New Addition is Here (only 2 Months Late on his Intro)

So as the title says, our newest addition is here! Alexander Michael decided to surprise us by arriving 11 days early compared to his brothers who were happy to hang out past their due dates.

I had an appointment on the 26th of November to check on little dude. Everything was fine, doctor agreed he seemed content in there, would most likely stay in and not appear until closer to his due date of December 8th. I wasn't having any contractions at all, no real pains, no reason to believe that Alex would come charging out.
Flash forward to that night where I kept throwing up. A lot. And then at 2:30-ish (TMI feel free to skip to the next paragraph) I thought I had an accident. Let me explain. With this pregnancy, I was sick almost the entire time. There were only a handful of weeks that I didn't want to vomit. And sadly, I tended to have that issue many women have with pregnancy... I went through a lot of pads, ok?
After suffering for several hours, I decide to call in to the hotline at 6AM. The options were go into the hospital now or wait for the office to open. I couldn't wait, I was worried about dehydration, in a fair amount of pain and worried about baby boy. I woke up David, we called a friend and I proceeded to get ready to head out. Then I noticed contractions.
For those who don't know, I have back labor. This means I don't typically feel contractions at all until they are way advanced or I get pain medication. These contractions were regular, painful as all get out, and coming roughly every 5 to 7 minutes.
We did make it to the hospital without issues around 7:20AM. Triage determined my water had broken (remember that TMI above? that was the water breaking), I was definitely in labor, dilated to a 5, and the nurse could feel his head during the check. I requested an epidural, was admitted and taken off to have a baby.
I did get my epidural in time. Alexander was apparently more than ready to make his debut. He was out by 9:19AM after a few pushes.

Sweet Alexander came in at 7 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long. His big brothers were completely in love with him at first sight. Baby boy is the quietest of my kids so far, loves to eat (he was back up to birth weight by his first real pediatrician appointment on December 2nd), and prefers to be held and snuggled to being left alone in his bed.