Merrick Bruce Adams

Our second little boy is here!  He came on July 24, 2011 at 8:26 am.  He weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 19 1/2 in long.  Here is the story.

On Friday, I had a doctor's appointment and the doctor stripped my membranes to try to get the process started.  Well, it must have worked because the next day, Saturday, we did our normal stuff and I got lots of cleaning done so that I felt ok with going into labor and coming home to a mostly clean house.  At the end of the day, I was starting to feel contractions but they weren't consistent at all yet.  I had 2 false labors and so I wanted to make sure that what was happening was for real before we headed to the hospital.  I went and laid down at around 9 o'clock and then the contractions stopped for a little bit and I slept for like an hour.  Nate came in and woke me up to check on me and at 11, I started having real heavy contractions. Again, I was a little hesitant to jump the gun and go right to the hospital, so I hung out and kept track of them for about 2 hours.  I got to the point where they hurt too much so we left.  Thanks to our neighbors Kylie and TJ, they came over and slept at our house with Kayton so we could go.  We got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitor and sure enough, I was in labor.  7 cm to be exact.  Since I wanted an epidural, they rushed to get the tech up there so I could get it before I got too far along.  I liked the tech a lot better than my last one and it worked great.  They let us rest for a couple hours and of course I couldn't sleep for very long, but I did get a little sleep and then they came and checked me and I hadn't progressed at all so at around 6:30, they gave me some pitocin to pick things up again.  Within an hour and a half, they came in and checked me and said I was just about there.  My water didn't break yet, so they broke it and then said that I was ready to go.  According to the computer, I started pushing at 8:19 and he came out at 8:26.  So I pushed for 7 minutes and the nurse said that it was only like 4 contractions and then he was out.  Crazy.  It was so easy for me and I was so glad that I didn't push for an hour like last time.  He basically slid himself right out and I saw his head come up and then they put him right on top of me.  While he was on me and they tried to clean him off a bit, all the sudden I feel something going down my side and he had peed on me.  They joked and said that at least they didn't have to wait for him to pee in a diaper now.  They took him and I got all cleaned up and had to get 5 stitches.  With the epidural, I got a little extra dose and so when they took me off, it took forever for me to get feeling in my legs again.  I had to have help for like 3 hours after if I needed to stand up.  

At around 11, Nate went and got Kayton from home and had someone from church meet us at the hospital to take Kayton with them and that was the first time he saw the baby.  He really did look so much bigger when I saw him just like everyone said he would.  He was a little unsure of everything, but we got him to hug and kiss the baby before he left and he was really good about it.  He left and then we got moved up to recovery.  We had a few visitors throughout the day and I just basically got to relax and sit in a bed all day.  It was really nice.  Thank you to our friends Randon and Jerah for taking care of Kayton basically Sunday night and Monday morning.  We couldn't have done it without them. 

 On Monday, I was ready to go home.  I wanted to be with Kayton like I'm use to so I wanted to get discharged that day.  Merrick was good to go that morning but I needed to wait for my doctor to come up and discharge me.  There were lots of deliveries going on that day so she wasn't going to be able to come up until the afternoon.  We ended up not leaving until 6 o'clock that night, but we got home and had dinner waiting for us and now we are just trying to get used to our new life.  Adjustment is hard.  He is such a sweet little boy though.  I love this age where they will just lay on your stomach and sleep for forever.  I'm really enjoying it right now.  He is really cute too.  He has a good mixture of Nate and I, but he reminds us a lot of how Kayton looked when he was born.  We love it and I'm so glad the pregnancy is over.  

(Fun fact: Both of our baby's were born on a Sunday morning, and each was a special day of sorts.  Kayton was born on Superbowl Sunday and Merrick was born on Pioneer Day)