Welcome Gary!!!

Tuesday, July 15th, at 10:33pm, our family welcomed Gary Allen Buchanan into this world! He arrived weighing 7 lbs 12 oz and measuring 20 1/4 inches. His arrival was an exciting one to say the least. It all started Monday the 14th (his due date) when i started having minor contractions 10-20 Min's apart. Greg went to work expecting to get a call to come home but no such luck. They lasted all day and all night and at 5 am Tuesday morning they started getting worse and were 5-10 Min's apart. Greg called into work thinking we were going to be going to the hospital soon. At NOON i called the nurse and they told me to come to the hospital to get checked and see if they would admit me. We got to the hospital about 1:30 and after checking me out, waiting, lots of irregular, painful, contractions, and lots of walking, at 3 they decided to admit me. I was admitted, took a bath (which i HIGHLY recommend when your in labor!!!!) and waited....and waited, at 6:30pm, and 7cm I convinced my Dr that an epidural would be a good idea BEFORE she broke my water. This whole time they kept turning me to my right side, left side, back over and over. At 9 pm 6 nurses arrived in my room and were literally flipping me from one side to the other and then to my back and then on my knees and elbows, to my sides and my back and then one of them got a call from the room they were assigned to and informed them that they were just going to have to wait because she was in the middle of an emergency!! next thing we know my Dr is in the room telling us that they baby's heart rate has dropped and i have stopped dialating and they were going to have to do an emergency C-section (thank goodness they were letting Greg go with me)!! So they prepped Greg and I for surgery, Greg and his dad gave me a blessing and right after they were done, the heart rate went up and i started dialating again! They decided to wait it out for a bit to see if it would stick, so they didn't have to do a surgery they didn't have to. at around 10:20ish i started pushing and at 10:33 Gary was born. They didn't have to do any surgery and I only had to push for 14 Min's. It was the scariest thing Greg and I have ever gone through! I am so thankful for the power of the priesthood! How blessed our family is to have worthy men that can preform such an amazing thing! It was a real faith building experience for both of us. We are so grateful for such an amazing blessing!