Chase Joseph Ruble arrived on August 9, 2010 at 9:05pm. He weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and measured 21.5 inches long.
I actually began having contractions on Friday morning (August 6) while at work. These contractions continued irregularly all weekend. Finally, on Monday morning (August 9) at 1am, they were intense and regular enough for me to get up and start counting them. At 6am, we decided it was time to go to the hospital. I continued having contractions every 3-5 minutes, but was slow to dilate. I was able to have epidural before the pain was very severe, and I felt nothing after that. It was amazing! Then, the doctor started Pitocin to try to get labor to progress, but Chase did not tolerate that well. His heart rate kept dropping when it was started, so he decided to do a c-section. At this point, it was just a routine c-section for fetal intolerance to labor. Once we got the operating room, his heart rate remained low for several minutes turning it into an emergent c-section. They began cutting before Cory was able to make it in the room. (They make the dads stay out of the OR until they are sure the mother is able to stay awake for the procedure. Dads aren;t allowed if the mother requires general anesthesia). Fortunately, Cory made it into the room before Chase was delivered.
