Now that we are home I thought I would sit down and post a few new pics and write out Parker's birth story. So we went to the hospital for a scheduled induction at 7:30 on Saturday the 27th. I was dilated to a 3 and 80% effaced but Parker was still pretty high up and was facing the wrong way. I received the pitocin around 9:00 am starting with a small dose and was then checked 4 hours later and was 4 cm dilated and 90% effaced but Parker was still facing the wrong way and still pretty far up. The midwife said everytime she would check me she could feel his head but he would quickly pull it up away from her hand, stubborn boy. They decided to up the pitocin and when I was checked the next time I was dilated to a 6 and fully effaced and REALLY beginning to have terrible back contractions due to Parker being faced the wrong way. I decided to get an epidural and it really took the edge off of the pain, I could still feel the pain in my back but it was tolerable. The nurses again upped the pitocin and the next time I was checked I was dilated to 9cm and almost ready to go. My contractions continued to get stronger and much closer together and around 11:30 there was NO time inbetween each contraction and before I could even say I was ready to push the nurses and midwives were in our roon. They are continually watching the monitors at the front desk and could see my contractions were back to back. So they prepped everything and I began pushing at 12:00. Little did I know they call labor LABOR for a reason. Parker was still facing the wrong way and they warned me they would try everything possible to turn him but he may come out facing my hip bone which can make labor much harder and longer, GREAT =(. I was put in every kind of position to make him turn and help me push and nothing was seeming to work. Then the midwife brought out a towel and told me to grab one end and tug and a nurse tugged on the other side, so with every contraction I would pull and this helped to make me push even harder. It did help me to push better but Parker just would not turn. I have to say I made a promise I would not get loud but when his head begin to crown but stayed half in, half out for 30 minutes I begin to get loud. At this point the midwife left to go get the doctor thinking that this baby may not come out on his own. The doctor came in and looked at me and told me I could do this on my own without any help from a vacuum. I made my mind up that I was going to get this baby out on my own. Finally after two and half hours of pushing and a second degree tear Parker joined us at 2:16 in the morning weighing 10lbs 2oz and measuring 23 inches long. EVERYONE was shocked at how big of a boy he was, including me! I just began to cry I couldn't believe how beautiful he was I was overwhelmed with how perfect he was. We are just in love. He is struggling a little with breastfeeding, being that he is such a big boy we are also giving him formula just until my milk completely comes in. Well we will keep you updated and post more pics later. As you can see Daddy can NOT put him down=)