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Veronica Marie Sex: girl Born: 10 May, 1998 Age: 10 years & 80 days Birthday in: 285 days Starsign: Taurus Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

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Thomas Jr. Sex: boy Born: 11 March, 2008 Age: 0 years & 137 days Birthday in: 228 days Starsign: Pisces Development: See the 4 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Monday March 10th

I went to the hospital at 7:30am to get induced with cydotec. We waited around while my contractions got a little stronger and fairly regular. Everything was going well then sometime after lunch the nurse wanted to check my cervix again and while she was doing that the baby's heart beat dropped a lot. They moved quick and put me on oxygen and I took the deepest breaths I think I have ever taken in my life. After about 30 seconds which seemed like forever his heart beat got a lot stronger and back to what it was supposed to be. The nurse put me on an IV and started the admission paperwork. My husband had been escorting his mother back to work while this happened(getting my cervix checked is a little personal and neither wanted to watch that). Good thing he wasn't there or he would have hit the celing, although when he heard about it he became very worried. The problem was how the baby was positioned as he was decending. He is good size baby. They said that most likely a certain blood vessle(or something-I forget what they said it was) was being pressed on in his head from all the pressure.

My doctor came in shortly after all the scare to check my cervix and see how baby was decending. My cervix was still closed up after the cydotec. Come to find out my cervix is very scarred up from a cryogenic freezing from a pre-cancerous form of HPV that I had gotten a few years back. That freezing process scars the uterus and cervix just like an abdominal surgery. So the doctor decided to try something different because I had told him I didn't want the pitocin and he said he could try different things before resorting to that. He decided to insert a foley catheter into my cervix(there was a very tiny hole there)and inflate a balloon with 1 oz of saline just inside my cervix where the baby can press down on it. That hurt like hell and I cried so hard. Good thing my hubby was out having a cigarette and visiting with his mother at work when they decided to do this because he would have really flipped out. He has been so worried about me and the baby. Once everything was done that catheter tube was taped to the inside of my leg, which also hurt because it was very uncomfortable after a while. I was monitored during the night and even given the choice of stadol or an ambien pill to help me sleep. Me and hubby had both decided that we didn't want stadol because we were already afraid for the baby so I took the sleeping pill and fell asleep while hubby was watching Merlin that night.

Tuesday March 11th

I had a crappy breakfast. Everything was moving along very slowly at a snails pace. My contractions were pretty close together and fairly strong (according to the monitors) but didn't bother me in the least. The nurses said that they should be hurting, but I wasn't feeling much of the pain but I was having the most horrible pressure in my rectum (like I had to poo and couldn't). My mother-in-law came up to my room to visit. Hubby was talking to her while the nurse was checking the monitor when all of a sudden a horrible pain like being stabbed in my cervix made me jump at least a foot off of the bed. I yelped out in pain and everyone turned to look at me. They asked me what was wrong and I said that I think the baby punched the foley out of my cervix and I looked down because I felt a gush of warm water and I said that I think my water broke too. The nurses said that they wanted to check me and my MIL and hubby stepped out into the hall while they also changed the pad I was laying on. They checked me and the foley came completely out they said that I was dialated to a 4! The baby punched that foley through so that I went from a 0 to a 4 which is why I yelped and jumped in such pain. The pain from my contractions also became extremely strong as soon as my water broke.

The doctor had previously ordered an epidural for me, which I was thankful for by this time. I'm sure it was also just in case they needed to take him by cesarian. The epidural was quite the experience and I hated it. No pain, but the feeling was so aweful that I would prefer a little pain to that feeling. I could feel the catheter being put into the hollow place in my spine and it even had a hollow feeling of knocking bones. Once it was all in place they also put a catheter into my bladder which I didn't feel at all. Even though I had the epidural I still felt pressure which was actually painful. I started feeling like I had to poo and couldn't stop it the pressure was so great. Next thing I know, they are pulling the stirrups out and hoisting the bed into the air. The doctor showed up and my hubby was holding my hand. The doctor instructed me to push when I felt like I needed to and I did, but not very well. Then hubby held one of my feet up to my chest and held the back of my head to my chest(and the nurse did the same on the other side) so that I could push better. It worked too. I felt a lot of burning (I suppose I was ripping) which the doc didn't do anything about because the baby's heart beat fell again and we heard him tell a nurse to get a resussitation kit ready with oxygen or something like that. It scared us a lot and so I pushed even harder and out came his head. Doc said that I could rest a sec and take a breath before I push again which I ignored because I was scared for my baby. The doc said we had to get him out quick so I kept pushing without the break and the rest of him came out in about 3 pushes. Altogether, I probably only pushed for about 5-6 min but it felt like forever. When he decided to come into the world, he came fast and furious. But now he is here....9lbs 5oz 21.5 inces of perfection. We took over 24 hrs to name him and we decided on our first choice from months ago - Thomas Edward Jr. but we call him Tristan(because we like it).

This song says it all and makes me cry every time I hear it or even think about it. Children are a gift of love from God and that is how I see my kids so it makes me cry every time because I love them so much.

A Gift of Love by Randy Travis

When you were born
There in your mother's arms
An angel told me always you will be
A gift of love from God to me

Though your road is long
I'll be right by your side
Through changes you'll see always you will be
A gift of love from God to me

Love took flight the day you came into my life
There is magic in the way I feel
Hearts opened wide gazing into your eyes
I'll be there for you
As long as I am alive

I have never loved
More than I love you
A gift for free always you will be
A gift of love from God to me

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