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Nygel Ehlan Baker Sex: boy Born: 13 April, 2008 Age: 0 years & 137 days Birthday in: 228 days Starsign: Aries Development: See the 4 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: Hard to say...
Weight @ birth: 6 pounds 13 ounces
Length @ birth: 20 inches

Nygel-Ehlan-`s birthstory

I’m about to tell you the surprise of my life…At 3:00 AM on Saturday morning (4/12/08) I was having what I thought were the usual Braxton hicks (false/practice contractions) contractions. Eventually they came with a little pain, but since this was my first time feeling pain with Braxton hicks I figured this was a natural progression. It couldn’t be the start of labor, because this is my first child, and first children come late (so I thought), and furthermore, my due date isn’t until 4/23/08. I just knew I would have him the first week in May I slept right through them, and later that morning George and I got up and had a nice day; we went shopping, bought the rest of the things for the baby, bought the rest of the things for the hospital bag, and hung out that night playing poker with my mother until 11:00 PM. This whole time I’m having Braxton hicks with a little pain, but never in a million years did I think I was actually in labor. Well later that night I realized that these Braxton hicks never stopped, but still figured I couldn’t possibly be in labor.

Well about 3:00 AM on 4/13/08 I began to have to go to the bathroom at least every hour. Every time I had a Braxton hick’s contraction it caused me to want to pee and/or do a bm. This is when I decided to time them, because now I’m thinking something isn’t right. I began to lose my mucus at 7:00AM. The contractions and the purging of the mucus plug went on until 9:00AM in the morning. Not once were they regular or intense. As soon as 9:02 AM hit everything changed. The contractions got much worse and went from coming irregularly at about 6 to 10 minutes apart to coming regularly at 2 to 3 minutes apart. Oh S#$T! I’m in labor. I thought labor was supposed to feel like really bad menstrual cramps…this was not the case. The pain all of a sudden got really-really bad, and came really fast. From that point on I had George time them. They were 2-3 minutes apart. I didn’t know what to do. I tried to remain calm, but they were coming too fast. George and I argued about going to the hospital because he thought it would be too far to go and have them send us home. Eventually I told him I didn’t care what happened, but he needed to get me to a hospital. He then decided he wanted to wash clothes, take a shower, and pack his hospital bag. I was so angry and in so much pain…he just didn’t understand. I yelled at him until we were walking out the door. The drive to the hospital was the worse drive of my life. We drove up to emergency (at little Company of Mary) at exactly 11:02AM (BTW, we were scheduled for our hospital tour that day at 12:00PM). I filled out my paper work and got into the room at 11:15AM. I was internally checked and the nurse had a weird look on her face. She tells me she thought my cervix was high, but it’s not…then she tells me I’m 8 centimeters dilated…What???? I didn’t have time to think. I immediately asked for an epidural. The anesthesiologist told me she couldn’t give me a full one because I was too far along. I got a dose of medicine, was checked again after that and I was fully dilated and ready to push. I pushed about 30 minutes and out came Nygel Ehlan Baker (we didn’t even have a name when we went to the hospital). He was 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and 20 inches. He was born at 12:52 PM. It was amazing…when they put him on my chest after he was born, I was like wow! This is my son, this is my gift, this is the love of my life. He has been growing inside of me. He surprised me because I didn’t realize I was actually in labor until 9:02 AM and by 12:52 PM he was here. What a blessing. God is Good.

We are doing well. I am settling into motherhood unlike I ever thought. It feels like he was always been here. Aman!

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