Colt Sterling Hughes

Our second little boy was due on July 3rd. One of the positives (I think there are many) of having a c-section is you get to choose your due date. I felt like a week was a little too early, so I decided on just 4 days early.

We were to arrive at the hospital at 5:30am on Wednesday, June 29th. My mother-in-law showed up a little after 5am to stay with Teague. We showed up at the hospital, ready to check-in, but had to wait for another girl who looked like she was in pain. Daron and I laughed because we walked in with no pain and knew that in two hours we would have a baby, still with no pain :)

We checked in, got our room, got settled, and waited for the nurses to come in to start my IV and get me prepped for surgery. Everything was going fine, the IV was started, and then the anesthesiologist came in to do the epidural. The epidural was a little uncomfortable at first, but went in easy. I started to feel nauseous (I felt the same way with Teague, but was given some medicine right away and felt better), instead of giving me medicine, they gave me a barf bag and......yep, I puked! Totally gross because I couldn't drink anything, but the cute nurse did give me some water to gargle, if I promised not to swallow it:)

At exactly 7:30am, they wheeled me into the operating room. Everyone was getting ready. The anesthesiologist put this air thing on my chest that blew warm air on my so that I wouldn't shake (quite pleasant actually, I didn't have that with Teague). They made their first cut at 7:44am. I felt like I could feel a lot more this time and it felt like they had a harder time getting this little guy out. At 7:51am, I heard the most beautiful sound in the world, my baby boy crying. Colt Sterling was 7lbs and 19 inches long. He seemed so tiny, but was absolutely gorgeous.

After I got to see my little boy for a second, they took him down to mother and baby to get cleaned up and I was getting sewed up and then had to recover for about an hour upstairs on labor and delivery.

I couldn't wait to meet my little boy! I was so excited to get downstairs to see him. When they brought him in, he was just as beautiful as I had imagined. He was perfect. I was immediately smitten with this little guy.
About an hour later, Teague came to see us. He was so dang cute with Colt. He did ask if Colt could go back in mama's belly. We told him that couldn't happen:)

We had quite a few visitors in our two days of being at the hospital. Colt was already one loved little boy. I was thrilled to leave after two days, instead of the normal three. What can I say, I am a stud when it comes to having a c-section. I am not in a ton of pain and I recover quite quickly:)

I was a little nervous to leave and start our new life with my family of four, but I was so excited too!
Let the craziness begin:)