It is crazy how October 1st has come and gone 22 times and all of a sudden became a day that has changed my whole world!
September 28
was my 40 week Doctors appointment. The appointment was the regular appointment I was 39 weeks 5 days I was starting to show signs of my body recognizing labor was coming. Nothing too soon, nothing dramatic, everything was average. I went home with excitement that my baby would be here no more than 1 week longer and that she could show up at any moment.
September 29
was another great day. I had the day off work and was trying to get some last minute baby prep done. Josh and I were so excited for our little one to appear we were determined to have everything ready by 37 weeks so with nothing left to do the last three weeks went by slowly. While out with my mom I had a worrisome feeling that she wasn't perfectly okay and I started to be really aware of each movement so I could be sure she was alright. That night I was laying in bed with some little contractions and then all of a sudden I felt her kicking harder and faster then I had felt for about 8 weeks. Of course I turned into a worry wart; that combined with contractions kept me up ALL night.
September 30
This morning and the night before I kept moving around waiting for her to move. I hadn't felt her move since her crazy movement the night before. I tried everything! I even ate cinnamon toast crunch thinking that the sugar buzz would wake her up since I cut out dessert and candy while pregnant. Each hour that passed the more worried I got. When I expressed my worry to Josh he told me to just call in. I did not want to call in and be annoying for nothing or to just be sent home and feel silly. (side note to mommy's and daddy's ALWAYS, ALWAYS call no matter how silly you may feel). Throughout the pregnancy Josh was always so reassuring when I felt worried about the baby. When I saw a little concern on his face and didn't' hear the usual, "Everything will be okay," I called.
They told me to come in to the office and "they would check for a heartbeat." What?! why would you say that to an already worry wort of a future mommy! I sat in the waiting room thinking of how I would react if the news was not as we wanted and telling myself to be strong. They called me back and the whole pep talk was in vain, the tears started flowing. They put the Doppler heart monitor on my big 39 week belly and there was my sweet girls heartbeat right away. Cue more tears. I was so relieved and ready to go back home, right then the doctor informs me he would like me to go get a Non-stress test at the hospital since we still hadn't had movement while I was being monitored there either. After being monitored on the NST for 30 min and then an additional 20 just to be sure the nurse leaves and says I am going to send these results to your doctor. She calmly walks back in says "your docctor would like you to deliver." My heart sank and I immediately started to be nervous, excited, happy and scared.
I called Josh who was lifting for basketball and no answer so I called my mom and there was no answer. I started to panic because I was being sent straight up to get this baby party started and no one knew but me! I couldn't even go home! Even though it seemed like eternity it was only a couple minutes until he called back. Josh finished packing for us and came over right as they were breaking my water just before noon. The minute I saw him walk in everything was okay and it really set in that we weren't going home without our little one.
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| I kept looking at this calm, empty heating table and knew it would soon be busy and filled. I don't know why but this view made it real for me |
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| The flavored ice chips were the best! |
The rest is pretty simple the nurse came in every 45 min-1 hour to turn up the pitocin. I didn't want the epidural at this point because I felt more productive going through contractions and it made the time fly (plus the thought of being numb seemed way worse than the pain). We eventually got all the way up on the pitocin and the doctors said kept saying try to get rest. The contractions were bearable but definitely NOT comfortable and I kept thinking they were crazy for thinking I could sleep through contractions. I would close my eyes and relax in between and that seemed sufficient for me. Eventually, thinking we had another 10 or more hours of labor after already laboring for 9 I decided to call for the epidural and get that rest that they so highly spoke of:) I was shaking as Josh held me because I had been so nervous for this part. It ended up being so simple and quick thanks to my anesthesiologist who was wonderful. I could say this a thousand times but Josh was a champ he made everything so incredible and the way he would hug me and reassure me through the process made me so motivated to get his baby girl here safe and sound and soon.
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| waiting... |
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| ...waiting... |
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| ...waiting... |
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| still waiting |
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| passing the time talking about everything our daughter would be! |
October 1
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| She is here!!! |
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| There is nothing in the world like seeing him become a daddy |
(the melise is a combo of all of her aunts middle names)
Born Oct. 1 12:24 am weighed 7 pounds 6 oz and was 19 inches.
