Calvin Kingston Butikofer

Early Wednesday morning I finally went into labor! It took me about 4 hours to realize that I was actually having contractions, but once I finally did and Jess helped me time them for an hour, we packed our stuff in the car and headed for the hospital! Little did we know the long day we had ahead of us!
22 hours of labor, with some pretty rough patches, but it was all worth it! My first epidural fell out and stopped working right when my contractions were the absolute worst, so for 3 hours I was in total misery. When they finally gave me my second epidural, it only numbed half my body, so the relief wasn't what I wanted. But thankfully they got me completely numbed by the time it was time to push! After almost 3 hours of pushing, the doctor decided we needed some help, and about 15 mins later with the help of forceps little Calvin Kingston came into the world!
Words can't describe the happiness I felt seeing him for the first time! He was 8 pounds 12 ounces and 20 inches long, (yeah, I can't believe it either!) and totally perfectly healthy! I lost 1000 cc's of blood so was in very rough shape afterwards and the two days after as well, but I am so happy that my beautiful son is finally here! Jess and I could not be happier!!
Calvin Kingston Butikofer
Born 4:41 AM 11/20/08
8 lbs 12 oz. 20 inches