My Three Kings: McCoy Hayes Pearce

I woke up at 5:00am because I had to do my hair and make up. I never go to the hospital without this being a priority. People think that I am crazy but let's be honest bright lights and cameras are always lurking. We got to Stone Oak Hospital about 6:00am. We were in Room 3. I got into my gorgeous robe and was hooked up to the monitor. Immediately I had two huge contractions but didn't feel a thing. At 8:15 the nurse came in named Janice. She was absolutely wonderful. She checked me and I was 2 centimeters. They got my IV in and Dr. C came by and broke my water. At 9:45am, I got my epidural and was resting peacefully watching the Today show. Then the waiting began.

At 11:30am, I got the catheter put in and was moved to my right side. I was 4 centimeters.

At 12:15pm, Dr. C came in and checked me and I was still at 4 cm. She inserted a ambiotic catheter to the baby;s head to monitor things more closely.

One of my favorite deliveries, well I guess I only have two delivery stories to tell, was on June 30th when McCoy came into this world. My favorite part was the hilarious story that unfolded with my sister. She is also pregnant and of course we use the same doctor. She had an appointment at 3:00pm the day of my delivery and Ash and I were totally confused on how she can delivery my baby and have appointments on the same day. But we quickly found out exactly how it works.

Everything was going smoothly and I was progressing just fine and the family and I were hanging out in the room until about 2:45pm. The nurse checked me and I was at 6cm. Ashley decided to head over to her appointment and as she is heading out the door she said, "You better not have that baby while I am gone to my appointment." Mom and Dad decided to leave as well to get a bite to eat. It was all quiet and we thought we were going to get a small little break before the mayhem when the nurse came in again and decided to check me.

At 3:15pm She said I was at 10cm and she needed to call the doctor. I told her to wait because my sister had an appointment and she was waiting in the room to see the doc and I didn't want her to miss it. The sweet nurse told me no problem we could wait a little bit. I text my sister and she was still waiting.......

At 3:40pm, the nurse finally said I really think I need to call the doctor because you are getting close to having this baby. My sister said she was sitting in the room when the intercom came on and said Dr. C you need to head to the hospital for a delivery. My sister said a sweet nurse came in and said I am so sorry you will be waiting awhile because Dr C had to go to the hospital. My sister screamed, "I know it is my sister! Can I leave?"

Back at the hospital, I was getting prepped for delivery and the big lights were getting turned on. Dr. C got there and was putting on her scrubs and gloves when there was a knock on the door. I hear, "Surprise!!!!!! Is there room for one more?" I looked at Bill and we decided to bring her on in.

So here we are seconds away from meeting McCoy.

Ash was on my right and Bill was on my left. We began the process and on the next contraction we immediately saw the head. We pushed three times and the head came with the cord wrapped once (loosely) around his neck. After one more push out came Baby P. He looked really blue to me(like in this picture) and wasn't crying at all so I called the nurse over and she took him to work on getting his blood flowing better.

Sooooo handsome. From the moment he came out he has had the sweetest personality. He is very clam and laid back. He very rarely cries unless something is wrong.