Jacob Gary Talbot 7lbs. 10 oz. 20 in.

On the way home from the hospital

So this post is so late, but better late than never right? I'll share a little of the story with you since it's kind of long. Basically on Monday the 7th I had a feeling my water broke, it wasn't completely obvious so i wasn't sure. the Dr. told me to go to Labor and Delivery and get checked out and sure enough my water broke and i was told i would be having the baby in the next 24 hrs. (which they told me it could take that long and if i hadn't progressed i would be having a c-section which i was definitely not happy about. ) so Gary had to go home and get all my stuff since i wasn't planning on staying. About 3 p.m. they gave me a Cytotec to start my contractions etc. which it did! the first few hrs were bearable but after that i was in so much pain that i couldn't handle it. it didn't help that they wouldn't let me eat anything and i couldn't sleep (by this point it was 2 in the morning). i decided to go ahead and get the epidural and that definitely helped me relax. then at 8:45 they told me to start pushing and he was here by 9:14 a.m.! it was a really cool experience though the after effects aren't so fun. he came out with a full head of hair and is so adorable! he definitely looked like me when he was born but then started to look more like Gary and now we can't tell who he looks like! it has been a challenging but amazing week and a half. i'm already enjoying being a mom! he is such a sweet boy and  has been so much fun to watch him.