Little Max is Finally Here!

Maxwell Hunter Kelly 6lbs 6ozs born 5/26/09

Peyton and Addison meet Max for the first time!

First bath

Max meets Mama K

Well I wanted to come and write down the story of having little Max while I can still remember all of the details. I was due with him on June 2nd (my mother in law's B-day). That is where we got Hunter, it is her maiden name. When I was 37 weeks my doctor checked me and said I was dilated to a 2 and 95% effaced, which was a huge surprise to me because with the other two I never dilated until I was in labor. She thought there was a chance I would go a week or two early. Telling that to a woman who is hugely pregnant is pretty much torture because you get in your head you could have the baby any time. Well a week and a half before I was due I got asked to speak in church......I told Brother Radford, I will talk as long as you have a back up plan in case I go in to labor. Well needless to say I spoke in church on Sunday and then Monday night started having pains through out the night. I woke up on Tuesday just not feeling quite right, but wasn't convinced that I was in labor for sure yet. So I told Tim that I wasn't feeling that great, but I knew if I told him to stay home from work I for sure wouldn't be in labor. So he left for work (45 minutes away) and then of course I started having more and more pain. When I was for sure it was labor I called him after he had been working for about an hour and told him sorry but he had to come home.....NOW. I got to the hospital at about 12:30, and my doctor called over to tell me that she was going to send another doctor in to break my water. I didn't really want them to do that until I had my epidural, but that didn't happen. When he broke my water he said that there was some meconium, so be prepared to have him go to the NICU after he was born. The pains kept getting stronger and stronger until I was sure I was going to die, the guy finally came in to give me my epidural. I told him, "just make sure you do it good, my last one only worked on half of me." "Oh really did you deliver here?" "No actually it was in Alaska." "Really where at?" "Soldotna." "His name wasn't Nels Anderson was it?" "WHAT, yeah actually it was!!!" "Oh I went to school with him here in Logan." We all got a good laugh from that (once the medicine set in;). Once I had my epidural everything was going ok, then Max's heart rate dropped lower than they like and the doctor said that if he did that again we were probably going to have to take him c-section. But the next time they checked me I was at an 8, and before we knew it I was ready to push! We were all so excited to see if I was going to have a girl or boy. My mom, and sisters Tracy and Tina were in the room with Tim and I. All I remember was giving that final push and watching this little baby come out and dying to see if it was a girl or boy, and seeing this little pee-pee and thinking WHAT? I was 99% sure I was going to have a girl.....It really was one of the best surprises I have ever had!! He came out and did GREAT, he didn't have to go to the NICU and had no respiratory problems what so ever. It was an amazing experience and we are so blessed to have him in our lives.