Where Has the Time Gone?! Birth Story - Finally!
Well Trevor is 9 months and 1 week old today and it occurred to me that I hadn't yet posted his birth story! I guess now is as good a time as any. I do think though that part of me may have avoided this just a little in the early days because, well, it wasn't exactly what I had pictured it would be and that made me a little sad. No matter though. He arrived, he was/is gorgeous and is a healthy little man. As postings leading up to his birth (and Reagan's too) show, their birth mother does home births and has a history of interrupted labors. Basically what that means is the first stage of labor begins and then stops at some point before the second stage. In a hospital setting, if the mother is in full-term range, Pitocin is frequently used to continue labor. In a home setting, no interventions are normally done. The body is allowed to decide on its own when and if labor will progress. So, several times before his actual birth,...