Elliott Michael Piekos - Welcome to the World!

Elliott Michael Piekos arrived at 1:21 pm on Monday November 15th.  He is 7 pounds 6 ounces and 22.25 inches long!  It was quite a process getting into the world, but everyone is healthy and doing well.  I started feeling contractions at 1 am on Saturday, but wasn't sure if this was the real thing.  I called the hospital and they said only to come in if the contractions were consistently 3-5 minutes apart.  36 hours later, the contractions were consistent and painful but only around 8 minutes apart, so they asked that I come in.  I was 1 cm dilated and given some great meds to ease the pain and be monitored.  I continued to dilate, slowly so was admitted.  After pitocin, an epidural, later even a stronger epidural and, 3.5 hours of pushing, Elliott finally arrived!  Chris was extremely patient throughout the entire labor, he was there for chapstick and ice and tons of movivation the whole time.  We are so happy and excited to finally meet our little person.  We have been trying to rest and adjust to our new lifestyle as parents.  My mom is staying with us to help and she has been a huge help to us!  We can't wait to introduce Elliott to all of our friends and family!  Thank you to everyone for all of the support and good thoughts.  Here are some of the first pictures!