Matias Dean Maxson - The Birth Story
Please remember this is a birth story so there are graphic details
in here, if you do not want to hear that then you should probably not read
this.
I was hoping that this little one would want to stay in a bit passed his due date so I had the chance to finish up my classes first. However he had different plans, he decided to show up a whole week earlier then we were expecting him. I guess he just wanted to spend Thanksgiving in my arms instead of my belly.
I knew that Sunday, the 23rd that he was going to be making his entrance within days because while taking my shower to get ready for church that morning I coughed very hard and my mucus plug fell out, the entire thing in one large lump. I was not yet having any contractions or anything so I did not think it would be that day but I knew things were going to start happening soon. So instead of going to church that day, we called my parents so we could take the kids over there to stay with them and then we still had a few things we needed to get ready to take to the hospital. So I finished getting all that ready and then worked on some of my homework that needed to get done. However I was starting to feel uncomfortable be the afternoon/evening so I was not able to get any homework done.
I started having contractions that night around 11 pm, they continued throughout the night. That day Roland went to his classes and Amy came over to be with me so I was not alone. Her and I went to the Mall and walked around all morning and then went to a few stores. The contractions the entire morning were about 5-3 mins apart and lasting about 30 seconds to 60 seconds. They would stop me in my tracks but I was not terribly uncomfortable in between them. Amy kept telling me we should go to the hospital but I wasn't ready and I wanted to wait until Roland got home from his classes. So around 2 pm Amy and I went and got some food and tea and I worked through the contractions at home and tried to relax some. By 4 pm Roland was home from class and he and Amy were both saying I should go to the hospital, I just wasn't ready yet.
Finally about 5 pm I let them talk me into going to the hospital to get checked and admitted, however I was still feeling fine to stay home. I was sure we would get there and they would say I was only 2 or 3 cm dilated because I didn't feel like these contractions could possibly being doing anything to move along labor. However I was wrong, I was 5 cm dilated so I was admitted right away. An IV port was put in and the baby was monitored, since I was well hydrated and everything with baby and I looked good I was allowed to move around as I wanted. Within the hour Jen and my mom arrived at the hospital and we all enjoyed the labor together. That is right we enjoyed it, no I did not have an epidural, my labor was just not that intense at that time. So other than when I was having a contraction I was laughing and having fun with the hubs, Amy, my momma and Jen.
Around 7 pm I was check again, I did not think I could have progressed that much because like I said labor was not that intense. Roland guessed I was around 7 cm and he was again right. I was a 7 almost 8 cm, so I knew things were going to start to get intense soon. Usually by 8 cm I go very quickly, however this was not a normal labor at all for me. Little side note, even if you are sure you know how things are going to go for your labor don't be so sure because every pregnancy, labor, and baby are different. Within an hour and a half I was 8 cm, I told the nurse she should call my doctor because it would not be long before the baby came. Usually for me from 8 cm to 10 cm is only about 30 mins. However like I said before this was not a normal labor, things had finally started to get a bit more intense. My contractions were now 1-2 mins apart and lasting about 45 - 90 seconds and much more intense than they had been.
By about 9 pm my doctor was there and checked me and I was only 8-9 cm, however I wanted so badly to push, my body was trying to take over at this point. Dr. Kohl told me I still had cervix in the way and that I was not ready to push but she would try to push it out of the way while I was going through a contraction. That was one of the most painful things I have experienced while in labor. It was not working but my body was ready to push, I had to keep breathing through my contractions for about an hour. She kept telling me one more contraction, one more contraction, ten or so contractions later I was finally told I could start pushing. Once I started pushing I did not stop until he was out, even my doctor made a comment about how I did not stop until he was out. It took about 10-15 minutes of pushing until baby boy was in my arms.
Matias Dean was born at 10:18pm weighing in at 7lbs 11oz and 20 inches long. Roland cut the cord and they checked Matias out while I was holding him and everything was perfect. Like always I got to see the placenta and the umbilical cord, Dr. Kohl was surprised at how long his umbilical cord actually was. I guess most baby's do not have one quite as long as his was.
All photography done by j.n.l Photography
