MY BIRTH STORY

I went to work 11-13-2007 and it was a typical day. I had been spotting occasionally but the doctor always told me that it was normal and if I have sex that I would spot. I told the doctor, "that aint happening in my house!" LOL! At about 1030 I started to have cramps but they were continuous and sometimes they would get worse. I walked around as much as possible. Well, I decided to work overtime so I didn't get off until 545 at night. I called Steve and told him that I thought I was having contractions but I wasn't sure. I stopped by Sonic to get something to drink because the nurses at L&D told me to drink plenty of fluids, go home and take a shower to ease the discomfort, then lay on my left side for 2 hours to see if the cramping stopped. I live an hour and a half from the hospital. I went home and waited.

Steve wanted me to go to the hospital right away but I am stubborn and I wanted to stay home as long as i could. At about 930, after 3 showers and about a gallon of water later I couldn't stand it anymore. I woke Steve up and asked him if he could take me to the hospital. I didn't really have everything together because I wasn't due until the 30th so I rushed and packed everything I could think of. We left my house at 1000 and I tried to time my contractions on the way. My contractions were not regular at all. They varied from 1 1/2 minutes to 4 minutes apart.

We got to the hospital at 1130 and the nurse from L&D came and got me. I got changed into my buttless gown and was told to lay on the delivery table so she could check me. I was 6 cm and 80-90% effaced. At 130 am I decided to ask for some stadol. It worked for about 2 contractions. Steve saw me rolling around in pain at about 200 and begged the nurse to get me an epidural, yes he decided for me to have an epidural. I kept on telling him, "but Im scared" The doctor came in and said I was 9 cm. I must of looked really pitiful because he gave it to me. Getting the epidural through contractions was tough! Thank goodness the epidural worked and I was able to relax.The doc came a bit later, check me again and said, "yup, you're ready. Do you know what that means?" I said "push?" and he nodded. I looked like puss in boots with his big eyes because I was so nervous. Steve grabbed one leg, a nurse grabbed the other and they told me to push as hard as I could and hold it for as long as I could whenever I had a contraction. 3 pushes later Cody Ray was born. I didn't feel much because of the epidural, but I screamed anyway. (bonnie, if you're reading this, yes you scream anyway! lol) He was 7 lb 15 oz and was 20 inches long born 11-14-2007 at exactly 256 am.

He is soooo beautiful and such a blessing in my life. He will be a month old tomorrow. Jeez how time flies.

12-27-2007 update

I took Cody in for his circumcision on Friday, 12-21. It was horrible, I just sat in the other room and cried because Cody was screaming. I felt soooo bad, but hey, I believe it should be done so he'll thank me for it when he's older. hopefully. He weighed 9lb 10 oz and is now 21.25 inches long. He started smiling 12-22. :)