Introducing our newest little baby boy...
Kendry Joshua Carpenter
Saturday, May 19, 2018
6:56am.
5 lbs. 9 oz.
19"
The long birth story below, and a few pics of his first few days.
6:56am.
5 lbs. 9 oz.
19"
The long birth story below, and a few pics of his first few days.
We had our regular twice weekly appointment on Friday, May 18th. We had an ultrasound/BPP to check on Kendry and when the doctor came in to talk to us about it, she said "well, I think it's time to get this baby out".
We originally had a plan to have me induced the following Monday night/Tuesday AM...so at first I thought she just meant that she wanted to keep that plan.
So I asked "When you say it's time, what do you mean?"
She said "I think we should induce you today. Baby hasn't grown and your amniotic fluid level is down again. You're 38 weeks and I think it's best to get him out".
After talking details, she left the room...
and I bawled. {The girl who rarely cries, even when pregnant...}
Nate came up to me and asked what was wrong.
I couldn't list anything that was wrong. I just had so many emotions that came flooding in. It's not that I was sad or scared or upset. It was solely just a huge rush of emotions. It was so we're having a baby today/this is my last pregnancy and last few hours being pregnant/I need to say goodbye to my big boys/ etc.
I got myself together and we walked out to where the receptionists were. These ladies saw me twice/week for many weeks and were so kind to me all the time...they asked what the plan was, as they usually do, and I started crying again and said they're inducing me today.
They were so sweet to me and the ultrasound tech came up and rubbed my back.
I felt like I was making a scene which is sooo not me but I couldn't stop crying.
I think with all the roller coaster emotions of this pregnancy...it was just like it was all coming to an end and we were going to meet him. I've never felt so overcome with multiple emotions before.
Our last picture before Kendry.
I went home and packed up our things, Nate went to work to organize a few last things, he met me at home and then we went to say goodbye to the boys (who were at his parents house because of the original doctor appointment).
We got to the hospital and checked in around 2.
They started Cervidil around 3:30 and contractions started quickly.
I had contractions about every 2 minutes, but was only 2 cm. dilated and so I had to wait for an epidural. Around 10pm they gave me some Fentanyl and it helped take the edge off for the first 45 minutes. They checked me and I was 3cm, so they said I could have the epidural.
While getting my epidural, the Fentanyl made me super loopy and nauseous. Nate said my eyes looked high + I was whispering when answering the nurse's questions. I felt SO tired and told Nate I couldn't hold myself up (while trying to hold still for the epidural and having contractions...no easy task ha!). So Nate held me up and unfortunately I knew I was going to throw up because of how nauseous I felt. So I warned Nate (who doesn't do well with vomit). It was ROUGH. I've never thrown up during labor, and doing that while also feeling so loopy was hard. Once the epidural was in, I felt SO MUCH better and slept from about midnight till 3/4am. I woke up and they checked me and I was at 6cm. They checked me 20 minutes later and I was at 8cm. I got to 10cm, felt the urge to push and started pushing about 5:30am.
He was a little bit stuck because he was face up and then when I pushed, he would turn to the side. So the doctor had me push in a few different positions to try to get him to turn. I asked her if I was pushing correctly (even tho I had Maddox 2 years ago, just wanted to make sure I was doing my part correctly...) and she said I was doing great, it was just a matter of his positioning.
After pushing for 1.5 hours, at 6:56 am, Kendry was born.
He was every bit as beautiful as I had imagined. I kept looking at Nate with tears in my eyes. That moment--it's the best feeling in the world and with every single baby, it just was still so special.
Kendry had to go to the nursery for about an hour because he swallowed quite a bit of fluid and needed some oxygen. So he left our room around 7:15, the nursery nurse came in around 7:45 to tell us he was doing great, they were able to suction a bunch of junk out, and they just wanted to give him oxygen for about 30 more minutes. He came back to our room around 8:15am. I've been super blessed before that neither Jacoby or Maddox had to be taken away for anything. It was hard to not have him on me for the first hour or so, but I also count my blessings because I know one hour is nothing compared to what some parents + babies have to go through. I told Nate when Kendry was back with us that I felt unexpectedly yet perfectly complete. A family of 5 and feeling so beyond blessed!
Kendry Joshua, you are the perfect final piece to our family. I thank God every single for your sweet + precious life.
We originally had a plan to have me induced the following Monday night/Tuesday AM...so at first I thought she just meant that she wanted to keep that plan.
So I asked "When you say it's time, what do you mean?"
She said "I think we should induce you today. Baby hasn't grown and your amniotic fluid level is down again. You're 38 weeks and I think it's best to get him out".
After talking details, she left the room...
and I bawled. {The girl who rarely cries, even when pregnant...}
Nate came up to me and asked what was wrong.
I couldn't list anything that was wrong. I just had so many emotions that came flooding in. It's not that I was sad or scared or upset. It was solely just a huge rush of emotions. It was so we're having a baby today/this is my last pregnancy and last few hours being pregnant/I need to say goodbye to my big boys/ etc.
I got myself together and we walked out to where the receptionists were. These ladies saw me twice/week for many weeks and were so kind to me all the time...they asked what the plan was, as they usually do, and I started crying again and said they're inducing me today.
They were so sweet to me and the ultrasound tech came up and rubbed my back.
I felt like I was making a scene which is sooo not me but I couldn't stop crying.
I think with all the roller coaster emotions of this pregnancy...it was just like it was all coming to an end and we were going to meet him. I've never felt so overcome with multiple emotions before.
Our last picture before Kendry.
I went home and packed up our things, Nate went to work to organize a few last things, he met me at home and then we went to say goodbye to the boys (who were at his parents house because of the original doctor appointment).
We got to the hospital and checked in around 2.
They started Cervidil around 3:30 and contractions started quickly.
I had contractions about every 2 minutes, but was only 2 cm. dilated and so I had to wait for an epidural. Around 10pm they gave me some Fentanyl and it helped take the edge off for the first 45 minutes. They checked me and I was 3cm, so they said I could have the epidural.
While getting my epidural, the Fentanyl made me super loopy and nauseous. Nate said my eyes looked high + I was whispering when answering the nurse's questions. I felt SO tired and told Nate I couldn't hold myself up (while trying to hold still for the epidural and having contractions...no easy task ha!). So Nate held me up and unfortunately I knew I was going to throw up because of how nauseous I felt. So I warned Nate (who doesn't do well with vomit). It was ROUGH. I've never thrown up during labor, and doing that while also feeling so loopy was hard. Once the epidural was in, I felt SO MUCH better and slept from about midnight till 3/4am. I woke up and they checked me and I was at 6cm. They checked me 20 minutes later and I was at 8cm. I got to 10cm, felt the urge to push and started pushing about 5:30am.
He was a little bit stuck because he was face up and then when I pushed, he would turn to the side. So the doctor had me push in a few different positions to try to get him to turn. I asked her if I was pushing correctly (even tho I had Maddox 2 years ago, just wanted to make sure I was doing my part correctly...) and she said I was doing great, it was just a matter of his positioning.
After pushing for 1.5 hours, at 6:56 am, Kendry was born.
He was every bit as beautiful as I had imagined. I kept looking at Nate with tears in my eyes. That moment--it's the best feeling in the world and with every single baby, it just was still so special.
Kendry had to go to the nursery for about an hour because he swallowed quite a bit of fluid and needed some oxygen. So he left our room around 7:15, the nursery nurse came in around 7:45 to tell us he was doing great, they were able to suction a bunch of junk out, and they just wanted to give him oxygen for about 30 more minutes. He came back to our room around 8:15am. I've been super blessed before that neither Jacoby or Maddox had to be taken away for anything. It was hard to not have him on me for the first hour or so, but I also count my blessings because I know one hour is nothing compared to what some parents + babies have to go through. I told Nate when Kendry was back with us that I felt unexpectedly yet perfectly complete. A family of 5 and feeling so beyond blessed!
xox,
Naomi/Mama
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