Introducing Shiloh Crystyne

Wednesday morning we got to the hospital for my 7:30 induction. After all the paperwork and medical questions, and IV start, my labor officially began at 9:30am. At that point I was dilated 1.5cm. Just before 1:00pm I was told that my Dr. was going to come in and break my water. At 1:07pm I thought my water had broke, so my nurse checked and sure enough it had, and I was dilated 4cm. At this point my contractions became more intense, so I asked for an epidural. By 1:45pm the epidural was in place and beginning to take the edge off. It takes A LOT of medication and time to dull the pain for me. By 3:00pm I was fully dilated and ready to push. So my Dr was called, who was either in the office (by Deaconess) or at Deaconess cleaning up from a C-Section. He literally ran over to Sacred Heart, because I guess he rode his bike to work like he does every day, got scrubbed up, and came in. He was out of breath upon arriving. At 3:20ish I began pushing and at 3:29pm Shiloh Crystyne was born weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. 19 1/4 " long.Minutes old

First family photo

Two big brothers and a big cousin ready to protect her.

One very proud big brother who waited SO long for her to come.

The other big brother, who is also very proud.

Papa Borders

Grandma Borders

Papa Meador

Just after her bath at 12:30 AM! They must have been so busy, because every time we asked our nurse if she could, she said she would as soon as she finished a few things.

All dressed and ready to go home.

I'll write another post later on how she is doing, but I figured I better get a few pictures up. Now I'm off to snuggle my baby!