The Haddock's: Kellen NaCole Watts 4/17/12 @ 448pm - 6lb 15oz

WARNING!!! I think its only obvious that there will be tons of pics posted.

Kellen's birth story from the Auntie Nay Nay's perspective.

When we got to the hospital, Amber got checked in and put in her labor and delivery room. Once we got settled in, I straightened her hair and then mom went back over her hair to finish some places I missed. After we got her hair straightened, I done her makeup. She looked Beautiful and was ready to go.

All made up and ready to start labor

At about 6:30am, they started the Pitocin drip on her and she was dilated to a 1 at that point. At about 8:30am, the doctor came in, she was still at a 1 and then he broke her water and I believe they increased the Pitocin drip at that time. The doctor had already told her the other day that she had a small pelvis and may have a hard time delivering that if she was not dilating 1cm an hour that they would maybe have to do a C-Section so when he broke the water, he went over the C-Section stuff with her again and explained that if she was stuck at a certain dilation for long that they would go ahead and take her in for C-Section. (Amber's small pelvis and possible difficulty with vaginal delivery on her own was the reason for induction hoping Kellen wouldn't gain much more weight (at her last appointment, she was told Kellen was approx 7lb 7oz) or else the vaginal delivery would have been even more unlikely for her.) We all kinda got the impression that he really didn't think she would dilate well and was unsure of what the day had in store for her. After breaking the water, she then pretty quickly began to have contractions pretty good and after a while had asked for some pain medicine which they gave her through the IV. She was told that the pain medicine would not take away the pain however, it would help it. WRONG! The contractions quickly intensified and got closer and closer together. The next check on her was at 11:15am and at that time, she knew she would be asking for the epidural during this check the contractions were so strong. She had already by that point dilated to a 4 and they could tell she was hurting pretty good. They then decreased the pitocin since she had already dilated so quickly. The epidural came immediately and they hit it right off the bat and she done great. After the epidural, she was immediately able to relax and get a little bit of rest before the next check. She was then checked again around 1:30pm and was dilated to a 7. During this check, Kellen was head down however facing the side so they made Amber turn to her side in hopes to make Kellen turn more. The Dr was simply amazed at how well Amber had done and how quickly she had dilated since he had concerns with her not dilating well. She had another check around 3:15 and she had then dilated to a 9. During this check, Kellen was so low that they thought she was turned the right way but couldn't tell positively. They also said that she would be pushing within an hour if not less. To make sure Kellen was turned the right way, they pulled up one of the stirrups and made Amber lay on her side with one leg and hip propped up into that stirrup. I don't know for sure what time we started pushing but it was around 4:15. Once she started pushing, we knew it wouldn't take much at all and Kellen would be here. She done rounds of pushing for 10 seconds in sets of 3. She done this twice with contractions. After these 6 pushes, the nurse said that with the next contraction, she couldn't push because Kellen would be here and the doctor wasn't here at that point. A contraction came and gone and then in ran the doctor. He looked over at her at saw the progress she had made and started throwing on his stuff quickly. He realized baby was basically here. With the next contraction, she started pushing. We don't remember if she pushed 2 or 3 times with this contraction but within 2 or 3 pushes, out came Kellen. She delivered Kellen like a true pro. Her first child and she pushed through 3 contractions making a total of 8 or 9 pushes all together. I have said several times that she went through labor and delivery like she has delievered 10 kids in the past. She was a true trooper. I am so very proud of Amber and Jack for all of their hard work during this pregnancy, labor and delivery. I know Amber is tickeled to have her hear and have her pregnancy done and over since she was sick every day of her pregnancy.

Now, let me share my good exciting news for the day. The plan was that Jack and mom be in the delivery room and then after she was born, mom would come and get me and I would then come visit her before others. Well, during her labor, I think she was at a 7cm, Amber told me she wanted me to stay in there with her. I was thrilled but made sure her and Jack knew that I didn't expect it at all, and if at any point they wanted me to leave to tell me and I would. I was also thrilled because I then knew I could get the pictures of the family that I always wanted when I gave birth. So, enjoy the pictures to follow.

The second they laid Kellen on Ambers chest. Such a priceless moment.

Another priceless moment with Amber and Jack with Kellen just
seconds after she was born.

Just seconds after she was born

Again, just seconds after she was born

Kellen NaCole Watts born at 4:48pm - 19.5 inches long - 6lb 15oz - Apgar score of 9.9. WOW!!! We have one heck of a healthy baby girl on our hands. Again, I am totally amazed with Amber's delivery. Labor started around 8:30am and delivery was at 4:48pm which means she had about an 8.5 hour labor with a first child. WAIT TO GO SISTER!!!

When she was born, we figured they would pretty much immediately take her away to the nursery. WRONG!!! It was crazy because right after she was born, they took her over to the baby area and told me and mom we can just stand there with her and hold her and everything. They laid her down and walked away and she was left with us. We was amazed with that. After they got done dealing with Amber, they finally came back and got her from me and mom and wiped her off and wrapped her in a blanket than gave her back to us. I guess since her Apgar score was so awesome, they wasn't very concerned and they let her stay in the room with us for a little more than an hour before coming to get her and take her to the nursery.