Hudson's Birth

Here are pictures from Hudson Thomas Reese's birth. He was born on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 12:30. After 32 hours of labor and no continued dilation from 8 centimeters, I was forced to have a c-section. The surgery only took 45 minutes from start to finish. This is not the delivery path I thought I would take, but Hudson had full control of the situation. It was a very scary thing to face, considering I have never had any kind of surgery in my life. All turned out well, and we are blessed with a healthy baby boy.

My stay at the hospital was three days instead of four. I was in a lot of pain at first but the pain has gotten a lot better over the past 6 days. The staff at Martha Jefferson was amazing and really helped Tim and I transition from being just the two of us to a family of three. Tim has changed all of Hudson's diapers since his birth in order to help me recover quicker. He has been a god sent.

My parents are here for 12 days. They flew in on Saturday night and I was released from the hospital on Sunday morning. It is amazing how well the planning of all of this worked out. I can't imagine Hudson coming on his due date and only having a couple of days with my parents here. Hudson's early arrival was almost perfect.