Labor and Delivery...

The thoughts..."why did we do this ALL over again" were VIVID in my mind, as I lay there in pain....wondering WHY?

I had a routine doctors appointment on Wednesday, July 12th, 2006. The doctor said I was still 1 cm and still very very high. She "scrapped my membranes" but said again, I was very very high, so the chances of her being successful was on the low side....

2:01 a.m.....in the comfort of my own bed....I got a sudden feeling of...DON'T MOVE...I just had a strong feeling that if I moved to do my routine trip to the bathroom I would be packing my bags and leaving for the hospital and as LONG as I have waited this to happen, my body was overwhelmed with a strong sense of fear and the "unknown". I did attempt to stay still and out of pure habbit, 2:26 rolled around, got up, and wandered into the bathroom, to find myself in a pool of water, water was everywhere.

Judi (Brad's mom) arrived in a matter of minutes. I phoned the on call doctor and she admitted me to the hospital and at 3:30, Brad and I were in the car on our way. No contractions yet, just a lot of water...

We arrived at the Hospital, checked in, and they escorted us to L&D. We waited and waited for contractions and finally I received my IV of Pitocen at 6:30a.m. As I watched the pit drip into my IV, the contractions started. Around 10:50 a.m. I requested the, what I remembered to be, GOD SENT Epidural. However...the what I remembered to be epidural was just not working. My contractions got stronger and stronger by the minute and I was in pure pain, still waiting at 2-3 centimeters and still very very high. I lay there, tears and FEAR everywhere that I was going to have to do this labor without any pain relief.

After minutes of stunned nurses and doctors, the nurse said, "wait...I'm going to check her again". MUCH MUCH to their and MY suprise I had went from 2-3 cm to 10 cm and 100% in 1 hour and I was ready to push. The nurse yelled, "GET THE ROOM READY, we have a baby that is going to be here NOW!". This frantic nurse then looked down at me and said, "Okay, we're going to call your doctor and you have to promise me that you'll keep your legs closed...." No wonder I was in so much pain....this baby had decended into the birth canal at a rather fast fast pace and he wanted OUT!!

12:50 p.m. All pain aside, the doctor arrived, 3 pushes and a beautiful happy, healthy baby boy was born. He is perfect and when I reflect back on my emotions, this is the reason I am alive. Having a child is the most beautiful blessing anyone could ask for. And for this, our family has been blessed and for that we are thankful each day.