birth story

I guess it is tradition to put up a "birth story" on the blog

I will give you a birth timeline

Everett's birth was one of the most traumatic/beautiful/spiritual/amazing/character building things I have ever experienced

for that reason, I will leave some details out

May 2, 2013

I was having a hard day at work (May 3 was supposed to be my last day)

I could not sit down for long or really do much of anything

I left mid day and had a pile of papers to get through the next day before I left on maternity leave

I went to women's conference

got kicked out because I had to go to the bathroom and they ran out of bathroom passes 

dont' get me started on that

4pm: NST at the AF hospital

5:30pm: Outlet Mall shopping

6:55ish pm: arrived home of course went to the bathroom

finishing up in the bathroom, went to stand up and BAM water everywhere

7pm: Called my sister (a nurse) freaking out asking if this "could be it"

7:10pm: Called the hospital

meanwhile T is running around SO excited, I am freaking out

7:15pm: I eat a yogurt and T tries to clean up from him "starting dinner" 

(we left asparagus on the stove in water, luckily he had turned off the stove before we left)

T was calling his family & packing his bag (I was already prepared), I was sitting on the couch (on a towel)

8ish: Arrive at AF hospital feeling so stupid since we had JUST left there

I changed (left on a shirt since I was convinced I had a bladder malfunction)

Nurse tested the water

I was given supplies and waddled over to a Labor and Delivery Room

8pm-12am: I was only dialated to a 1.5 but they started me on pitocin etc

 I don't remember much of those few hours but I was in pain,

 T was amazing and his parents stopped by with some caffeine for him and stuff to sleep with.

 At some point I had T rip my shade shirt off 

(I couldn't take it off because of the IV's) 

he thought that was pretty funny.

May 3, 2013

12am: I got my epidural

It didn't work

Dr put it in a false pocket "it happens every 2 years or so"

perfect

12am-3am: Laboring without an epidural and trying to convince the nurse it didn't work

I finally jumped up and walked to the bathroom to convince them

3am: Second epidural put in

Also around this time I was started on a few other stuff

I had 8 bags hanging off of my IV at some point

5am: Epidural wore off

6am: Dr takes me off Pitocin since there were too many patients 

and he had to run to another hospital to deliver

perfect

10am: I am at a 10

10am-12pm: I push, T and my sister helped me 

I don't remember much of this

It was hard

I wish my epidural was working

All I remember is pushing, pulling on a towel,and passing out in between, woken up by pain and pushing again

12pm: Dr checks me, Everett is progressing slightly, but not fast enough. My bone placement was an issue

He brings up a c section, and gives me a triple dose of the epidural

12:15pm: Wheel me in for a c section, I remember seeing about 10 people there

Dr started poking around to see if I can feel his scalpel- I scream," Don't cut me I can feel everything"

12:18pm: General Anastetic- T advised not to come in

12:28pm: Everett is born

After that T went to  the nursery to be with E through all of his tests and such

He would run back and forth from the nursery to labor and delivery to check on me

I woke up around 1-2pm.. maybe?

 Morphine was not working so they shot something into my IV and I was out

I remember waking up and seeing my sister, bro in law, niece and mom in law

I asked "Did I have a baby"

I was so confused, hurt, and devastated I had not seen my baby

I didn't get to do "skin to skin"

I didn't see him get weighed

I didn't hear his first cry

 Was he ok? Did he have hair? How big was he? Is he cute?were all questions I wanted answered and more

8pm: My parents are here, everyone had seen my baby before I had

T was good about no one holding him until I could

I remember trying to stand to get into a wheel chair

I was SO determined

It was awful and painful

But the second they wheeled me into that NICU I was over come with emotion

I saw and held my baby

I forgot all the pain and trauma (there is more to the story)

he was perfect and all the nurses were gushing on how handsome he was

oh my...we have a lady killer on our hands

Monday, May 6th

E is out of the NICU and with us

That was the happiest moment ever

Tuesday, May 7th

We come home

Motherhood has been beyond amazing

I was worried how I was going to react to everything (feedings, schedules, pain)

I am a planner (and E coming 2 weeks early threw me off)

I am a type A personality

but

I feel like this boy has softened me beyond imagination

I cry every time I look at him, just thanking our Heavenly Father he made it 

He made it to our family

He is mine and T's for time and all eternity

Thanks to everyone for all the support- 

I have felt overwhelmed and so blessed by your willingness to serve!

Thanks to anyone who finished reading all of this

It probably doesn't make sense

Still on quite a few drugs:)