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| January 10th - 40 weeks pregnant |
By this point I was more then ready for our little guy to make his debut but he was not ready yet, so we had to wait. I had a doctor's appointment on the 11th, of course I was only dilated about 2 cm and so she tried sweeping and stripping my membranes the best she could. They also set me up to be induced on January 20th if I didn't go into labor before then. Of course I didn't want to be induced nor did I want to be pregnant an extra 10 days longer. So needless to say I started trying to do what I could to get this little guy to come out.
I woke up on Sunday the 13th thinking this baby was never coming out and decided to try Castor Oil one last time. I started to take it and was only able to get down about half of what I was going to take without throwing up. I don't really think it did much to help the process since I didn't really get enough down but of course I can't be sure.
Roland and I decided we should run to Lowe's and a few other places to get some things we needed to get done before we had the baby. On our way to Lowe's I had noticed I was starting to have some regular contractions, but since this has been happening for about 3 weeks and every time I would tell Roland they would just stop, I decided not to say anything to him until I was sure this was something happening. Then when we were getting the girls out of the car at Lowe's I was standing there and suddenly felt a small gush of water. I looked at Roland and said, "I think my water just broke." He just looked at me like are you serious. (This was about 4 pm) I decided we should just go in and get what we came for and I would go to the bathroom and make sure it wasn't just pee, lol. As I was walking back to the restroom it just keep leaking out more and more, I kept thinking I don't think I'm just peeing this has to be my water breaking. So after we left Lowe's I called L&D to find out what I should do, since I have never had my water break I wasn't to sure. They told me since it was just a small gush then I should go home and eat something and take a shower and then come in. At this point we called the people we set up to watch the girls so they could get ready and come over, we also called our parents and a few select people. We didn't want to tell everyone or even post on FB in case it wasn't my water and they ended up sending us home. I was continuing to contract and so I was almost 100% positive my water had broke and I would not be leaving the hospital once we got there. We got to the hospital around 630 pm and I was contracting but I was still smiling and still in a good mood so I was sure they would tell me I was only 2 cm and that they wanted me to walk around or send me home. They went ahead and put me on monitors and had the doctor come in and check me and see if my water did break. Well to my surprise I was 4 cm dilated and my water had broke! I was so happy to hear that because I was beyond ready for this little guy to come. Although because Zeddrick's heart rate kept fluctuating up and down so much they wanted to keep me on the monitors and wanted to start and IV right away and give me fluids to help things level out. So they moved me to a room at around 715ish and went ahead and started all that. After they finally got the IV in my nurse kept having me move from side to side and all 4 doctor's that were in L&D that night were coming in and out of our room and checking the baby. I was getting annoyed because I was striving for a med free childbirth so I wanted to get out of the bed and move around to help cope with the contractions. But since the baby's heart rate kept going up and down so much they would not let me get up or off the monitors. So finally when the contractions were strong enough I was getting mad I told them to put in the internal monitor for the baby so they could get what the needed and I could get out of bed. While she was putting in the monitor she checked me and said I was 7 cm dilated, that was around 845ish. Well his heart rate was still not what they wanted to see so I was still not aloud out of bed, I was so mad and told them I wanted an epidural if they were not going to let me out of bed. After that all 4 of the doctor's there that night came in and asked me if I was sure I wanted an epidural because my birth plan said I didn't want one. I kept telling them that if I couldn't get out of bed then I was not able to cope with the contractions the way I needed to so I wanted it. My contractions at this point were coming one right after the other with absolutely no break in between them as soon as one was over another had started, it was very intense. Finally around 915ish the anesthesiologist came in and gave me his little speech all about the epidural and then he said I would have to hold still to get it. I asked how long I need to hold still and he said about 5 mins and I just laughed and said there is no way I can not move for that long. He told me to just sit up on the side of the bed to see how I felt and if I could do it. as soon as I sat up I told them I had a lot of pressure and felt like pushing. The checked me again at about 930 pm and I was 10 cm! I looked at the anesthesiologist and told him I didn't need him he could go because I was ready to push this baby out.
At this point all 4 of the doctor's were in my room again, because little guy's heart rate wasn't doing very well, and my nurse hadn't left my room at all since we got there watching his heart rate. I started pushing and it took a little bit because he hadn't completely descended so I had to push him down a little ways but I was ready for some relief. It felt like to took forever to get his head out, well finally his head was out and the cord was wrapped around twice. Once I was able to push again I start to hear them tell my nurse to call baby care right away, I was getting worried because something was happening and I didn't know what. They kept telling me to push it hurt really bad, it felt like something was being shoved into me at the same time I was pushing him out. Then my nurse started pushing down on my stomach at the same time I was pushing. Apparently our little guys shoulder was stuck it took them along with me pushing 2 mins to get him unstuck, as soon as he was out they cut the cord and whisked him away, he was not breathing and they had to resuscitate him. Finally we heard him cry, that was a great sound. They worked on him for a little bit and then finally gave him to me to hold and start the initial breastfeeding. I got a 2nd degree tear from him they had to repair and that definitely hurt even after they used the numbing meds. He was born at 957 pm and weighed 8 lbs 13 oz was 20 inches long, my biggest baby so far and I could definitely tell pushing him out he was a big boy. I had a feeling he would be at least and 8 lb baby but I didn't think he would be quite that big.
They finally moved us to our recovery room around 1 am and I was exhausted and ready for bed, although because my labor had gone so fast I was at higher risk for more bleeding and other things. They were coming in my room and checking on me every 45 mins to a hour because I was in fact losing a lot more blood then they wanted me to. They kept taking my blood pressure laying down and standing up so between that and feeding the baby I didn't sleep really at all that night or the next day. Roland didn't stay with me in the hospital at all after that first night because he had a class he had to take and could not miss so it was just me and Zeddrick at the hospital other then when Roland brought the girls up to see me and meet their baby brother Monday evening. I was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon and I was more then ready to go home because being all alone in a hospital room is no fun at all.
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| Zeddrick Amasa Maxson |
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| Mommy and Zeddrick |
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| Daddy and Zeddrick - He is so happy to hold his newborn baby. The first time he is ever been here for the birth of one of his babies. |
We have been home with our little guy for a week now and we are so in love with him. Roland is over the moon to have a son and to be here with us to enjoy him as a newborn. Amelia loves him so much she is always asking to hold him and wants to help do everything that involves him. Charlotte is of course jealous of him because he gets so much of our attention. We are doing our best to keep the girls on there normal routine and give them lots of extra attention so they don't feel to jealous of their brother.
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| Our 3 beautiful kids |
