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Peyton Kyle Riley--Labor & Delivery

Peyton Kyle Riley arrived at 10:15pm on Thursday May 15, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs 13 ozs and measured 20 1/2". He is perfect. All of our prayers have been answered and our lives have changed forever. I imagined for a long time how it would feel to be a dad...let me say that the moment he was introduced to our world, my life took on a whole different purpose and was far more than anything I could have ever have imagined. I find myself staring at him in awe.
Amy did a perfect job and was amazingly strong through labor & delivery. Her water broke around 5:30am on Thursday. We jumped out of bed and began scrambling to get everything together. We arrived at the hospital (driving time was 17 minutes, 21 seconds) at about 7am and were checked into Room #6. They hooked Amy up to the monitors to check all of her vitals. They then examined her and she had not progressed much since the previous Tuesday at our appointment. Amy's desire was to have a natural childbirth so we started walking the hallways hoping that would help the progress towards labor & delivery--according to the doctor, she was not even in labor yet, but because of other situations, we had to stay at the hospital to get IV antibiotics. We walked the halls from 8am until noon, at one time with my parents, myself and Amy. Amy was then examined again and had progressed a little, but nothing close to what the doctor wanted. Since her water broke prematurely, they wanted our baby to be delivered within 18 hours. They then discussed the option of Pitocin...not what we hoped for since we were working towards natural childbirth, but we had to realize that the health of the baby and Amy were the most important thing. At 3pm Amy starting receving Pitocin. They started with the the smallest dose and then increased it every half hour. They increased the dose 6 times and life changed. Amy's contractions became closer together and unbearable. She was dialted to 5cm and was 90% effaced...still slower progress than everyone hoped for. At about 6pm, all of our family members went to grab some dinner (they had been there all day and were absolutely wonderful). When they came back from dinner, Amy's smiles had turned into tears. She was pushed to her limit and then decided to try IV pain medicine. It worked for a little while, but then she was asking for an epidural. The Pitocin was just too strong. The epidural was administered at about 7pm. Within what seemed like just minutes, she dilated from 5cm to 9cm and was in transition, almost ready to push. At 9pm, Amy felt the urge to push and began pushing. Dr. Sadr came into the room about 15 minutes later. All of our family and friends were in the waiting room while our moms were in the room helping to hold Amy's legs while she was pushing. They were critical to Amy's success and they were as amazed as I was with Amy's strength. Amy pushed for about 45 minutes and then the head was visible. Just a few more pushes and the baby was delivered. Our baby boy was in Amy's arms and life is great. We thank God every day for how he has blessed us. It has been a long road, but we are now at home with our little Peyton Kyle Riley.

1 Week To Go

Can you believe it? We are down to the final days before welcoming our little boy into the world. We met with our pediatrician, Dr. Karp, yesterday and oh what a wonderful lady she is. We are pretty much ready for the baby, but if you would have asked us yesterday if that was the case, I am not sure what we would say. After meeting the pediatrician, Amy began having consistent contractions. She has been having contractions (Braxton Hicks) for over a month, but they have never been consistent. Yesterday she started having contractions 5-10 minutes apart. We went for a walk and they slowed down and we were able to rest for the evening. Today's contractions have been 15-20 minutes apart, with some painful ones. The pictures below are from yesterday. We will be taking daily pictures and sharing those on the blog. We are not sure how many more days that may be...we have a doctor's appointment on Friday so that may tell us a lot, IF we make it to that appointment. Kevin is still shooting for Friday, but Amy is saying Sunday night at the earliest...Mother knows best???

Packing our Bags--14 days to go

Well, we are getting the bags packed--just a few last minute things to throw in. The nursery is almost complete, the stroller, car seat, swing, etc. are all put together and have been checked and rechecked to make sure they are safe for our son.
We are now 2 weeks from our due date and it seems like time is flying by. It is all becoming so real, so fast. We can't wait to hold our son for the first time--it will be so amazing.
Today was our 38 week check up. I just got back from this appointment and everything is progressing nicely. Amy is almost 3cm (technically a "loose 2" per the doctor's report), still 50% effaced and the baby is at a -1 station. I had to ask the question today--I knew the answer, but wanted to hear it from her--...Dr. Fontanares, when you are checking this, can you feel his head. She looked at me, smiled and answered, "Yes". Wow...he is that close to entering this world. She then asked me if I wanted to cut the cord. Without hesitation, I told her "Yes". She replied that she had a couple earlier and the wife told her that there was no way her husband could do it. I am hoping I can do it. I am sure at that point, I will be so excited that cutting the cord will be magical.
What does all of this mean? It means that we are overly excited about meeting our son and that day is rapidly approaching. Our next appointment is on Friday 5/16/08. That is ten days away. My guess, as you can see from the list of guesses, is that we will not make it to that appointment. If we do, we will then be 4 days from our due date...we realized this as we stood in the parking lot this afternoon. WOW.

The Results are In...Date

5/10--Jason
5/11--Sue
5/12--Dawn
5/12--Rich
5/13--Sara
5/15--Carey
5/16--Daddy
5/17--Pop-Pop
5/17--Vicki
5/17--Katherine
5/17--Amy Po...
5/17--Roscoe
5/18--Jerry
5/18--Grandma N...
5/19--Brooks
5/19--Amy Pe....
5/20--Mommy
5/20--Sandra
5/20--Jackie
5/21--Meg
5/23--Andria & Dave
5/23--Jamie

The Results are In...Time

2:30--Dawn
2:34--Vicki
3:15--Amy Po...
5:16--Amy Pe....
6:00--Andria & Dave
6:43--Sara
8:30--Brooks
10:00--Carey
10:05--Jackie
10:35--Jerry
11:10--Jamie
12:01--Rich
13:15--Mommy
14:12--Sue
14:31--Daddy
16:00--Grandma N...
16:45--Katherine
16:45--Roscoe
19:00--Meg
19:30--Sandra
20:05--Jason
23:15--Pop-Pop

The Results are In...Weight

6 lbs, 7 oz--Vicki
6 lbs, 12 oz--Amy Po...
7 lbs, 2 oz--Brooks
7 lbs, 2 oz--Jamie
7 lbs, 2 1/2 oz--Katherine
7 lbs, 2 1/2 oz--Sue
7 lbs, 3 oz--Sara
7 lbs, 4 oz--Dawn
7 lbs, 5 oz--Andria & Dave
7 lbs, 6 oz--Jackie
7 lbs, 9 oz--Amy Pe....
7 lbs, 12 oz--Grandma N...
7 lbs, 12 oz--Meg
8 lbs, 1 oz--Sandra
8 lbs, 4 oz--Pop-Pop
8 lbs, 5 3/4 oz--Roscoe
8 lbs, 6 oz--Carey
8 lbs, 6 oz--Jason
8 lbs, 7 1/2 oz--Daddy
8 lbs, 15 oz--Rich
9 lbs, 2 oz--Mommy

The Results are In...length

19"--Sara
19"--Jamie
19 1/4"--Amy Pe....
19 7/8"--Jason
20"--Amy Po...
20 1/4"--Sue
20 1/2"--Katherine
20 1/2"--Jackie
20 3/4"--Vicki
20 3/4"--Dawn
20 3/4"--Roscoe
21"--Andria & Dave
21"--Carey
21"--Sandra
21"--Meg
21 1/4"--Rich
21 1/2"--Daddy
21 1/2"--Mommy
21 1/2"--Grandma N...
22"--Jerry
22"--Brooks
23"--Pop-Pop

The Results are In...Driving Time to Hospital

12 minutes--Sue
12 minutes--Jackie
13 minutes--Andria & Dave
13 minutes--Amy Pe....
14 minutes--Carey
14 minutes, 13 seconds--Daddy
15 minutes--Mommy
15 minutes--Grandma N...
15 minutes, 23 seconds--Jason
15 minutes, 30 seconds--Dawn
16 minutes--Katherine
17 minutes--Sara
17 minutes--Amy Po...
17 minutes, 26 seconds--Vicki
18 minutes, Pop-Pop
18 minutes, 35 seconds--Roscoe
18 minutes, 45 seconds--Jerry
19 minutes--Brooks
23 minutes, 25 seconds--Rich
25 minutes--Jamie
25 minutes--Sandra
25 minutes--Meg