At 12:20AM on January 2nd, Jennie felt a strong kick and then realized that her water had broken. After calling the doctor, we arrived at the hospital around 2:30AM. The contractions started getting stronger and really kicking in around 3:30AM. The doctor and nurses were a little concerned about the risk of infection, if Gavin was not born within 12-hours of Jennie's water breaking. In order to minimize the risk of infection, Jennie was given a small amount of pitocin to move labor along at 6:30AM. Our doula, DeLona, arrived at 7:30AM to provide additional support and much needed new ideas for coping with the intensity of the contractions. To everyone's surprise, around 8:30AM Jennie was fully dilated and the pushing began. Gavin arrived at 9:30AM to very happy parents.
Overall, the labor was short and intense. As one nurse put it, the universe must have known that I this was the best way for me. Jennie definitely agrees!! All of the staff at the hospital and especially our doula were awesome and we cannot thank them enough!
In hindsight, Jennie was probably in early labor through much of the day on New Year's Day. As we watched Ohio State win and Julie & Julia, Jennie kept complaining about being uncomfortable and more pain than usual, but we thought it was just Gavin re-adjusting and dropping down to prepare for his big debut. Well, we were right, but just did not realize that he was planning to come so soon.
Officially, Gavin Wayne Card was born at 9:34AM on January 2, 2010 at Hood River Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7lbs 3oz and measured 21" long. And he is absolutely perfect . . . . if we do say so ourselves ;)
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