I was excited the day had finally arrived. Chuck, myself and my mom checked into the hospital on October 10th, 2012 at 8:00 am for my scheduled induction. Our baby was already like his mom, scheduling everything. I was ready to have this baby today, being I was 7 days overdue as it was. They hooked everything up to me around 9:00 am and we were ready to roll. The waiting game began. Around 10:00 am Chuck's mom arrived. I was very blessed to have such a great support team (Chuck, my mom and Chuck's mom) in the delivery room. Until today I had never felt a contraction. Around 1:00 pm the contractions started to get unbearable. I called for the nurse to get my epidural. I thought I would get it right away. Oh no they wanted me dilated at 3 and to finish two more bags of the iv before getting the epidural. So my mom cranked up the bag to my iv so I could get it in faster. Around 2:30 pm I was in better spirits as I received my epidural. Thank god!!! I know for sure that I could never go through labor naturally. Joan came and checked on me around 4:45 and she said I was dialated at 10. We were finally ready to push. She went and got dressed while the nurses prepped me. At 5:00 pm I was starting to push. I got our little guy out in 20 mins, only 12 pushes. I could not have done it without Chuck even though I thought I was going to have to at one point because he looked a little green. We were happy to announce that Emerson Louis Jenks had ARRIVED!!! 8.2 oz, 21 1/2 length and 34 inch head at 5:22 pm. Many people came to visit use that night. Uncle Kyle, Auntie Krissy, Evan, Molly, Auntie Devin, Sydney, Auntie Alexis and Uncle Wayne we all there to welcome Emerson into the world.
