Kent Turner's "Birth"-day

Kent Turner was born at 2:46 pm on Tuesday, April 12th (a day before his due date, April 13th). He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. 

I was dilated to a 10 when they checked me at 12:50 pm. My nurse had me start pushing at 1:05 pm. The last 30 minutes was the hardest. Specially when they had me wait to push until the doctor arrived. At this point I felt like I had no control of the pressure. Turner was coming rather I pushed or not. 

Proud Daddy

Proud and tired Mommy (Excuse my hair... Kent put it in a ponytail for me after I had my IV. I should have done this prior to getting my IV.) 

Our Precious Baby Boy

The day before Turner was born I worked and felt so tired. At this point I had been dilated since 35 weeks and was having braxton hicks off and on. Knowing that I was scheduled to be induced on Thursday, April 14th at 6:00 am I was so anxious for that day. Kent came to bed around 11:30 pm Monday night, he kissed me on my forehead like he does every night when he comes to bed, I told him I didn't feel good and that I was having some pain. Little did I know at this time I was having contractions. Kent asked me how often I was in pain and I told him like every 20 minutes. From then on we timed every pain "contraction" and it ranged from 10 - 20 minutes apart. Kent called his mom to tell her that I was having contractions and that her and my father-in-law would probably be making the drive from Dallas to San Antonio on Tuesday. I ended up going back to sleep but woke every time I had a contraction. Which I provided the schedule of my contractions below. I didn't start tracking them on my phone until they got to be closer together. 

2:05 

2:22

2:34

2:44

2:56

3:06

3:17

3:28

3:43

4:03

4:13

4:21

4:42

4:52

5:00

5:05

5:15

At 5:15 am, I woke Kent up to tell him we better start getting ready to go. I finished packing, fed Snowflake and paced around before we actually left the house at 5:45 am. We arrived at the hospital around 6:05 am, I was dilated to a 6 and was in our delivery room at 7:45 am. Kent made the calls and texted the people who he needed to and there we wait. I slept after receiving my epidural until visitors arrived. The first to arrive were my dad "Papaw" and Charlene "Cici", then Kent's sister "Aunt Kristen", Kent's mom and dad "Mimi and Poppa Boat". My mom "Big Momma" and sister "Aunt Debra" couldn't make it down to San Antonio until Wednesday. Kent's oldest sister "Aunt Kelle" and family are back in Germany and told her that we would rather have the family together at Christmas then to have them here for Turner's birth.

Overall, my delivery was perfect. So thankful for a smooth delivery and good pregnancy. We are very excited to have our little blessing here!