We are so excited to announce the arrival of our second beautiful baby boy. Matthew Dean Morris arrived at 3:25 on Sunday, October 16. It was a long and eventful labor! I started having contractions days before, and so I was sort of expecting that Matthew would arrive early. On Saturday we were out and about doing errands and when we got home Ethan and Richard took a nap. During their nap, I started felling the contractions a little bit more. I decided to head off and get a pedicure...hey I wanted pretty toes for the big event! During my pedicure I was having contractions, but I still wasn't sure if I was really in labor. When I got home they started getting stronger, so we started timing them...I was having contractions two minutes apart! Over the next couple of hours they got stronger and stronger and remained consistent at 2 minutes apart. After speaking with Jared's sister Kristen (a labor and delivery nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital) we decided to head over to the hospital to see how I was progressing. Unfortunately I was only dilated 1 cm, even after an hour walk around the hospital! So we headed home, with contractions still 2 minutes apart.
After laboring at home all night, we headed back to the hospital around 6 am. I was still only one cm dilated. It was time for a change, so I tried really hard to relax and be less tense. Then things finally started to progress! We were admitted and headed over to our hospital room. I spent some time in the tub, and many hours on the ball with Rich (my amazing labor coach) pushing his thumbs into my back until they were practically numb. It was awesome to have Kristen Thie as our labor and delivery nurse. She was so supportive, and it made me feel so much more comfortable to have a friend there. Finally, after 22 hours of labor, Matthew Dean Morris was born. He was 6 lbs 9 oz., and 19 inches long. We were so happy to see our beautiful healthy boy for the first time!
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