Aden John Giles is here!

Oma and I had pedicures yesterday afternoon around 3:30. We got home around 4:30 and started cooking dinner. At 5:00 pm, I started feeling sharp pains and knew it was time to go. Chip drove me to the hospital and we arrived at 5:40.

Upon admission, I was 4-5 cm dilated, 80% effaced. The contractions were coming on strong and fast. My water was still intact. After about an hour, I started to feel nauseous and the new shift nurse said she would check me as this was a sign I was getting ready to deliver. I was now 7 cm with baby's head real low and a protruding bag of water. She called the doctor immediately and said not to push.

The doctor broke my bag of water around 7:30'sh and Aden was born at 8:02 pm. He was 6 lbs 14 ozs, 19 inches long. He scored 9.9 out of 10 on APGAR and is doing great. The pediatrician checked him earlier today and everything looks great. It was hard but I managed to do it without an epidural or any pain meds. Chip laughed at me because I was yelling at the doctor to "push" instead of the doctor yelling at me to push. It all happened so fast and is again one of the best experiences of my life (next to my wedding and having Rainey).

We will be in the hospital until late tomorrow night. Enjoy the pics. More to come.

PS - Our blog title has been changed to "These Boys of Mine" in memory of our wedding song by Otis Redding "These Arms of Mine". I also changed the http address so make sure to update your favorites.

Listen to those lungs!!