So here he is world! After 9 months of waiting, worrying, hoping that everything will be alright, he arrives, healthy, strong, and beautiful. But he didn’t come to us without a fight. We arrived at the hospital around Feb 25th around 8:00 pm. Christine received her first cervadil induction late that evening in hopes to losen the cervix, and a dose of pitocin to help induce labor. Next afternoon, after frequent visits from nurses during the night (Calvin kept avoiding the heart monitor, which meant it had to be readjusted by the nurse to find him) and little sleep…
No dilation.
She did have contractions, Calvin’s heart was steady (when they found it) but nothing. So we decided that evening on the 26th to repeat the process and hope for the best. Same induction was given, Calvin would dodge the heart monitor, little sleep was to be had, small contractions …
That afternoon, .5 dilation.
So the doctor gave us 2 choices, c-section or another round of induction. Seeing as how Calvin wasn’t even affected by the contractions, we knew that he wasn’t coming out naturally.
1:30 pm Calvin was born at 9.1 lbs and 19 1/2 inches. He cried a little, but he seemed more annoyed that he was pulled from his warm cozy womb.
On March 2nd 2:00 pm he finally came home with his two very happy, but very tired parents.
And so a new adventure, and life, begins today, and we couldn’t be more happy and blessed to raise such a precious child as Calvin Baird Snyder.
