Meet our bundle of joy! Tristan Hayden Fender was born Oct 19 at 4:37 PM, weighing in at 8lb and 7 oz and 21 inches long. It was a long day and emotional day as well, but I finally got to meet my baby boy later that evening :)
On Monday, Oct 18, we had dinner at City Range with my family and Trey's family. We finally got the OK from Labor and delivery to come to the hospital shortly after 9 PM for cervadil placement (help dialate me in preparation for induction the following morning). I started to have more consistant contractions after midnight that were 2-3 minutes a part, and around 0700, we started pitocin for the induction. Once I had the epidural placed, it became smooth sailing until time to push. I tried pushing for over an hour and half and the baby was not descending..come to find out he was "sunny side" up and his head kept getting caught behind my pelvic bone. We then went around for C-section---which is where it became more stressful and emotional for me. Once they had Tristan out (after much pulling and tugging), he wouldnt take his first breath. More back-up NICU team was called to surgery room to help stimulate him to start breathing. They used the blow-by oxygen bag and Tristan began crying and breathing (MUCH RELIEF FROM ME)!!!
I didnt get to meet my new little man until 11 PM that night. He spent 5 hrs in NICU and then went to well baby nursery for a bit as well. Everything checked out OK and Tristan was ready to meet us :) It was the best feeling to finally meet him and get to check him out. He had dark hair which I knew he would!
Its been one week post delivery and we're home doing well. I need to get Tristan on a better schedule eventually due to the fact he sleeps all day and loves to be up at night. Feedings are going well --he loves to eat...sometimes soon after his last feeding!
I'm looking foward to watching him grow and develop and I cant wait to when he starts to have more expressions and able to respond more to toys etc. 
