On Monday we went to the doctor and we set an induction date for December 10th. Since the baby was already measuring so big, they didn't want to wait till 40 weeks, because he could possibly be 9-10 pounds.... UMMMMMMM ouch...... But she stripped my membranes, just in case, to see if maybe i would go into labor on my own without having to be induced. I was already 3 cm dilated and I know tons of people who had their membranes stripped and it didn't work for them so i wasn't to concerned...
So after that the reality that it was my last week at school and we would be welcoming out little one in a week freaked me out!!! There was still so much to do! BUT i did like the idea that it was a set date, planned and I wouldn't have to rush or worry about my parents making it down from Dallas. There wouldn't be any panic, or unknown, we would wake up, get ready, and go to the hospital MOnday morning. For those of you who know me, know that the whole idea of having a set plan was GREAT because i like to have things planned out...... to bad things go always go to plan... haha! So i limited my activity, ate bland foods, and did as little laking as possible because i did NOT want to go out before Friday... i was already leaving school a week earlier than planned.... i didn't want to go out even earlier!!!
I said goodbye to my kiddos and it was very surreal that i would not see them again till March..... it felt weird....
Friday, December 7th, we went to dinner with some friends at Lupe Tortilla down the street. Since I had made it to Friday I ate all the jalepenos I wanted, thinking, im done with work so if I go into labor, no big deal, but didn't really believe the whole spicy food thing..... haha We arrived back home around 8:30-9:00 and watched an episode of Big Bang Theory. Then at around 10 i decided i was tired and was going to bed, and left Ryan on the couch. I took of my make up, put on my PJs and climbed into bed........ well about 10 minutes later i felt this overwhelming sense of water..... like i had to pee.. overcome be and i literally JUMPED/FELL out of bed and made it to the first tie of the bathroom and SPLASH... my water broke....... WEll just a little FYI for those of you have never had your water break... its not like TV where its just a splash and done..... it keeps on going.... and going.... so anyways... i was in shock.... what IS THIS!!!! I had always discussed with my doctor about how close do my contraction need to be before i call, what do they feel like, etc... but we never discussed my water breaking... i didn't know what to do!!! I wasnt contracting or anything... so i stumbled and got Ryan and had him call his sister who is a nursery nurse at a hospital and she told us we needed to call the doctor and head to the hospital..... well by this point i was shaking... it was happening... what about my PLAN!!!!!! I mean we had bags packed, but we unpacked them each night so we could use out stuff... so while Ryan is gathering up our bags, getting dressed and loading the car, i did what every normal person does.... i stood their and put my make up back on...... REALLY!!! haha i guess if my plan was out the window i was at least gonna look good!!! We called my parents, my mom had just taken a sleeping pill, and told them it was time to get in the car and leave!!! Then we got into the car for the last time as a family of two and drove to Methodist Hospital.
We arrived and were checking into our room at 11:15, my water had broke at 10:15... we made good time! They hooked me all up and we settled in for our stay and awaited what was next! Ryans family started arriving and my parents arrived at 3:am... they made good time too!!! They had started me on Pitocin, a low dose, and my contractions were pretty constant, but bare bearable. However, i started to get the shakes pretty bad and was nervous i wouldn't be able to be still for the Epideral, so we decided to go ahead and get it....... The doctor came in and i told him that my last 2 vertebrate were fused to my pelvis, just to let him know, he said ok no problem we normally dont go that low anyways.. so he gave me some litocain.... OUCH.... then he began to find a spot.... and looked... and poked.. and looked and poked.... i could tell things weren't going right, i could tell my the blunt feelings i felt, and the body language of my nurse..... The doctor then said he kept hitting bone and was afraid that my vertebrates were fused higher up and he couldnt find break...PANIC PANIC PANIC....... i started freaking out... OMG im not gonna get an epideral.... i can't do this!!!!!!! Then he finally found a spot..... THANK GOD!!!! he set me up, and left and i asked the nurse.. so does it normally take that long.. and she said umm no.. thats the longest ive ever seen it take... of course!! only me! haha
so the epideral set in and i was dilated at about a 6cm when i got it. About an hour to two hours after i go the epideral, i started getting the shakes again... they said its your body reacting to labor and some get it worse than others... well I was violently shaking and then i couldn't feel my throat and my tongue went numb and it was hard for me to breath...... so they had the epideral guy come in and he made sure it wasnt anything to do with that, and then they put my on oxygen because i started hyperventilating... i dont know of i passed or or went to sleep, but woke up a time later and was better... but i REALLY thought i was about to die.... scary!!!
Then things were pretty normally after that, they would come in and move my position about every 30 minutes because Ethan would be good, then he would decide he wasn't happy and his heart rate would start to drop so they would move me and then he'd be good.... then be unhappy again.... back and forth....... then the time came to start pushing..... which wasn't as scary i thought.. because you cant feel anything! haha! SO we had asked my mom and his mom to be in the room so we went to get them and then it was ON! I pushed for about an 1- 1/2 and then out popped our little angel... well i say popped.. but my mom and Ryan said he like FLEW out!
After that its kinda blur, cleaning the baby, fixing me, cutting the cord, and holding him for the first time!! It was such a surreal experience, and having him wasn't like anything i thought it was going to be, no yelling, no crying, just a calm experience... it was very surreal!!
My little man!!
Father and Son!!
Our Family of Three
Meeting his cousins!!!
Watching the Texans and Cowboys game with Daddy
Already a poser!!!
Friends coming to visit!!!
He was born on December 8, 2012 at 1:28pm and weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long :) It still blows my mind that all that fit inside me!!! Ethan and my mom now share a birthday! The rest of the day was spent with family and friends all coming to see the little angel. The first night it was so hard for me to sleep because i couldn't stop looking at him! he was so alert and cute!!! the next day we woke up, got my comfortable breastfeeding and spent more time with family and friends. That night, the second night, was bad.... and id heard the second night wasn't good so i was prepared.. but he just cried for FOREVER!!!! The nurse came in and tried to help us, the nursery nurse tried to help us, but nothing helped! So the nursery took him for 3 hours... although i didn't sleep while he was gone.... it made me anxious!!! Monday Ethan was circumcised..... that was the only time i cried at the hospital..... and I didn't even look at it!! But just knowing what happened made me so upset!!! Around 3 that afternoon we were discharged to take our little man home!!! My parents had been staying at our house and had a roast in the crock pot waiting for us as we adjusted to being home and Ryans family came over as well!
Heading home!!!
