Well folks, it is over. Whew! For the folks who want to details, this post will have them. For the folks who just want to see the cute little bugger, please refer on to the next posting with pictures.
Wednesday November 19th had come, Induction Day. The day started early, we got the dogs situated and headed to the hospital at 8:10 AM. After being admitted and the preliminary hooplah, Allison was induced at 8:45 AM and her water was broken at 9:00 AM sharp. She went about her day waiting for the labor to develop, and was contracting every 2 to 3 miutes rhythymically at this point. All was looking normal.
Around 12:45, the contractions had gotten to the point where she asked for an epidural, and the petosin drip was increased. At this point, she was checked for progress, and had not progressed past 1 cm at this point.
By 5:00 PM, Allison had not dilated further (than maybe 1.5) and we started to diagnose what the likely causes were. Allison's OB, Dr. Susan Dausch (above, with Evan), surmised that he was too big and was not putting direct pressure to promote further dilation as he couldn't get past Allison's pelvis. She (Dr. Dausch) was willing to wait it out, but after no further progress at 7:00 PM, we debated Ceasarean Section.
Well, Allison and I thought it was conservative to go the C-Section route, and we started the anaesthetic at 7:15. We went into surgery at 7:43 PM, and our little boy, Evan Frederick Richter, was born at 7:56 PM EST (The anaesthesiologist quipped, "1956 was a good year...") here on November 19th. I will give his vitals in the next post, but he came out screaming and we are so blessed.
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