WELCOME MASON!!!

At 9 a.m. on May 4th we went to the hospital for our induction. Upon admission they exammed Felicia and she was 3 cms dilated and 50% effaced. They started the pitocin at 10:30 and contractions got underway at 11:15. We sat around playing cards through most of it, but they eventually became a bit more painful and were coming every 2-3 mins. Just before 2 p.m. the doctor stated that she was going to break the water and this would intensify the contractions quite a bit and get things moving along a bit more. At that point, Felicia opted for her epidural. So at 2 p.m. she got her epidural and the water was broken at 2:15. We watched a movie and let the medicine do its thing. At 4:30 p.m., Felicia was 4 cms dilated and 90% effaced upon examination, and at 6 p.m. she was 10 cms dilated but Mason's head was not yet dropped into position. Felicia was told to sit up a bit more to let gravity help him along. At 6:45 p.m. Felicia was feeling a lot of pressure during her contractions and was asked to start pushing. With the first push Mason's head crowned and the doctor exclaimed "WAIT, don't push, I wasn't ready for that!" She and the nurse quickly broke down the table and got everything ready. Felicia pushed 2 more times and at 6:53 p.m. we welcomed the arrival of Mason Alexander Vandrey!! He weighed 8 lbs 5 ozs and was 21 inches long.

The next day he was introduced to his big brother. It went wonderfully, Hunter immediately wanted up on the bed to sit with Mason and Mommy. After checking Mason out thoroughly he exclaimed "Hold, hold!" with his arms out. While holding Mason, he gave him some kisses on his forehead. It was a truly beautiful moment!