Delivery

Well Daphne from my last post you could tell it was probably time. Daddy and I left the house Sunday 10/24/10 at 11:00AM to go to the hospital to see what was going on. Before we left my contractions were 4 to 5 minutes apart and hurting priddy bad. We got checked in and to our room about 12, when the nurse checked she said I was dilated to a 2 and 90% faced. I wanted to have a natural birth so daddy and I went outside to walk and see if we could get things to progress. We (I) walked for a little over an hour and when we came back at around 1:40pm the nurse checked and we were at a four. The contractions were so painful, more than I had expected. Every time I would get a contraction it would hurt my stomach, my back and the worse part was the pain running down the front of my legs. Also every time I got a contraction my whole body would shake uncontrollably and I was very nausea, throwing up a couple of times. Daddy was very worried about us and convinced me to get the epidural, now I feel like I weenied out and should have tried longer to do it naturally. I got the epidural about 4:30 when I was dilated to a five. After getting the epidural labor was a breeze, I couldn't even feel the contractions anymore. People started to arrive around 5 the first were Aunt Pam and Uncle Tony, followed by Nanny and Papaw then Amanda and Delydia and finally Memaw. Labor was going slow and around 7pm Dr. Vandever came and broke my water, at that time we were at a 6. Also when they broke my water there was some meconium so they started to flush that out, so you would be okay and not get anything in your lungs. I was checked again around 9 and was still at a 6 then at about 10:40 the nurse came in and checked me and I was at a 9. Woo hoo it was almost time to push. The nurse began bringing everything in for the actual labor and somewhere around 11 I began to push. During the pushing your daddy had to leave to go to the bathroom, he actually announced to the nurse and I that he had to go to the front to blow up the toilet. We were both a little dumbfounded I couldn't believe he was really leaving in the middle of it. Well about an hour after pushing your head had crowned so the doctor was called. After waiting on her for what seemed like forever probably about 20 minutes she arrived and I finished pushing. You were born at 12:20am Monday 10/25/10, 7lbs 7oz and 20 1/4 inches long. I will never forget seeing you for the first time, it was amazing. I wanted to hold you right away and it seemed like the doctor was taking forever to suction your airways. It took all I had not to reach out and grab you. Finally you were lyed on my chest and I held you, you had a conehead and I was worried at first but the doctors said that it was normal, it is back to normal now. After they took you to clean you up some, daddy was watching and put your mittens on you right away because he said you were scratching yourself. He loves you so much and wants to protect you from everything. The first time he held you he was absolutely beaming, I regret not getting any pictures of it, but I wasn't in a position to get them. It seemed like it took forever for them to clean me up and let me nurse but it wasn't that long. You latched on so easy and made breastfeeding not too hard. After you were done eating everyone who I mentioned before came into the room to hold you, everyone except Nanny and Papaw who had left earlier because you were taking your sweet time and they had to go to the doctor themselves the next morning. Everyone owweed and awweed over you and said your were perfect. It was an amazing night, that I will never forget!