LeitingLove: Wyatt James Leiting has arrived!

Many may have called it expected, but Wyatt's arrival 1 day before his due date was a surprise to us! My doc told me the week before the baby was still high and I was not dilated. I had a doc appt at 4pm on Monday and he said the same thing, nothing had changed. We didn't think anything would happen for at least a few days, if not another ten days. Later that night, a few minutes after going to bed at 10pm, I jolted with a contraction. It was just a Braxton Hix contraction we thought, but 10 minutes later, came another. And so it started, with no light, far apart contractions or any warnings. Soon they were 5 minutes apart. We called Tom and M.E. to come watch Will and were out the door by 11:45 to the hospital. We believe my water broke on the way to the hospital with a small leak with each contraction. Once at the hospital, things were intense but we were very excited to hear I was 3cm dilated. I never dilated past 1cm with Will so we were very optimistic that our VBAC plans were going to be successful. I was soon dilated to 6cm and at ease with the gift of an epideral. Jeff and I were very excited to meet the little one and looked forward to "pushing!" However, things didn't progress past 6 cm and I was losing a lot of blood with some clots. They were concerned the previous incision had ruptured and the baby's heart rate was stressed. At 7:30am the doctors were urging that a C Section be done to avoid complications with me and/or the baby.

Wyatt James Leiting was born at 8:43 on 1/27/09 with a full head of black hair, 8 lbs 15 oz, and a healthy cry!
We are very happy everyone is healthy and feeling good. We came home from the hospital on Friday. Will is very excited to be a big brother and loves watching Wyatt sleep, looking into his eyes when they are open, and helping burp him.

Fresh from the womb: