Sonneborn Family- The Next Generation: Adam Jeffrey Sonneborn IS HERE!!!

Jeff and I are so in love with Adam Jeffrey Sonneborn, born on March 22 at 4:02am, 8 pounds 5 ounces and 21 inches long.

On Wednesday I called the OB office because I had developed a rash. It was actually a rash common to many late trimester pregnant ladies and I wanted to know how to treat it. In addition I was nervous for the induction Friday and wanted a chance to discuss that as well. Later that morning I started to develop strong cramps, possibly contractions that seemed more intense than my usual Braxton Hicks. These started in my back and radiated to my pelvis. I had to ask Emilie and Hannah if these were "real." After a short bit I decided to time them. At this point I was having them about every 9 minutes for 2 hours. I called the OB again and told him I was having timeable contractions that caused me to completely forget my rash. He wanted me to go in to labor and delivery for an hour of monitoring. They would decide from there if I would stay or go home.

I was excited and called Jeff right away but didn't want to get my hopes up. Labor can take a long time! We brought our bags but left them in the car, fully expecting to be monitored and sent home because I felt I was in the very early stages of labor. Low and behold when I got to labor and delivery my contractions were 5 minutes apart and I was dilated to 4cm. They were keeping me! Jeff and I called our immediate family to tell them the news. We then walked the halls to try and get more progress. My mom arrived and soon it was time for an epidural. Hooray for the pain relief! It took a few more hours for labor to progress. At 2am the nurse checked my back and my epidural site was leaking blood. Because of my low platelets, my epidural had to be removed. I was devastated and all I could do was cry. My doctor came and told me not to lose hope, in less than an hour she thought it would be time to push. At 3am it was time to get down to business. A few times I screamed and yelled to get through the contractions. Other times I cheered on Baby Adam to come on out. He made his grand debut at 4:02am and he was perfect. He was placed directly onto my chest and my heart swelled with love.

We enjoyed having so many visitors in the hospital, it made the time fly by! Here are a few pics of our hospital stay. I'll post later about our first week with Adam.

He is here!!!!