Wow...I do believe that's all I can say about the whole experience!
I keep looking at him and thinking is he really mine? Its hard to believe that the little tiny face I'm looking at has grown inside of me for so long.
I keep looking at him and thinking is he really mine? Its hard to believe that the little tiny face I'm looking at has grown inside of me for so long.
Okay, now to the story...
We woke up at 3:45am on Friday 4/22/05 to get ready to go to the hospital. It sort of felt like on my wedding day all of the jitters and nerves that I had. We left the house around 4:50 to be at the hospital by 5 am. (Luckily we only live 5 min. from the hospital.) When we arrived at the hospital we did the whole admit thing, then we walked up to the room. It was really funny b/c the transporter was shocked that I wanted to walk up to the room instead of being wheeled up there. I told them that I was going to be in the bed for a while, I need to walk...lol
When we got up to L&D, the "vampire" was waiting to get my blood for tests. Then, I was instructed to go change into the lovely gown. When I got on the bed they did a quick u/s just to make sure Conner was still head down and thankfully he was.
We woke up at 3:45am on Friday 4/22/05 to get ready to go to the hospital. It sort of felt like on my wedding day all of the jitters and nerves that I had. We left the house around 4:50 to be at the hospital by 5 am. (Luckily we only live 5 min. from the hospital.) When we arrived at the hospital we did the whole admit thing, then we walked up to the room. It was really funny b/c the transporter was shocked that I wanted to walk up to the room instead of being wheeled up there. I told them that I was going to be in the bed for a while, I need to walk...lol
When we got up to L&D, the "vampire" was waiting to get my blood for tests. Then, I was instructed to go change into the lovely gown. When I got on the bed they did a quick u/s just to make sure Conner was still head down and thankfully he was.
I was very fortunate to be able to request my nurse. Billy knew one of the nurses b/c he used to work with her, so my OB asked if she would make sure she was working that day. She was wonderful! When she got there she checked me and said I was about 3 cm and 70%. I asked her how long she thought it would take and she said she wasn't sure. They started me on IV around 6:30 am and my OB came in and broke my water around 7:30. After about the 5th contraction I asked for my much needed epidural (*sidebar- those of you who had yours w/out epidurals God bless you, my contractions were making me so nauseous.) I didn't feel anymore contractions after that.
About 2:30 I started pushing. Billy on one side helping and my nurse on the other. Between pushes Billy had to go to the bathroom and throw up b/c later we found out he had food poisoning from a birthday party we went to the night before. So, I would push, then he would go throw up. I pushed for about an hour and at 3:34pm Conner Andrew arrived into the world face up! He weighed 7lbs. 7oz. and was 21 in. long.
My nurse said he would have come earlier if he would have been face down. When I heard his voice I was the happiest person in the world. Billy wasn't able to help me push the last couple of pushes so my nurse had another nurse to come in and help. Billy was able to cut the cord, but as soon as the rest of our family came in to see us he said "I'm glad to see all of you, but I've got to go to the ER." So, while family and friends Billy and my mother-in-law were down in ER. He was eventually admitted about 9:30 that night because the Dr. he saw said he was pretty sure it was food poisoning, but didn't want to risk him being near the baby if it was a virus. He was released the next morning and made a beeline straight to our room!
Everyone is doing great now. I've had a case of the baby blues the past couple of days. That's why its taking me so long to post my story. If I get a good cry out of the way, I'm usually good for the rest of the day. The past two nights Conner has slept from 11-7 the next morning, not waking up one time. And I'm having to wake him up then.
