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Brittney Sex: girl Born: 12 September, 1998 Age: 9 years & 250 days Birthday in: 115 days Starsign: Virgo Biggest achievement so far: -

Brittney was born on September 12 1998 at 2:40 in the morning. My labor with her was 9 hours. She weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and 19 1/4 inces long. She was a very quiet baby hardly made a sound. She she was 6 weeks old she had to be hospitalized for a week viral infection that was rough becuase I just got out the hospital from having surgury I had 19 staples in my stomach and had to sit with her but I had to be there with my baby. She was so pretty when she was born she had a head full of jet black hair it was 3 inches past her shoulders. Everyone would tell me it was going to fall out but her hair never did and to this day that child has beauiful hair.

Brittney is my first child she is in the 4th grade. She decided to live with her father this year to go to the schools over there. It was hard letting her do that as I have never been away from her except every other weekend when she would go to her dads. I have adjusted and she has to. As long as she is happy I am fine with it. She is doing pretty good in school. She acts out sometimes. I think it is to get attention. But we are working on that. She is the only child of mine that looks like me. She was an only child for 6 years before her sister came along I think that was a big part of why she wanted to go and live with her dad because she is an only child over there. She and her sister argue all the time here at home. But they do love one another.

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Sylvia Sex: girl Born: 14 September, 2004 Age: 3 years & 246 days Birthday in: 119 days Starsign: Virgo Biggest achievement so far: -

Sylvia was born on September 14 2004 at 11:01 am. She weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces. 19 1/2 inches. I was induced at 8:15am and she was born at 11:01 the best delivery I had.

Sylvia is mine and my husbands first child together. She makes us laugh all the time some of the things that she can say and do is funny. She is a tom boy she loves to do what the boys do. She can't wait till she is able to play t-ball.

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Shelby III Sex: boy Born: 23 November, 2007 Age: 0 years & 176 days Birthday in: 189 days Starsign: Sagittarius Biggest achievement so far: -I rolled from tummy to back the day before my 4th month birthday 3-22-08

Birth details

Type of delivery: Emergancy I was not awake for the birth Cesarean section
Duration of labor: 3 minutes
Weight @ birth: 4 pounds 6 ounces
Length @ birth: 17 inches

The Birth story

November 19, 2007

Regular Monday I did not feel very well that day I wanted to call in sick but I knew my boss would not have agreed because the owner of the company was taking off that week so I just sucked it up and went. Every time I would have to go outside into the shop area the guys would ask me if I was ok I would tell them NO I don’t feel well I am having pains in my side just feel blah. So I got off of work at 5 had to drive in bumper to bumper traffic home traffic just suck with out traffic if would only take me 20 to get to work but it takes me 1 hour I go and pick my 3 year up from daycare then had to go pick up my 9 year old up from my sister. My BIL asked what was wrong with me I told him I just don’t feel good I just want to go to bed. So I go home changed into my night clothes go sit in the recliner and watch the evening news and then entertainment tv I felt this gush I did not want to stand up because it did not feel right had nothing around me to wipe with so I just use my hand looked at my hand and it was very bright red blood. HMMMM I said this is not right. I screamed for Shelby to come from the back of the property called my boss told her that I was on my way to the hospital and she had a happy voice while talking to me I told her this was not right and I am very scared I will keep her posted and I most likely will not be at work the next day. Next I called my sister to get her on her way she lives 4 minutes from my house told her I was bleeding very bad and it was not good to come I had to go to the hospital. Hung up with her called the doctors office they told me to go to the hospital I said ok they wanted to know when I would get there I told them it will take me 45 minutes gather my things and drive there. So I am really really scared because I know something was wrong you don’t do this while pregnant so I am trying to keep my self and both my girls was watching the whole thing I had to keep calm for them My sister gets here with my BIL I send my girls with my BIL and have my sister come with me the whole time I have my camera in my hand just in case something was going to happen and I deliver my baby I wanted pictures if was really strange how calm I was. Like the calm after a storm. So I get to the hospital they were waiting for me put me right in triage and examined me just a few minutes later my Doctor comes in and he examined me I was dilated to 2 ½ . He could still see my membranes that I did not break my water so they put me in Labor and delivery to be monitored. All this time my blood pressure is very very high. By time I get comfy in the Labor and Delivery room it slowly went down I had to do a 24 hour urine screen to see if I protein spilling. I was allowed to get up still at this point that did not last long I was having to many contractions so I had to start using a bed pan lol that is not easy I really had to concentrate to do that but it then got easy to do. Well they had to stop my contractions I was having more that 8 with in an hours time. In the beginning they gave me the shot to help my babies lungs if I were to deliver him early. The shots to stop the contractions ohhh I did not like how that made me feel like I drank about 8 or more cups of coffee. And you had to have 3 of those every 30 minutes. So finally every thing settles down I get a little rest and low and be hold they are in there popping me with those contractions stopping shots. They stop I get some rest then that night and ……….

November 20th

I got a lot of rest through out the day my sister stayed with me over night she left for the day and came back that night to stay with me again so great to have our relationship back and better than it has ever been. So I did really well through the day now it is night time something about evening time with my son. They give me my 2^nd and last shot for his lungs. Oh yeah also the night before they did a ultra sound to see if I was having placenta abruptions they said that if I was having that then the abruption was in the back of if which he could not see it. My bleeding is slowing down it is not bright red any more which is a good sign. My blood pressure was normal today. It was a pretty boring day today went by slow. My sister has come again to stay the night with me. I had a really good night they gave me something to help me sleep and boy did I sleep. No problems tonight I finished my 24 hour urine collection. Should get my results soon I guess. Probably get them tomorrow.

November 21

My Doctor came in told me that they will be moving me to the High risk bed rest ward. This ward they would come in every so many hours and listen to the babies heart beat and ask you if you have had any questions. So they move me to that ward. I had a good day every thing seems to be very normal my urine results came back I had a little protein spilling into my urine but not to really indicate anything much but he said he would keep an eye on it. Shelby came to visit and he brought our 3 year old up here to see me it was great to see them I have not seen them since I have been up here. So it was very nice to see them. But all in all had a good day so I should be going home tomorrow I don’t really feel like I should be going home but I did not want to be in the hospital on Thanksgiving day.

November 22 Thanksgiving day

The day I get to go home the doctor made his rounds came in and told me that every thing seems to get fine that I should go on to have a normal and term pregnancy. My sister and I was not planning on being home for thanksgiving so we did not plan anything nor pick up things that we would need. My BIL went shopping last night trying to get everything we needed it turned out great. I stayed in the bed most of the time like I was suppose to I had some discomfort in my stomach but I am not one to whine about a little discomfort.

November 23^rd The day of the birth

At around 3 in the morning I had some really really bad pains in my upper stomach. All I could do is moan. I got up and went into the little living room where Shelby was watching a movie letting him know what was going on he had our 3 year old sleeping right by him it was precious. I tried every position I could to try to get comfy nothing worked I wanted to wait to call the doctor because it was 3 in the morning. So I went a laid back down I must have fallen asleep woke up the and it was 8 just felt real tired today stayed in the bed all day long only got up to eat some soup and to pee. Still had a slight discomfort in my upper stomach. Well the LSU and ARKANSAS football game is a big game for us LSU family fans. We normally go to Arkansas for Thanksgiving but we had to miss it this year and we watch to game with several razor back fans HAHAHAHA glad I was not there with the way LSU played that day. Got up and went and peed and wiped and oh no not again went into the living room did not pull my pants up and showed Shelby I started crying I knew I was not right I again had to get myself under control and stay calm well It is in the middle of the LSU game every one was watching the game and sipping on some beers and what ever else we are 45 minutes away from the hospital it is black Friday every one out shopping the roads and interstate was busy I kept telling him to go fast he is not a fast driver and on top of that he had been drinking I drive when he is has been drinking but ha I was in no shape to drive so we get to the hospital they are waiting for us it is 4:45 pm and we pull up to the hospital they bring me into triage again I tell them about me just getting out of the hospital the day before because of a possible placenta abruption and preeclampsia so she checks both our vitals not good for either of us she did not have time to tell me what was going on she was calling a team together and I was listing to her tell them what was going on My blood pressure was 229 over 149 and the babies heart rate was down in the 20’s and dropping fast. So boom they are wheeling me down the hall way telling me that I was going to have to have a C-section on no I am really freaking but steady telling myself be calm for the baby he needs it right now. They start asking me all these questions like on the trauma life in the er show I ask if the dad was going to be able to be in here with me they quickly told me NO you have to be put under we don’t have time we have to save to both of you right now. I knew one person in the room and he was the one that was knocking me out I looked at him and said Glen please take care of me and he looked at me and said don’t worry I will. I know him because he is my customer at my job we have fixed his Lexus several times. And that is all I remember I was out. They next thing I remember was asking does the daddy know. She said I don’t know I will go see. And I was out I was put in AICU. He was born at 5:01 16 minutes after I arrive at the hospital. He weighed 4 pounds 6.4 ounces and he was 17 inches long. He needed no help with breathing or any thing they had to put a feeding tube the first day he only had to use that once.

November 24^th

I was in AICU I don’t remember any of this day I was out all day long. I was not on earth.

November 25^th

Still in AICU I am still out of it if any once watches The Young and the Restless that is what I was going through pretty much. I don’t remember anything from this day. It sucks not to remember something so important as the birth as your child.

November 26^th

I come to I was told about everything today of what happened. WOW WOW is all I can say thank you God for not taking me and letting me be the one to raise my children. They had no problems with my baby at all every one was so surprise at how well he is doing the only thing he can’t do is hold his own body temp. A social worker came in to visit me to see how I was doing I told her the only thing is I have not seen my son I know nothing about my son like the weight height and so forth. So we finish talking and she said I sounded fine I should be able to go into the maternity ward. Later that evening when they take me off oxygen and magnesium. They move me to the post maternity ward. How sad for me. I could hear all the other babies crying with their mom and I have yet to see my baby. So a while later I am just a crying and the nurse makes her rounds and she ask why I am crying I told her because It is Monday I had my baby on Friday and I have yet to see him besides a picture and you know a picture is not the same as looking at them in person so about an hour or so later the aide comes in and ask if someone needed a wheel to the NICU I said please take me there. So she brings me there and tells me that when I am read that to just call the nurses desk and she will come and get me I was in heaven I am looking at my so for the very first time he has wires attached but it was just for monitoring only and he does have the feeding tube still in but she told me that it would be taken out tonight that he only needed it once and she was telling me all about him they said he has a nick name I asked what was it and she said Wild Man and they told me I will have my hands full with mr demander lol can’t wait I told her. After she was telling all about his personality she said I also have some other good news he will be moving out of NICU tonight what I asked really? She said yes he will be moving to the special care nursery Wow I said he must be doing really good. So I am touching my son through the holes on the incubator she asked if I wanted to hold him well of course I want to hold him how do I get him out. So she gets him out and hands him to me. I fell in love with him oh my goodness he is so tiny I have never seen a baby so tiny before. So just a few hours later he is moved to the special care nursery. My sister comes back to stay with me now that I am out of AICU. She strolls me down there to the special care nursery she gets to see her nephew her very first nephew. I have a good night but this c-section is really painful I much rather my vaginal births. I get a pretty good nights rest my harmones are all at of wack with me being on the mag. just having a baby ripped from my stomach.

November 27^th it’s now Tuesday

I will have to go home tomorrow without my baby every time I am alone all I do is cry I am so sad that my pregnancy had to end before I was ready I love being pregnant and I felt like I was cheated out of this pregnancy. And I know nothing about the birth I did not get to hear him cry for the first time. Shelby was not able to cut the cord. He did not even know I was having the baby they came out and told him I had had the baby and that I was not a wake and the baby is doing good and mom had to go to AICU because I was not doing good told him all the babies information and that is all I know. I had this great birth plan all ready nothing on my birth plan went like I wanted except my anistaligist. My sister comes and stays the night with me again tonight.

November 28^th The day I go home without my son.

So my doctor makes his rounds and releases me told me I can stay all day long if I wanted too I was having a really really hard time with having to leave my baby. I am also the type that once I feel something is right I don’t change my mind. So like 45 minutes the nurse was still not in there to give me my discharge papers. So I went out to the nurses station and asked how much longer will it be before I get my papers. She was like oh I figured you would go see your baby before you left. I told her I was because my sister was parked on the 2 floor of the garage right where I will be seeing my baby. She told me that I could not leave that way that after I spent some time with my baby I had to come all the way back over there so she can wheel me out I was like what I am not coming back over here to be wheeled out the front door where all the other moms are being wheeled out with their baby but not me I had to leave mine. I asked my nurse well what can be done to me if I just walked out. She said nothing but please don’t do that I said ok sure whatever. So we go and visit my son and I just could not stop crying I had a puddle of tears on the floor. I did not stay long visiting him as I was ready to get the pain over with the pain of leaving him. So my sister walks me out and we leave. No I did not go back and let her wheel me out the front door I walked out the garage area. So my sister gets me home and I walk in and my 3 year old and Shelby are there with flowers on the counter and my 3 year old had been sick with fever that is why they were not up at the hospital she was sleeping in my bed with Shelby and I crawl in right next to my 3 year old and hugged her and we slept for hours. I got up and I am still doing nothing but crying I want to cry just typing this it is just so heart breaking what I went through in the past week. I call the special care and talked to his nurse he is doing great. I get some what of a good night rest this damn c-section really hurts it is no fun at all. I hurts really bad. I have had surgery before and it was not this bad.

Thursday November 29^th

I had to do a few things in front of the nurse so I went and did them today and spent some time with him today had a pretty good day still no energy, my vision is still blurry, and still can’t stand up straight but I guess I am managing never had a c-section before so don’t know the ropes of them. They have my baby in an open crib to see if he holds his temp if he does he will get to come home tomorrow and also tomorrow he will be one week old already. I am still in shock that he is even here. I had to leave the car seat so they can do the car seat safety check. I asked them what time I should be here in the morning to pick him up they told me around 11 he can get discharged but we were scheduled for our CPR class for Sunday so we had to get there about 9 so we can watch the CPR video. So we leave and go get some lunch and go home and I rest the rest of the day. Got up and called the evening nurse they said he is holding his own temp so he will get to come home tomorrow on his one week birthday. It is like Christmas Day for me I am the happiest person on earth right now. So I do a speedy get ready for my baby to come home and went to sleep. I did not sleep very well just so happy to be going and picking up my baby I guess.

Friday November 30^th

I got up bright and early got myself all pretty and off we are to go pick up our son. First off we had to go to Burlington to get him a coming home outfit because the one I bought for him the day I found out he was a boy was way too big for my 4 pounder. Our cell phones were ringing so much wanting to know when we will be home with the baby every one was ready to see him because the only people I wanted at the hospital was Shelby which had to be home with the sick 3 year old and my sister. So we get to the hospital and watched our video and got him changed up and packed up and off we where. On our way home, the most exciting day ever. We are home about 30 minutes and every one started showing up from his side of the family my family called asked how I was and I told them I was tired with every one coming over so my family waited till the next day which was nice. We have to go to his doctor on Monday to have a weight check make sure he has no problems over the weekend.

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Dalton Sex: boy Born: 11 November, 1992 Age: 15 years & 191 days Birthday in: 174 days Starsign: Scorpio Biggest achievement so far: -

Dalton is from Shelbys previous relationship. He was born on November 11 1992 I will have to get all the details of is birth.

Dalton is a great kid at first when we told him we were pregnant with the first baby he did not like it he was a bit jealous along with his mom. But quickly got over it when she was born. He did not say much when we got pregnant with Shelby III. It was funny though my husband was so scared to tell him.

Dalton is in the 9th grade doing pretty good in school. He has a beautiful girlfriend. They have a long distance relationship. It is working for them.

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