A New Member of the Hunter Family

I know that my mom has already posted about Gordon, but as the mom I get to tell it all again!! I also have pictures of Gordon with the Hunter family as well, so we will post them all for everyone!

On Wednesday of this week, I went to the doctor and scheduled to be induced to have our new baby on Friday morning at 6:30. We had our other kids taken care of already and thought we would have a nice night of sleep before heading to the hospital in the morning. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, my water broke at 2am. I got up and cleaned up while waiting for contractions to start. When the contractions were getting strong we headed off to the hospital, not knowing at the time that the labor and delivery was almost over! I got to the hospital and when the nurse checked to see how far along I was, she discovered that I was dilated to 8 cm and my contractions were getting stronger every time. If I had wanted pain medication, there wasn’t time and my body took over. I don’t know how many pushes it took, but Gordon Benjamin was born at 3:39am for a 1 hr 40 min labor from start to finish! The best part is that the doctor didn’t make it to the hospital until after the baby was born, so the nurse had to deliver little Gordon herself! It was a great delivery and I am recovery quickly as well. I don’t know if I can ever have more babies though because I don’t know if I would make it to the hospital before the baby is born!!

My mother-in-law says that I may have to find a doctor who is will to deliver at home like my mom did because I may not make it to a hospital in time! I really don't want to think about having another baby for a while though!