Born Jan 8th, 2010 at 4:16am. He was 9lbs 3oz and 21 inches long.
Here's how the story went...(this is a copy paste from facebook)
It is true...went to hospital (Dewitt military hospital) at 10:30pm with what I considered regular strong contractions that were escalating. Nurse put me on the monitor and my contrax weren't registering! Monitor was placed up high on my belly, and I could FEEL contrax low and a lot of back labor! She said "hmmm, maybe they're not really contrax that you're feeling. Let's do a urine test, maybe it's a UTI." A doc checked my cervix and at that time I was 4cm. We were told to walk for an hour and if there was change I could stay, if not, we should head home. An hour later, after walking around with contrax, the doc checks me again and there is no dilation change. He confirmed at this time that I did in fact have a UTI. Doc and nurses tell me "Oh this is why you are having so much pain...a UTI with back labor is uncomfortable." I felt like they were downplaying my contrax & pain. It was embarrassing and frustrating. So after a few tears and anger, Chris and I drove back home in the start of a snow storm. I contracted painfully all the way home thinking how in the hell am I going to get through this "UTI pain"??? No kidding. I'm sure this sounds ridiculous to all you smart mommies, but I felt I had no choice but to listen to them... doc and nurses all telling me the same thing..."UTI pain while preggo is painful" is what kept going through my head...They even explained away my pain as muscle spasms, not joking. So we went home at around 1am, exhausted and hoping to get some rest. I was able to get mini-breaks in between my back labor, but it was so intense and scary! I started to think my bladder was going to burst or something bad due to the UTI. I felt so much pain in my bowels too... AWFUL. Seriously thought something was just really wrong with ME, not really blaming this on baby contrax still at this point. I was in excruciating pain until about 3:30am when my water broke while sitting on the toilet. That felt good! But soon after, the pain came harder. Chris was on the phone calling Dewitt the whole time saying "Well can I bring her in now??? and what can we do to ease this UTI pain?", they said "yes bring her in" I was going crazy! Chris was saying "well let's just get in the car and drive to Dewitt" which was 30 mins away in the snow...I said "I can't do it!!" Then he says "well lets go 10 mins away to Potomac" and again I say "I can't do it!!!" At this point I was paralyzed by the pain. I couldn't stand or move. I'm on the floor in the bathroom rocking on all fours and praying to God..."I said I can't go anywhere!!" He says frustrated " Well what do you want me to do, call an ambulance??" and I said "I THINK SO!! But please ask them not to turn the sirens on!" lol. Chris calls 911 and THANK GOD the dispatcher believed in my pain and what we were saying. She was a God Send! I kept saying I feel like something is falling out my butthole! I thought my intestines were falling out...for real. She must have heard that before and said feel down, can you feel the baby's head? And at that point I was like, oh my, are we having the baby??? LOLOLOL. Couldn't feel the head, but then a minute later I had the URGE TO PUSH, and I could NOT control it... one push and the head crowned!!! Suddenly Chris is saying "Yes,I can see the head!!" Chris is then told to go get towels and lots of them. Just a few minutes later the firemen arrived first. They were so great, even if they were young and good looking watching this insane woman wriggle and scream on the floor with no dignity whatsoever. Three minutes later the EMT's arrived and took over, and with about 4 pushes - 2 for the head, 2 for the shoulders, the baby came out in the arms of EMS!! "Holy shit I just delivered a baby in my bathroom," I scream! There was blood everywhere! (my dear father in law cleaned it all up, God Bless him!!) EMS told me from the time they arrived until the baby came out was about 6 minutes! Everything is such a blur, but I remember as the EMS was arriving I asked them to please concentrate on this baby and help him survive this.... in the middle of the chaos, it was my main request. Ok, that and if they had any drugs whatsoever, could I please have some!! lol. I cussed like a sailor at the end.. and am really not sure how I survived all this, but I am so grateful and utterly thankful that everything worked out so well. No cord wrapped around the neck, or breathing issues, etc... He was a strong baby off the bat and did great. From there we traveled to Potomac L&D in the ambulance in the snowstorm contracting and trying to deliver the placenta...OUCH. Lost lots of blood along the way... but he was a 9lb baby, and for delivering fast and hard, I survived with a second degree tear, so I think that's pretty good. And that's the rambling version of the story... it was insane... and I can't believe it's my story... I feel like I should be hearing it from someone else...
Thanks so much for all the prayers and well wishes over the last months... THEY WORKED!!
Here's how the story went...(this is a copy paste from facebook)
It is true...went to hospital (Dewitt military hospital) at 10:30pm with what I considered regular strong contractions that were escalating. Nurse put me on the monitor and my contrax weren't registering! Monitor was placed up high on my belly, and I could FEEL contrax low and a lot of back labor! She said "hmmm, maybe they're not really contrax that you're feeling. Let's do a urine test, maybe it's a UTI." A doc checked my cervix and at that time I was 4cm. We were told to walk for an hour and if there was change I could stay, if not, we should head home. An hour later, after walking around with contrax, the doc checks me again and there is no dilation change. He confirmed at this time that I did in fact have a UTI. Doc and nurses tell me "Oh this is why you are having so much pain...a UTI with back labor is uncomfortable." I felt like they were downplaying my contrax & pain. It was embarrassing and frustrating. So after a few tears and anger, Chris and I drove back home in the start of a snow storm. I contracted painfully all the way home thinking how in the hell am I going to get through this "UTI pain"??? No kidding. I'm sure this sounds ridiculous to all you smart mommies, but I felt I had no choice but to listen to them... doc and nurses all telling me the same thing..."UTI pain while preggo is painful" is what kept going through my head...They even explained away my pain as muscle spasms, not joking. So we went home at around 1am, exhausted and hoping to get some rest. I was able to get mini-breaks in between my back labor, but it was so intense and scary! I started to think my bladder was going to burst or something bad due to the UTI. I felt so much pain in my bowels too... AWFUL. Seriously thought something was just really wrong with ME, not really blaming this on baby contrax still at this point. I was in excruciating pain until about 3:30am when my water broke while sitting on the toilet. That felt good! But soon after, the pain came harder. Chris was on the phone calling Dewitt the whole time saying "Well can I bring her in now??? and what can we do to ease this UTI pain?", they said "yes bring her in" I was going crazy! Chris was saying "well let's just get in the car and drive to Dewitt" which was 30 mins away in the snow...I said "I can't do it!!" Then he says "well lets go 10 mins away to Potomac" and again I say "I can't do it!!!" At this point I was paralyzed by the pain. I couldn't stand or move. I'm on the floor in the bathroom rocking on all fours and praying to God..."I said I can't go anywhere!!" He says frustrated " Well what do you want me to do, call an ambulance??" and I said "I THINK SO!! But please ask them not to turn the sirens on!" lol. Chris calls 911 and THANK GOD the dispatcher believed in my pain and what we were saying. She was a God Send! I kept saying I feel like something is falling out my butthole! I thought my intestines were falling out...for real. She must have heard that before and said feel down, can you feel the baby's head? And at that point I was like, oh my, are we having the baby??? LOLOLOL. Couldn't feel the head, but then a minute later I had the URGE TO PUSH, and I could NOT control it... one push and the head crowned!!! Suddenly Chris is saying "Yes,I can see the head!!" Chris is then told to go get towels and lots of them. Just a few minutes later the firemen arrived first. They were so great, even if they were young and good looking watching this insane woman wriggle and scream on the floor with no dignity whatsoever. Three minutes later the EMT's arrived and took over, and with about 4 pushes - 2 for the head, 2 for the shoulders, the baby came out in the arms of EMS!! "Holy shit I just delivered a baby in my bathroom," I scream! There was blood everywhere! (my dear father in law cleaned it all up, God Bless him!!) EMS told me from the time they arrived until the baby came out was about 6 minutes! Everything is such a blur, but I remember as the EMS was arriving I asked them to please concentrate on this baby and help him survive this.... in the middle of the chaos, it was my main request. Ok, that and if they had any drugs whatsoever, could I please have some!! lol. I cussed like a sailor at the end.. and am really not sure how I survived all this, but I am so grateful and utterly thankful that everything worked out so well. No cord wrapped around the neck, or breathing issues, etc... He was a strong baby off the bat and did great. From there we traveled to Potomac L&D in the ambulance in the snowstorm contracting and trying to deliver the placenta...OUCH. Lost lots of blood along the way... but he was a 9lb baby, and for delivering fast and hard, I survived with a second degree tear, so I think that's pretty good. And that's the rambling version of the story... it was insane... and I can't believe it's my story... I feel like I should be hearing it from someone else...
Thanks so much for all the prayers and well wishes over the last months... THEY WORKED!!
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