Crue Marvin Poulton

July 23, 2014

Crue Marvin Poulton

On July 23 at 8:49am (6 days late), we welcomed our 4th child, Crue Marvin Poulton. He was 7lbs 9oz and 21 inches long!

Ready to pop!

I had another successful VBAC2 (vaginal birth after 2 cesareans)! It was a smooth labor and quick delivery. I woke about every hour after midnight, decided to get up at 3:30 am and see how close my contractions were. I sat in the bath for a little while at 5 am. Then, I woke up Aaron at 6 am and said I was ready to go to the hospital! We arrived at 6:30, the nurse checked me and I was dilated 7-8cm. Yay! We went to the labor room, hooked me up to the monitors, put a hep lock in my arm, and had not so pleasant contractions for the next 2 hours. I was pretty exhausted from having no sleep/being in labor, so between my last few contractions I just laid on the bed. Then, I had a big contraction, felt the urge to go to the bathroom. Aaron helped me to the bathroom and I had to push and something was coming out. I couldn't stop pushing and yelled to Aaron to go get the nurses! "He's coming now!" I said. I braced myself against the sink while he was gone. He and 3 nurses came back and saw the amniotic sac coming out (my water hadn't broken yet). They pretty much drag me to the bed since it was hard to walk. I get on the bed, they popped my water and out comes Crue! My doctor was 2 flights downstairs and since all of this happened in about 1.5 minutes, he just barely missed the birth. Crue was delivered by 3 great quick-acting nurses! Man, was I glad it happened sooooo fast!