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Erin Sex: girl Born: 18 February, 2004 Age: 4 years & 160 days Birthday in: 205 days Starsign: Aquarius Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

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Trevor Sex: boy Born: 02 May, 2008 Age: 0 years & 85 days Birthday in: 280 days Starsign: Taurus Development: See the 2 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: forever
Weight @ birth: 8pounds 2.3ounces
Length @ birth: 20 inches

Trevor`s birthstory

My Mom came up April 19 thinking this baby was coming on the full moon of the 20th. I didn`t think he would have even been in there that long, but gotta love hours of false labor!

I am living proof that nothing works to get your baby out. Tried Castor oil 3 times, raspberry leaf tea, sex, walking, jumping (bouncing) on a trampoline, stairs, lunges, nasty eggplant, spicy food, accupressure...all nothing but a loss of sleep. I know there are more to this list but I can`t think straight right now. Just letting ya know, I tried EVERYTHING possible!

On Monday Apil 28th I had a drs appt. Made her check my cervix. I was a 1cm Dialated 60% effaced.. wich means absolutly nothing.-3 station wich means hes not even engaged in my pelvis... Could take hours- could take Days.

On Tuesday April 29, 9:30am went to the Labor and Delivery as 2nd attempt.. Contractions were about 3-6 mins apart, spuratic. But I have never been in Labor before so I didn`t know the pain I felt could get 3492834 times worse! Dr checked me... barely a 1 cm about 50% effaced. I am livid cause the Dr told me yesterday I was 60% effaced... wtf is going on? (Dr informed me that some drs measure differently). ok fine.. sent me home.

Took it easy for a couple days hopless.... Thursday May 1. No sleep again. Contractions or whatever they are VERY close together very painful.. stick it up for a few hours cause labor doesn`t go away if it`s real labor.. Call the clinic around 10am. they have me come in at 2:30 for a labor check. Come in.. contractions stop. ggggreat.. Since it was a labor check, I get to have more fingers all up in my business.. but 3 times in 3 days.. maybe this will start something.. About a 2.5cm and 75% effaced.. Making progress.. what does this mean? absolutly nothing, You can be this way for the last few MONTHS of pregnancy...

So I go home. Whatever, taking it easy. My Mom decides we are going to go get ice cream and go to the store to get some screws for Erin`s wagon since the day before we discovered pulling her in a wagon around the block with the neighbor girls, she just sits back and relaxes. We have a really nice wagon she got for her first Christmas, didn`t really have a tend of use for it so it`s just been in the garage.. so the screws.. long gone in a box somewhere.. Well, we are walking to the car and I feel immense pressure like He`s about to fall out.. possibly stretching cervix and all them uncomfortable checks.

Still happens especally over bumps in the road.. OUCH! Stop the car, it hurts.. well, we get home. I go upstairs.. contractions are timable but very spuratic... about an hour later of laying down, I crash out! Finally some sleep. James wakes me up about 20 mins later.. `You better start packing a bag soon`.. UGh! and here they come again.. dammit.

Around 9pm they let up a little bit but are pretty damn painful. Decide to go to the hospital `just incase` since I am attempting a Vbac (Vaginal birth after c section)... Theres a pretty good possiblity that my uterous could ruptre from overstimulating from the contractions. The pains I was having were in my Lower Abdomen, not all over, and not tightening this time. So we go in. Labor check, contractions spuratic but since I haven`t slept in a few days the pain could appear worse than it actually is... They want me to walk around for an hour before monitering me again and checking me. long boring walk around.. la la la.. ok done. Contractions still spuratic but hitting about a 30 wich is nothing..Again, just the lower abdomen stung really bad.. I am 3cm and about 80%. Because of the no sleep and the pain, they felt it would be easier if they gave me a morphine shot in the ass, and let me feel drugged up in between contractions. 6-12 mins of sleep every few minutes will make me feel better. Suggest I stay just to see and rest. James went home to be with Erin and stuff cause he had to work in the morning... Well, I did feel so drugged up and so dizzy but did NOT stop the pain..nurses in and out all night checking monitor and seeing if contractions become regular.. around 6 mins..some intense, some not.. Dr came in about 7am to check me. I am a 4 and 90% effaced.. again what does this mean? Early Labor. They decide to put me into a labor room. Call my Family and tell them I am at a 4 and 90% but still a -3 station meaning hes not down where he needed to be. So I call James, tell him to take his time.. no rush.. this stage could last hours.. contractions still at 6 mins so this could take a little more than a whole buncha hours. advised me things dont look promising with the Vbac cause he`s still pretty far up there. 20 mins later im cozy in a labor room,, window open. small view of the water, at least its not a view of another window though! Tv on...feeling comfy.. starving my ass off.. but I knew it could be close to 24 hours before I could eat, and it had been 24 hours since I had eaten already.. and If I have to have a csection, I would be stuck with chicken broth. ick.

So. around 7:30 the other Dr comes in from the clinic from a shift change. Dr Jacobsen. The female Dr from Thameside. Said she was going to check me to see where I was at, she had 4 c sections scheduled in a couple hour time period so she wanted to make sure where I was at. Told her it was ok the dr just checked me half hour ago and I was 3 and 90%. She wanted to check me anyways for her sake. Well, James was calling at this time she was `down there`.. she told me to answer it and tell him I am 6cm and she just broke my water so get up here...BUT....... still -3.. he`s not moving down.. at all...James was at the NEX waiting for it to open to buy a few things... He obviously didn`t get to.. He went to the house, Picked up Erin and My Mom and they were there within the hour. an hour later here comes the epideral guy to give me 1/2 dose since the contractions were peaking about 45-50 and it was very uncomfortable especally with no sleep still.... and there goes my legs. awful feeling like I can`t move anything... hour later I am a 9.5 cm.. about -2... ok ok.. hes coming down... he needs to be a 0 for me to start pushing wich means his head crowning.. still.. not looking very promising cause his progress is really slow. They give me plutocin.. very very small dose cause it`s dangerous with vbac. This is to make contractions stronger to push him down a little bit.. MAJOR pain in my ass... no.. literally.. I feel like my butt is about to fall off.. Why do I Feel this?? My contractions are hitting 80... they get worse and worse.. they need to be the in 90`s for me to start pushing.. but still.. he is making slow progress. they up the plutocin. I am yelling for my epideral guy.. I need more! He takes his time.. gives me the other 1/2 dose. 10 mins later.. I feel nothing.. Feeling guilty I did that, but.. the pain... wow... nothing like I would of thought...

So around 1pm. Dr comes in to see where he is.. they want me to hold my legs and have James push my head down during a contraction to try to push him down a litttle further.. Can`t feel my legs to know if I am grabbing onto them.. so.. they get the stirups.. my idea.. ok we are good now. I push for 8 seconds. breath. push. breath in .. push 8 more... done. ok. that was just 1. but his head was coming down. Dr came in and said.. lets do a few more of these mini pushes to see how we progress.. did it 3 more times... ok.. she said... lets try full force and see cause He is ready! So.. waiting for a contraction..... I push 8 seconds.. deep breath.. 8 more... Here he is!!

Wow.. I felt nothing.. I ripped a good inch and a half to 2 inches.. I know you wanted to hear that...

at 1:37pm

I heard 8 pounds 2.3 ounces... 20 inches long... Wait a sec.. I thought I couldn`t push anything over 8 pounds and skeptical if he was over 7.. well. I am so relieved I got my vbac.. apparently they called some students up to watch ( just 2 I was ok with it.. one of them was there with me the whole time letting me clinch her hand and yell).. they have never even heard of vbac and was told they wouldnt really learn about it becuase theres maybe 1 every so many months and only a 20% success rate.. but I did it! Proved them ALL wrong!!!

Amazing experiance.. Wouldn`t change anything. I was really scared to have another baby and everything cause that`s not really what I had in my intentions of my future. scared and nervous cause I know nothing about little boys. how would Erin react. How am I going to be able to go back to work.. is my Life at a standstill. 2 kids.. omg.. overwhelming.. my modeling career is it over now completly.. whos going to want to book me with 2 kids and my 70+ weight gain.... just made me unhappy about it all... but.. Definatly changed all perpective when I saw him!

I feel great.. I may not look it. lol.. but I feel really good.. maybe cause I could walk a few hours after I had him, I could eat real food, I could breastfeed.. I had a nice room. The nurses were really really great. I didn`t expect anything but the worst from all the horror stories and them not wanting me to try vbac. I tried to switch last min, they wouldnt let me switch to another hospital.. I felt stuck.. but in the end.. Great experiance. really nice staff.. of course there are a few nurses that were not talkative or not attentive or slow... but.. the others definatly made up for it.

We are home now! He weighs around 7 pounds 10 ounces now. Sleeps so good.. I ate alot of hospital food.. they have a nice big menu. order as much as you want whenever you want.. I ate chicken parm alot. lol

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