Although Knox was not due to arrive until October 24th I woke up on October 11th to find that my water was leaking. After dropping Griffen off at school I headed in to the hospital to be checked in triage to determine if I needed to be admitted. Sure enough it was my water leaking and they made me stay. I called Matt right away so that he could start heading home from Richland. Shortly after being admitted Serena, our doula, arrived. Matt arrived at about 4:30 in the afternoon. The laboring was slow moving on Monday but on Tuesday morning at about 4:00am it started to pick up. When my 24 hour mark came for my water being broken our midwife, Molly, let me know that we would need to start thinking about pitosin. She gave me an additional 1/2 hour to move from having contractions every 5 min. to every 3 min. Serena and I started walking the halls and after about 20 minutes they were coming on faster and stronger. Luckily we didn't have to have any interventions. Things weren't too bad until I moved into transition which took such a long time and it was very painful. Near the end I was begging for an epidural but my wonderful team: Serena (doula), Molly (midwife), and Sid (nurse) all stalled me and before I knew it I was pushing. I planned to have an unmedicated birth experience and I received my wish. On Tuesday October 12, 2010 we welcomed Knox Anton Demiter into this world. He was born at 5:04pm after 32 1/2 hours of labor and no medication. He was such a beautiful baby and weighed in at 7 lb. 11 oz. with a length of 20.5 inches. We love you Knox!
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