The Applonies: Hayden Maxine Applonie

Here is Hayden's story.... If you don't want all the details skip to the bottom to see pictures of our new little cutie!!

Ready to be a big sister!!

I thought I would hurry and write down the past two days while it is still fresh in my cloudy, hormonal head. Lets first start back a few weeks ago when I finally met my OB in Michigan. I had been told all along, based off of my first ultrasound, that my due date was June 16th a week after the original due date based on my "monthly gift". So when I went to the doctor they only change the original due date if based on the ultrasound changes the due date by ten days. Since the 16th was only seven days from the 9th she moved my due date back to June 9th. That was nice but at the same time worried me a little bit since we had just moved, our insurance hadn't been approved yet and I was now 37 weeks and technically go at any moment. Well things worked out and we got settled and insurance finally was approved so that brought a sense of relief. I went to my weekly appointment and she asked how I was feeling. I told her that I was starting to feel pressure in my pelvis and she asked if I wanted to have the baby. Of course I said yes and she asked how about Friday.

I checked into the hospital Thursday night to be monitored and to start a cervical prep so help soften my cervix some more and to help me dilate. Friday morning (6/7/2013) they started me on pitocin and things went really slow. Hayden was head down but face up. Her spine was on my spine which cause a lot of back pain during the contractions. They kept making me change positions to help her turn so she was facing my spine. It took a couple hours to go from a 1.5 to a 2.5. At 11:30am I was a 3 and they broke my water. That made the contractions more frequent and more intense. I wanted to wait as long as possible for the epidural because even though it helps you relax, it can slow down your labor. We were kind of on a time restraint because we only had our babysitter until 4:30 because she had other commitments. We started to get a little worried at 12:30 when I got my epidural and I was only a 4. We hurried and called some friends that could come get Paige since we thought we would be her all night with how slow things were progressing. Ryan left about 1ish to head home and pack a bag for Paige. When he came back at 1:45 I was checked and I was now at a 9.5. They said call them if I feel any pressure. Well it didn't take long for me, because a few minutes later I told the nurse that I had pressure down there. I just thought I needed to go to the bathroom. She hurried and called the doctor and when she came in and checked me, she was able to feel and see the head. She asked if I felt like I needed to push and if I wanted to try. I said yes! I pushed six times and they hurried and gowned up and prepped for the baby to come. At this hospital, everything is done in your room; labor, delivery and recovery. While they were gowning up she said if you feel like pushing don't wait for me just do it. About another six pushes later Hayden was out at 2:48. Two hours before I was a 4 and now I had a baby!!

Glad it is all over and definitely not as bad as I had imagined. I am so proud of myself for not yelling at Ryan and blaming him for everything and not swearing during the delivery.

She was perfectly pink!

Weighing in at 6lbs 14oz 19inches long

Ryan was great during the whole thing and was able to cut the cord. He didn't help with the delivery medically speaking but there was so many people in here and it was so fast.