Welcome James-Myler

We had a plan going into Jimmy's birth that Tommi would try to go natural. She told me to not let her talk herself out of it. We had a few fun experiences as they told us to go in if contractions where consistent and less than 5 minutes apart, which we did but two weeks before Jimmy was born. Tommi's family came down on the Saturday before he was born because Tommi started back labor, but still no baby.

Come Monday night, we went over to Rognon's and made some yummy donuts and I noticed Tommi getting up and using the restroom every few minutes. At about 11:00 we put on "Father of the Bride II" as part of our inducement party as Tommi was scheduled to be induced the next morning at 8:00 am. At about 11:30 Tommi told me it was time to go home as her contractions were getting a lot more intense. We didn't really think anything of it as she had been having contractions for two weeks by then and figured that they would follow the trend - getting a little worse and then not doing anything beyond that.

When we got home Tommi could barely last as the contractions got within about two minutes of each other. We got to the hospital at 12:30am and though, we did what Jim and Pam couldn't - wait to go to the hospital until after midnight to get an extra day in the hospital. When we got there Tommi was at a 4 and were emitted. They gave Tommi an IV because every time she had a contraction the baby's heart rate dropped which indicated the the umbilical cord was probably wrapped around his neck. They hoped that with the IV it would get more fluid in the cord and get it off of the neck.After about two hours of that they finally let Tommi get up and walk around and by then the contractions were extremely painful and she decided on getting an epidural. We laugh because once I told her that she could get one she could barely feel the next contraction because she knew it would be the last one.

Once Tommi got the epidural she felt much better and I was able to finish up a few papers that I had due that morning. It was perfect timing because right after I finished my papers at 6:00 am Tommi started going into delivery. We had the best nurse ever and she helped us feel very calm and in control. After two hours of pushing it was time! We were excited our favorite Doctor was on call and would be delivering, but then a curve ball was thrown in there. Our least favorite doctor was the one that walked in the door. I think the nurse felt that and asked why he was there. Apparently about 13 other people went into labor around the same time and they needed extra hands. After a funny series of events (which were not funny at the time, but are now that we look back on them) James-Myler Monson Williams was born at 8:13 am on Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

Grandpa with his first grandson.