pictures that I held him and even came to for a minute to talk, but I don't remember any of it.  The scary thing, that I later found out, was that he didn't even cry when he was born.  Karson said the nurses tried messing with him and the doctor looked at them with concern, but everything was fine, he just wouldn't cry.  Karson did great taking care of him at first, while I was out of it, especially since this was the first time for him to even hold a baby.  

Introducing:

Ellis Jack Swartz

5-15-15

11:57 PM

6 pounds 10 ounces

20 inches 

We ended up staying in the hospital for 4 nights because of the induction and c-section.  We had a few visitors and started to feel like we had a grip on this new patent thing before we left.  All of our nurses were great and it also helped to have my baby nurse sister there.  We were so happy when we finally got to leave though, it's so much nicer at home than in the hospital.  It was quite an experience, but we are truly blessed and Ellis is a perfect gift from God and worth all the struggles! 

Our family of three :)

Ready to leave