Cale's Birth

Man, I am a slacker! Life has been busy, to say the least. Cale Raymond Markham was born on April 17, 2013 and weighed in at 8 lbs 7 oz. On the 15th, I had gone to my doctor and he asked if I wanted my membranes stripped. I had this done with Oliver and it started my contractions right away, so it threw me off guard and I told my doctor "no", since I didn't have things in order to start labor right then. I went home and wished I had said yes. The next day I called and asked if I could come in and have him do it and they said yes. It started contractions, but not as hard as with Oliver. That night though, they came on strong. We called Dave's mom over in the middle of the night and headed to the hospital. Around 10 AM, they checked me and I was dilated to a 10 and ready to start pushing. Right at that moment, the hospital had an earthquake drill because in Utah it was the day set aside for everyone to do an earthquake drill. The doctor said "We're not going anywhere!" So I started pushing at 10:20, while the rest of the hospital did the drill and Cale was born at 10:26. He was a lot easier to push out than Ollie (his head was a lot smaller), even though he weighed more than Ollie did at birth. When my placenta came out it had an extra lobe, which made Cale a bigger baby because he received more food. The first thing I noticed about him was his long tongue that he kept sticking out. Dave and I both thought he looked just like my Grandpa Seamons when he came out. Here are some pictures from the day he was born and right after we brought him home.