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Jayden Anthony Sex: boy Born: 16 April, 2009 Age: 2 years & 307 days Birthday in: 58 days Starsign: Aries Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: April, 8, 2009
Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 38 hours
Weight @ birth: 7 lbs. 7 oz.
Length @ birth: 19 3/4 in.

Jayden-Anthony`s birthstory

I woke up on Tuesday the 14th with some mucousy discharge. I thought maybe i was finally losing my mucous plug. Throughout the day I had a little more every time i went to the bathroom and then that night it started to become tinged with blood and I started having contractions at about 10:30pm. They were basically just like period cramps which i had been having for weeks so I really didnt think too much of them. Although i did notice this time they came in a pretty constant pattern. They were about 10 mins apart, some closer and some farther apart. So as the night went on the period cramps turned into real contractions. I never understood what they would feel like until I had them and its true its like nothing you have ever felt. Its so hard to explain. Like a tightening feeling in my back like i had a belt tightening on me along with painn like not so much a period cramp but just a crampy sort of strong pain. I didnt sleep at all the entire night because they just kept coming and became pretty painful. Me and my boyfriend headed off to the hospital at about 7am on Wednesday morning. I wasnt in constant pain but the contractions were getting stronger. They hooked me up to the monitors and eventually gave me an iv. They checked me and I was 1 1/2- 2 cm dilated only! I waited 7 hours for them to send me home! So we left at about 2 pm. But the contractions were strong at that point. I couldnt even walk to the car, I had to have a wheelchair. I was kind of upset they were sending me home because I was in alot of pain and wanted pain medicine like asap! But Im kind of glad they did because I ended up being able to labor at home in comfort rather than in an uncomfortable hospital bed. We ended up going back to the hospital at 8 that night and the contractions were strongg. I was okay when I wasnt having a contraction but when i was i was gripping the car door and biting on a teething ring!! lol my boyfriend suggested the teething ring and it was great, it definitely helped sooooo much.I think my teeth would have been broken without it. lol We got to the hospital and they immediately admitted me and I knew this was it! We went into the room and I got hooked up to all the monitors again. After a little while I had to get an iv and blood drawn and for some reason it freaked me out and Im always fine with needles!! So i started sweating and getting really panicky. I got through that and then I was just left to wait. I was 2 1/2-3 cm dilated at that point. I kept having strong contractions and it was so not fun! I eventually asked for some pain medicine by iv. So they gave me Stateall (sp). Its supposed to just calm you down and make you a little loopy and drowsy and take the edge off the pain. Well, for me it made me feel like I was on drugs, i couldnt see well and it made me very anxious. It sucked! So the nurse shut it off after a while. I labored some more and eventually got my epidural when i was 4 cm dilated. I was in a lot of pain and I was telling my bf I was really scared and panicky that i wasnt going to be able to do this. He was great through my entire labor and I really couldnt have done it without him. The epidural getting put in didnt hurt at all! I was really nervous, but all I felt was the tiniest pinch of the needle to numb me going in, it wasnt even as bad as getting the iv. Then just some pressure, and thats it! The epidural worked okay for a while but it never totally numbed my right side. And the worst part of all I kept puking. I think i puked like 4 or 5 times and it made me very shaky. I couldnt stop shaking. That was probably the hardest part of all. I was shaking and scared and panicky and nauseous. Every time i closed my eyes i felt like the room was spinning so I couldnt even sleep! It was horrible. When i got up into the 7-8 cm dilated range I started really feeling my contractions again because the epidural had basically totally stopped working on my right side now. The epidural guy came in and gave me an extra dose of it into the catheter but it still really didnt work that well. So I was feeling alott of the pain from the contractions. Eventually it was time to push and man was I scareddd. I was soooo terrified!! But I was in so much pain it just had to be done, I was ready and I definitely didnt know what I was in for! I started pushing and it wasnt thatt horribly painful but I felt alot more than I wanted to. lol I pushed 3 times with every contraction. The first couple of times I was okay then the realllll pain started and omggggg I was in so much freakin pain. I kept pushing through the horrible burning and the pain of every contraction. My epidural was almost useless. When the pain started to get really intense, I kept saying `I cant do this!!!` and my bf and the nurse were like `Yes, yes you can push push push!` The doctor came in then and saw that i was ready to deliver so he got his scrubs on and i knew this was the it! I ended up having to get an episiotomy (sp). The dr pinched me down in that area to see if i could feel it and suprise, suprise I did! I told them the epidoral didnt work! So he had to numb me with a needle. Then he made the cut and my son was ready to be born. So after about an hour or so of pushing and incredible pain, crying and all, my son`s head was finally out! The doctor told me to stop pushing but omg the contraction pains and burning feelings were so bad it felt like i couldnt stop pushing but I did. He thought the cord was wrapped around the baby`s neck once but he saw that it was actually twice! He quickly had to cut the cord off and unwrap it from his neck. Then his body came out and I felt so much better! It wasnt the miraculous once he was out i was pain free but it was a worldddd of a difference.The doctor lifted him up and i saw my son for the first time and he was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I was almost in tears when I saw him and I just looked at my bf and he was smiling and it was just amazing!! The nurse took him for a minute to make sure he was breathing after the whole cord thing and he was fine, thank God. Then she put him on my stomach and omg that was the best feeling in the world! I was so in love. And every single pain and everything I had been through the past 38 hours was all worth every second!! The doctor sewed me up, seemed like it took forever and then I got to hold my baby boy again after he was all clean. Most amazing feeling ever to be done with labor and holding my baby. It`s so true what every woman says, labor is the most pain you will ever be in but it is so worth it and i would do it a million time over because being a mom is the best thing that has ever happened to me. You never know what love is until you have a baby and its like this whole new love you have never ever felt. I cant even get enough of my son. He is so gorgeous and so perfect. I love him more than words can ever explain! <33

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