Ryker James Stout

Ryker was forced to make his grand entrance today. I was originally supposed to be induced on May 17th but every woman around here decided to go into labor that day so we were told to wait and call at 3am the next morning to see if there were any beds available. Matt and I did not get to sleep until about 11pm and then woke up at 3 and were told to come on in at 5am. We were to excited to go back to sleep so we decided to just get ready for the day and make sure we had everything that we needed for the hospital. At 5 we strolled in and started getting ready to be induced when I turned white and getting really clammy. I was very close to passing out for some unknown reason and they had to use a few of the ammonia salts to wake me up. After about 20 min of that everything went smoothly. They started the PIT at around 7 am and upped it every half hour till about 11am. They checked me and I was dilated to a 4 and 80% so the Dr decided to break my water. Seems like immediately after that i felt my first real contractions. I will never understand how or why women give birth naturally it hurts so bad. I quickly got my epidural and was able to finish watching the season finally of Castle with Matt. at about 1:20pm the nurse checked me and told me that I was ready to push. The Dr came and after pushing for 20 min Ryker was born at 9lbs 8oz and sunny side up just like his sister. He was healthy and crying. he was 21 1/2in long and he felt like a brick. I am so nervous and excited to have him as my son. Reagan doesn't really seem to interested in him yet but she did kiss him and say hello and it was such an amazing moment for me as a mother to see my children meet for the first time.