I had been having labor contractions the morning of the due date...August 16th. They went away later that morning but Rick stayed home with me and by the afternoon we were up and about and going through our day. We grilled out that night and played outside with Teagan and Saturday was a normal day contraction free. We went to breakfast and then had nearly a 2 hour park play time with the little lady. We met this dad of 3 girls that cracked us up as he talked to us, drinking his coffee, feeding a bottle to his 3 month old while his 1 and 2.5 year olds roamed the playground. I think it have us both a boost of confidence as we prepared to parent 2 of our own. We spent that afternoon at the pool which being pregnant is the best feeling! That night the contractions were back but once again went away after I was up and about. That afternoon we were back at the pool with Grandma Candy. The contractions started to work their way back in and through the night were closer and closer and harder and harder. I thought they might go away once I was on my feet so I told Rick to go to work and I got up to get Teagan ready for school. It wasn't an hour and I called Rick to come home I think it's "go time." He got her off to school while I labored at home basically to the point where I couldn't hardly walk. I thought if this isn't labor then I don't know what is! Turns out I was right...we got to the hospital about 8:30am and was in triage when they told me I was 4cm dilated and not going home!! This was real! Rick reminded me to breathe while we did all of the initial procedures. We barely had a chance to notify family we were there and we were up in labor and delivery. Nurse Z was amazing getting us settled in as the last patient before she set off for 2 weeks to get married. Nurse Mary's shift started and she told us she would be the nurse present at delivery...I liked her confidence! We got the back labor under control and my water was broke by 10:30 and I progressed quickly from there. Rick and I joked that we were expecting to be watching movies like we did when I was in labor with Teagan! Not the case here, an 8 quickly became a 10 and we were ready to go! I pushed for 20 minutes and they even had to tell me to stop while they got the Dr in! Quite a difference than nearly 4 hours pushing with Teagan! We knew there would be an army of people again because like his sis, Breckin had passed some meconium so they had to have the Ped crew present. The Dr turned him around and Rick and I were in shock of what we saw! Everybody was smiling but not bigger than Rick and I at the first sight of our son. We joke because with Teagan we practically forgot we didn't know the gender but with Breckin we knew what we were doing! I was in shock with tears of joy while Rick gazed at the little fella. The Dr said the labor and delivery went so smoothly that the hospital was going to offer us a 50% off coupon for next time. Lol! He also called it a drive-thru delivery...meaning we were just out and about and decided to swing by the hospital to have a baby! The haze that follows is tough to put into words...this instant love as we headed off to the recovery room. Recovery is/was much different this time around. I was on my feet within hours of delivery and feeling pretty good. Grandma Candy brought Teagan to meet her brother that afternoon. She was shy for about 2 minutes but climbed right into the hospital bed to "kiss the baby" and bring him his gifts. She was so sweet like she thoroughly understood why we were there and this was our new family member and her baby brother! I was so proud of her and just melted at the sight of the 2 kiddos together. It wasn't long before she was marching the halls of the hospital as if sharing the news. Multiple nurses commented on her confidence and curls of course! We checked out of the hospital 48 hours later on Wednesday August 21st and were so very happy to show Breckin his new digs!!
XO,
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