I started having contractions at 2:30 on Valentines Day. At about 5 I decided maybe it was time to call up to Labor and Delivery and see wether they thought I should come up or not. They wanted to evaluated me so as soon as ryan got home from work we headed up. I didn't really think I would end up having the baby. I thought they would just send me home and tell me it wasn't time yet. My actual due date wasn't until March 2nd and I had had labor pains before that lasted several hours. They checked me and i was only dialated to a 1. At 6 o'clock they gave me a medication to stop my contractions. It worked for about 20 min. :) Dr. Dyer told the nurse that i wasn't really in labor and to just send me home to rest. Luckily, I had a very intune nurse that thought that it was probably a bad idea and she decided to check me one more time before I left. I had jumped from a 1 to a 5 in about an hour. Thank goodness I didn't go home!
They went right to work and started prepping me for my C-Section. I was super nervous for the spinal block, but i had an amazing anestheologist. It was so much better than having an epidural. We thought things would go pretty smooth after that, but we were wrong. The baby was breach and completely stuck. They had to cut both horizontally and vertically to try and get him out. I remember the doctors teasing that he had a firm grip on my ribs and wasn't going to budge. It seemed to take a lifetime before he was actually out. I definetly had a sigh of relief. But i sighed a little to soon. Baby thought he would give us a scare and stop breathing. They rushed him to the ICU and for 21 minutes they had to help him breathe and give him oxygen. I hated not hearing him cry before they took him. I was worried sick and just wanted to hold him. It took the doctors a long time to sew me up. While i was in there the ICU called in with the weight of the baby. They told us in grams so everyone was trying to figure out what it was in pounds. I was shocked when they told me he was 4 pounds 12 ounces! We weren't quite sure why he was sooo little, but he has proven to be as healthy as a horse once they got his breathing under control. They wheeled me into the ICU after I spent my time in recovery, and i finally got to see my sweet boy.
He spent 2 days in the ICU. They finally kicked him out after the 2nd time he pulled out his IV. They said he was like Houdini alway getting out of his blanket and causing problems. I was really excited to finally have him in the room with me and be able to show him off to family and friends. We love him so much and are blessed to have him apart of our family.
