Liam Daniel was born Wednesday December 12th at 4:45pm! He came SO FAST! It was amazing!! I woke up around 3 am with contractions...I initally just thought they were cramps but I quickly realized the difference. I didn't believe I was "in labor". I had had contractions like that before and they turned out to be nothing...so I thought nothing of it really! I went out to the livingroom and sat on my birthing ball for a few hours. Dan woke up to get ready for work and I told him I was having contractions but he should go to work. If it was anything at all....they felt like nothing at that point and were 7 minutes apart, so I figured it could be a while. I had a dr appt scheduled for that day at 1015pm so my plan was to have my sister drive me and I would just go prepared. I cleaned my entire house that morning and got all my laundry done...JUST IN CASE! At this point my contractions were now about 5 minutes apart and I thought...MAYBE this was it! Still wasn't totally convinced yet though! So we got to the dr and I over heard my nurse telling the receptionist that she was missing her dr! Her dr was the on call dr that day...whom I just HAPPENED to want to deliver the baby, if I had the choice ;) Anyways, she called my name and I said to her...so Dr. Kimble is missing?? She said yes...So I said, well this might be a bad time to tell you that I think I may be in labor?! She laughed and said ok, well lets have you see a different dr then and we'll treat it like a regular visit and he can see where you're at! So I did. When the dr came in he asked me how far apart my contractions were...at this point they still weren't hard! So I still wasn't sure what was going on...however, my sister said she had been timing them as I told her I noticed them and they were about 2-3 minutes apart!!! I couldn't believe it...it definitely didn't feel like that?? He checked me and I was 3cm dilated and 100% efaced! I couldn't believe it!! The week before I was only a fingertip and 80% and now I was on my way to having this baby!! He said well Ms Ross I guess we ought to get you a room with a view :) I was SOO excited!! I was actually getting this kid out!! lol! So off we went to the hospital, which was only walking distance! On our way over to the hospital, I called my husband to tell him he might want to go home, eat, shower and head up....we were going to have a baby!! He was soo excited....it was the news we'd been waiting 9 months for!!
I got checked into the hospital and my nurse set me all up. I was suppose to get an IV but she didn't want to hook me up to it quite yet, cause she wasn't sure I was staying?? She asked me and I told her that I thought I was, but I guess I didn't really look like I was even in labor, so she wasn't sure?? She called my dr and they told her I was in fact staying! So I got hooked up and she asked me a bunch of questions. About 1pm my husband got there and around 130pm the resident came in and broke my water! I knew at this point, it was definitely happening! About 2pm my contractions finally got to a point where I had to breath through them. My nurse kept telling me that if I wanted an epidural I had to at least be to 5cm...I told her at that point I was ok...but I was keeping that option VERY open!! ;) She said she wanted to check me just to see so I quick went to the bathroom and when I got back she checked me and I was at 6cm! At this point I started to have some uncomfortable back labor :( I asked her if I could get on my birthing ball (which I brought...SO GLAD I DID!!) The resident kept advising my nurse not to let me out of bed because my blood pressure was showing high!? It was never high...but she kept checking to see if maybe it was low enough so they'd let me out! She eventually decided to call my dr and get permission from him. He said that it was fine, so I was able to sit on it for about 45 minutes! It was GREAT!! It really helped with my back labor and on top of that...I wasn't confined to the bed, which is WHAT I WANTED!! I didn't want to be stuck there! After about 45 minutes of contractions I said to the nurse I really feel like I either need to have a bowel movement or I have to push?? She mentioned it to the resident but she didn't believe that I could possibly be that far a long! So the nure asked her to please check me herself. She came in and checked me around 10 of 4. The resident said well she's 9cm, I guess you better call her dr!! The nurse came around and said well I guess we're going drug free!! She called my dr and started getting the room prepped for delivery!!...It was so weird. These big lights came out of the ceiling and they turned the baby warmer on...it was very surreal still!! Only an hour earlier I was sitting there thinking I wonder if I'll have this baby today or in the middle of the night (tomorrow)?? I started pushing around 4pm. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world, but I did it and about 445pm our little Liam Daniel was FINALLY out of ME! We couldn't be happier to have him! He's perfect in every way! He weighed 6lbs 14oz and was 19 inches long! He scored both 9's on his apgar tests! He was pink as pink, a full head of hair...and sooo content, he barely cried after being born!
Being parents is Amazing!! Dan and I are just sooo IN LOVE! I would definitely do it all over again....but I think we'll wait a bit ;) he he!!
