HE is here!

Labor story and pictures to come but I have my mom and in-laws here. Hope to post soon!

Okay we are now here alone so I don’t feel guilty taking some time to blog.

So Saturday the 24th we were out and about and I started feeling weird so I had Ty stop at the grocery store on the way home from Cabella’s so that I could check my blood pressure.  And it was super high!  I knew that something wasn’t right. So we went home and I went for a few little walks and rested and loaded up on protein!. I think that I had to much caffeine and not enough taking it easy. After I rested and went for a little walk I felt a lot better. I made a protein filled dinner and then went to bed super early because I still wasn’t feeling completely better.

I am pretty sure I peed every hour before midnight and every half hour  from midnight on!  At about 4 am I started having random pains but didn’t really think much of it.  All day Sunday I had contractions but they didn’t last very long and were very inconsistent so I didn’t think much of it. I was pretty lazy all day except I did get all the laundry done. Through out the day the contractions started coming more often, so at 7 pm I decided to start timing them. They were lasting a minute to a minute and a half and were coming every 5-7 minutes.  So writing this I should have known I was in labor…  but I really wasn’t sure. When I would stand up the contractions would get closer together and when I would lay down they would go farther apart. So I thought maybe it was false labor. Then they contractions were getting so painful and taking my breath away and stopping me in my tracks. I texted Jen to give her a heads up that I might be in labor and to make sure she could still watch Ronnee.  She told me that I was in labor and I needed to go to the hospital. I then called my mom and told her how long they were lasting and she said I should go in also! 

So at around 9pm I finally tell Tyler what is going on. During all these contractions I was either in my room or running through the house packing bags and cleaning and Tyler was sitting with Seth doing something for fantasy baseball. So he had know idea! He was teasing me earlier that I was having gas pains that is why I just kept to myself. The buttface!   So when I told him that I think we need to go to the Hospital he told me that I should just go to bed and see if it gets worse. He really didn’t believe me that I was in labor and he worried about having Jen come and get Ronnee only for us to get sent home because it was false labor. But I convinced him that we should go and we left to the hospital around 9:30pm. On the drive I had 4 hard contractions.  We got to the hospital and gave Ronnee to Jen. Thanks again Jen!!  We then went into the hospital to get checked in at 10:15pm. The nurses slowly checked us in  and then my nurse chatted while she slowly got me hooked up. They later told me that they were betting that they were just going to send me home so they were taking their time to help pass the time. And of course during this whole time of getting all hooked up I had only 1 contraction so it really looked like false labor plus they said I wasn’t acting like I was in labor.  Well finally the nurse checked me and we were all in shocked when she said I was at a 7 almost an 8!!  So after all I was in full fledged labor!

Because I was so far along and progressing so fast I didn’t get and epidural.  That last hour or so of contractions was a killer. They gave me a little bit of something thru my IV that made my head feel dizzy but I could still feel everything.  At 11:45pm the nurse came in to check me and when she went to check I started having a contraction and had the urge to push. She told me not to but I couldn’t help it so they called the Doc in and she hurried and got ready. I was dying to push and really couldn’t stop the urge. So after 2 big pushes out came a sweet BIG boy at 12:04am on the 26th of March! He has a full head of hair and a great set of lungs!

He weighed 8 lbs 10 oz and was 22 inches long!

Sadly in my mad dash out of the house I forgot my camera so I dont have very many pics from the hospital. I am so mad at myself for this!

So sad that my mom and in-laws missed the delivery but it was a good experience for Tyler and I.

And I am so proud and happy that I made it with no drugs and labored mostly at home just like I wanted!! This was a much better experience then it was being induced with Ronnee. Not sure what I will do next time but I am so glad everything worked our so perfect!