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Alexis Marie Sex: girl Born: 07 July, 2008 Age: 3 years & 224 days Birthday in: 141 days Starsign: Cancer Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Original due date: June 25th
Type of delivery: Cesarean section
Duration of labor: 79 HOURS!!!
Weight @ birth: 10lbs,
Length @ birth 22in

At 10am July 4th 2008 (my due date) I started feeling contractions, they weren't very painful and I couldn't time them because I had a hard time telling when they would start/end so I waited about an hour and the pain got a bit more intense. I was able to time them, they were 15 mins apart and lasting about a minute... Me being 17 and my 1st child I called my Dad and went to the hospital to get checked out (I knew I was supposed to wait until they were 5 minutes apart) But at the time I just felt like OMG I neeeed to be seen by somebody, I'm in labour LOL

Well they hooked me up to the machine and asked me if they were very painful, I was like yes they are (They really werent THAT bad yet lol) and she says to me, "Oh really? Because I can see that you are having a contraction now." haha and I wasn't showing any pain expression on my face or anything so she knew it wasn't that bad yet. After 1/2 hour they said that they were comming every 10-12 minutes and they checked my cervix, I was at 2cm and they told me I was in early labour and to come back when the contractions got more regular and painful.

On the drive home all I could think was "They just told me I am in labour for real, and I'm going home?? How am I going to know when I need to go back in?" That day I had contractions every 10-15 minutes and they were getting very uncomfterble, but still irregular. Then around 4 that afternoon I thought my water broke, I had a little trickle run down my leg so I called my dad AGAIN and he came and got me and we went to the hospital, the hospital staff told me to put on a pad, and they hooked me up to the moniter again, some contractions were 7 minutes apart, some 15 minutes apart (so still very irregular) then they checked my cervix, still 2 cm after 6 hrs of having contractions -_- and the pad I was wearing, was dry... so false alarm, my water hadn't broke (how embarassing) Yet again I was sent home.

When I went home they were really starting to hurt but still not comming in a regular pattern so I just kept waiting, that night my boyfriend slept peacefully but I was having so much pain I couldn't sleep and couldn't get comfterble (I was 5feet and 205 lbs after gaining 78 lbs so no wonder I was uncomfterble!)

July 5th (24 hrs into labour)I was STILL at home, still having contractions every 7-15 minutes but I did NOT want to go to the hospital again only to be sent home so i miserabbly sat at home in too much pain to sleep, or do anything really!

July 6 th (48 hrs into labour) after another sleepless night I was EXHAUSTED I tried walking around the house and a few times I almost called my Dad to take me to the hospital but I diddn't want them to send me home again. They were still irregular some every 5 mins some 15... But I never went longer that 15 mins without a contraction, it just wouldn't stop! It wasn't THAT painful, but It DID hurt and I just couldn't understand what was happening, why am I not progressing? I thought this would only take a day at most! It just felt like it was never going to end!

That night my boyfriend again, was laying there peacefully while I sat/stood alone in pain! It was starting to hurt REAL bad but it was still irregular, I walked around anxious, and every so often I walked over to my sleeping SO to say it's time but I diddn't know what to do I diddn't want to be sent home again but I diddnt wanna have a home birth either LOL so at 3 am (July 7th) I got him up and we called a Taxi to the hospital (I WASN'T going to bother my Dad again incase of another false alarm)

When we got to the hospital I went to admitting, they saw my big belly and knew why I was there at 3 am. They sent me up to the 4th floor yet again (my 3rd time heading to the hospital for labour)

In the elivator I was having a major contraction and all I could think was "OMG this is it they better not send me home, please dont send me home!!" They hooked me up to the moniter and gave me a popsicle.... It was the woman from the first time I went in, she said "oh you again, you still diddnt have your baby? The contractions must have stopped." I looked at her and snapped "NO they never stopped and I never slept this whole time!" ...she looked at the moniter and saw that they were STILL irregular and said "yes sometimes it can take a very long time, let me check you..

When she checked me she said I was still only 2.5-3cm, and she said she could feel the top of the baby's head, next think I knew GUSHHHHHHHHH, My water broke all over her hand and had A LOT of baby poop in it and looked like I had diahreah all over the bed! gross, lol she diddn't seem too grossed out tho, she just laughed and said "That's the first time that has ever happend!" After my water broke they gave me a johnny shirt and told me that they were going to keep me (finally) They diddn't seem too concerned about the baby pooping in me, they said it was normal for that to happen when babies were born overdue.

Then they got me a room, a magazine and a cot for Dion to sleep in, it was like 4 am so he was asleep yet again (no help to me!) so I just read the magazine until I couldn't take the pain anymore so I pushed the button for a nurse, they gave me a shot of Demerol in bum cheek and said it should take the edge off and let me rest, they told me to try to sleep... The Demerol did nothing for me, I was able to fall asleep but he next contraction woke me. I woke Dion and told him I was going to have a bath, he opend his eyes long enough to say OK and went back 2 sleep.... The bath there was a big tub deep enough to cover my belly :) it helped a lot and I sat there until the water started getting cold. When I got out the pain was unbearable again! I rang for the nurse to talk about more pain relief options.

She suggested gas and that sounded good to me! I had to go to the delivery room to be able to get it and you had to be at 4cm to go there, they checked me and luckily, I was FINALLY at 4cm! I had to pee first before I got there and when I wiped I saw blood and freaked out! They said it was fine and just my bloddy show. When I had the gas The pain was gone! Huffing on the gas made me feel SO HIGH! during some contractions I even had to come of it because I felt too high lol it was weird, like a happy floating feeling I loved it! ... Meanwhile my SO is throwing up, and nautious and pretty much no help to me! Then my mom came in and was rubbing my back and helping me with the really bad contractions, she has had 5 children, 4 of them all natural, so it felt so good to have somebody there for me who knew exactly what pain I was going through. They were giving me pitocin to speed things up because of my long labour and not progressing and at 2pm I was STILL at 4cm so they gave decided I needed a C-section because it was clear I would never get to 10cm, I diddn't mind, because I was scared of ruining my vagina LOL.. Then they asked my mom to leave the room and they gave me an epidural (which was terrifying, I hate needles even the little ones) But after they gave it to me, they looked at the moniter and said "oh look at that strong contraction"... the pain was GONE I was finally able to relax and I was exhausted after 3 days of no sleep!They let me sleep for a bit before they were going to do the surgery, when I woke up my mom was still gone (she decited to go run errands) -_- .... Anyway they checked me again (Just incase I did finally dilate) and was STILL at 4 cm, so they wheeled me to the operating room. I was scared!

The operating room was bright and there were so many people in there with scrubs on, and masks over their mouths, it looked scary. I layed there and they put up the tent like thing, and my boyfriend sat beside me, ther they started poking at my belly... I could feel it! I was TERRIFIED, I was like "omg I can feel now, I can feel you touching me! DONT CUT ME YET!!!!!" They said that I had to be put to sleep for the operation because my epidural wasn't working as good as it should be. So my boyfriend had to leave the room for the birth, and they put a mask over my face, injected me with stuff that made my arms feel so cold, and got me to count backwards from ten.....

The next thing I know (2 1/2 hours later) I lie there in the recovery room so tired and dazed, they kept trying to wake me but I felt so tired, they just kept saying Samantha... Samantha... SAMANTHA!!! Until I opend my eyes, then they said to me "your daughter has 11 toes!" THAT is how they told me what the sex of my baby was -_- ... then they said She was 10 lbs! she's SO BIG! I couldn't believe it I thought I was still dreaming, I was like "what? she has 11 toes, are you joking? and is she really that big?" Then they finally let me see her (for just a minute) then I was wheeled into my room and my mom and sister, and boyfriend were waiting there. I was kind of mad to know that my mom and sis knew what I was having before I did, but I made it clear that nobody but my BF would actually see or hold the baby before me!

They asked me if I wanted to hold her, and I did... but it was nothing like I hoped it would be like, I was so dazed from being put under, and could barely keep my eyes open! I just wanted to go back to sleep, but I stayed awake for pictures (horrible pictures where I look drunk or half asleep and angry) and then when my family left I breastfed her and went back to sleep... Then when I woke up again the medication was finally wore off. I was finally able to actually bond with her and have that precious moment with her that I diddn't get to have right after her birth.

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Adrian Alexander Chase Sex: boy Born: 17 June, 2010 Age: 1 years & 244 days Birthday in: 121 days Starsign: Gemini Development: See the 20 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: June 25th
Type of delivery: Cesarean section
Duration of labor: no labour
Weight @ birth: 7lbs, 4oz
Length @ birth:

Adrian-Alexander-Chase`s birthstory

I went in to the hospital at 6:30 am for my scheduled C-section. I was so excited, I diddn`t know what I was having. I went upstairs and they took me to my room. I got a private room because all the semi-private rooms were full :D! I put a jonny shirt on, They gave me an IV, whick took forever, it was a new nurse in training, they kept wiggling around the needle trying to find a vein! OUCH!
Then they put my catheter in and I walked down to the opertaing room, I diddnt like walking with a catheter in, it felt like it was going to fall out or something! Eww.
When I got to the operating room I started getting a little scared, the room was filled with bright lights and lots of people in scrubs... It reminded me of last time, and I was scared thay might have to put me under again, I did NOT want that to have to happen!!! I got up on the table and they did my spinal, The person giving me my needle was very nice, the nurse holding me still was NOT. I hunched over as far as I could (which isnt easy with a baby in your belly) The nurse kept saying "your not in the right position lean over farther", but the person giving me my needle kept being like no, shes fine. I am terrified of needles, and I kept getting poked over and over again, (When I looked at my back afterwards there was 7 or 8 visible needle holes in my spine!) Then I was like :AHH MY TOES FEEL F****** WEIRD! she`s like ` Oh good I got the right spot! Then my toes started feeling all warm and tingley, and that weird warm feeling kept moving up and up. I was like now my but feels weird and tingley she`s like `good, that feeling is going to go all the way up to your nipples!" LOL I was still sitting up at this point wondering when they would get me to lay down, then they had to help me do it because I could barely move.
Then they let my boyfriend come in, and they put the tent up. my arms were strapped to the table and my face started feeling SOO itchy they told me it was because of the medication. The woman who gave me my needle sat up by my face with my boyfriend and kept schartcing my face whenever i asked her to, she was so nice! lol I was like "are my legs up?" because it felt like my legs were up in the air and that I was in the most comfterble position ever, she told me that they were flat and the medication makes your brain think its in the most comfterble position, because it can't feel what's really happening.

Then I herd the surgeon say, "the baby is soon going to be born, get the camera out... my boyfriend was too grossed out to take pictures so the woman who gave me my needle did, the first thing they said was "ohh look at all the hair!" and then I herd the baby cry! It brought tears to my eyes, the told us it was a boy and I have never seen my boyfriend so happy! It was the best feeling I ever had, and my most precious moment I can remember.

I wish I could have had the same experience with my first baby, but I never got to hear her first cry, or have them shout out "ITS A GIRL" at her birth.

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