Carsten Timothy has Arrived

Carsten Timothy Myers has arrived. His orrigional due date was Dec. 15, 2006. We planned to head to Johannesburg the day after Thanksgiving, yet due to numerous braxton hicks and anxiety we headed over the Sunday before. We did end up having to wait around two weeks but ended up getting to know Joburg and the malls there very well. Doug planned a special Thanksgiving day of the zoo and pizza for us, as we were away from all friends and family. We also celebrated my 31st bday enjoying cinnabons and some shopping!!
Finally on Friday Dec. 1st the real contractions started in. That evening we headed to the hospital and began the labor process. All was well until about 3am when I was no longer dialating. I had gotten to a 7 and was stuck there for a couple of hours. They found that Carsten was turned wrong and "brow presentation". So my options were to proceed with no promise of moving forward or c-section. My midwife contacted my dr. and we decided to do an emergency c-section!! So on Saturday morning they rolled me into theater (surgery room here) and Carsten Timothy Myers was born at 6:20am weighing in at 8 lbs. 13 oz. and 22 1/2 in. long. He was a big boy esp. being two weeks early!!