The Birth of Lucas!

Lucas finally arrived on August 27, 2008 (3 days LATE!).
He weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and was 20.75 inches long.

I began having contractions on Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. at the doctor's office during my non-stress test. The doctor said that we would wait it out and see if my water would break on it's own. We also scheduled an induction for the next day just in case my water did not break. Well, by Wednesday 5:00 a.m. the next day, I was still pregnant (and HUGE)!

We headed to Northside Hospital in Atlanta at 5 a.m. which was a good thing because on the way down there, my contractions were really getting strong! When we got into our room, I was hooked up to all the machines and given Pitocin to get my contractions stronger. The doctor broke my water and I received an Epidural around 1:00. I went from being 4 cm. dilated to 10 cm. in 3 hours!! However, little did I know that the epidural was administered wrong and they had to give me another one because I was in sooo much pain! My wonderful husband, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law were all in the delivery room with me. I began the long journey of pushing around 4:00 and around 5:00 we were painfully informed that my epidural had run out again. Which means that I had to go the rest of the way WITHOUT pain medication! Ben was absolutely wonderful and kept helping me through the pain and was giving me a ton of moral support. He was absolutely wonderful!!

I really think that the only was I got through it was that I couldn't wait to see if our baby was a Boy or Girl!

At 5:35 p.m. our family was blessed with a beautiful, healthy Baby Boy who we named Lucas James Wheeler!