Well 3 days after my 38 week OB appt. and he's here!!!! My doctor warned me!!! I was so excited that he decided to make his appearance 2 weeks early! I think it was all that exercising and the sex the night before that brought it on... I also took evening primrose oil the last couple weeks. Anyways.. this is how it all went down with the birth of my new son Tommy!

I can't believe I worked through my entire pregnancy and I worked on a wednesday and had him that saturday. I was supossed to go into work the next tuesday but I'm glad that after I got to call them and tell them I couldn't come in cause I had the baby!!! Chris had to work his first saturday at his new job so he left a little after 5am.... I was planning on sleeping in that day and not doing much.. so at 6:44 I awoke and had to potty so I went to the bathroom and then I felt this pop pop pop and some pressure... thinking he just moved down some more... i wnt back to bed and had my first mild contraction... I was getting excited.. but thought I still have 2 more weeks... well then I tried to go back to sleep... i was gonna time my contractions... but never felt another one.... but at 7:30 I had a gush of fluid in my pants... thinking I must of peed I went and changed myself and laid back down... then 10 mins later another gush... sO i got up changed myslef and knew that something wasnt right.... my water broke!!!! so I kind of got emotional about it and started crying thinking wow this is really it... so i called the doctor first (weird being on a saturday) I didnt get my doc cause she wasnt on call... but the guy doctor told me that this was probably it and to come on in... and to pack my stuff no hurry... so I called Chris at work.... and they found him and told him that I was in labor. I guess he called everyone on the way home and told them... meanwhile I was getting everything together and then had to vacuum... trying to still nest.... Susan my friend came over after chris got home and took a shower and she helped me get stuff together, like a pillow from home(thank god) and clothes for chris... anyways.. she was really suportive and told me to ask for an epideral right away.... so about 10:00 we headed out, and went to burger king to get chris some breakfast... and they took forever!!!! my contractions were getting stronger and I thought I wasnt going to make it!!!

We arrived at the hospital and they put me in a wheel chair and asked me some questions for admission..... then I ended up walking back to the suite room that we asked to have (with the jaccuzi) and they put me in a gown and tested for amniotic fluid but it wasnt showing up... so they said sometimes baby head moves down and puts pressure on the bladder and it may not be time.. i was mortified... i knew it was time.. and didnt want to be sit home... so they had me walk for 30 min... me and chris walked the halls then outside and I walked 15 times in a circle around the garden... it was nice but my contractions got worse... and I thought they cant send me home, these are bad and felt like 2 min apart..... so when i got back to the room they checked again and sure enough.. my water had broke and we were gonna have a baby!!!

They got the baby warmer out... and thats when it felt real... I couldnt believe he'd be laying there shortly... Chris went out and started calling people.. I think he was nervous but excited!!! they checked me and I was at 6 cm already!!! The nurses couldnt believe it... they got me all hooked up to ad IV and had the monitors with baby's heart beat.... I sat there and struggled through each contraction close together while they asked me 500 stupid questions... no im not allergic to anything... no he doesnt beat me...things like that, lol.... had to sign some paerwork to.. had no idea what i signed beacuse of they heavy contractions... chris thought i should get an epideral cause i was in so much pain.. the pain was  in my back and tummy and were really intense.. i needed to grab onto something and tear it up.... I couldnt stand it... so they check my platlet counts to see if I could get one and it was at a 103... just barely... I couldnt be under 100.. so they couldnt refuse one.. but itwas close.. so they got that epideral in my right away.... that kinda hurt but not to bad.. after a few minutes I felt much better... then they checked me again and I was at 8cm already.... cant believe I made it that far without... but I just had to have it. I sat for awhile longer and the nurse thought I was ready to push so she checked and sure enough I was at 10 cm... and ready!!! They wheeled in the baby warmer across the room and turned it on, I just remember thinking wow my baby is going to being lying in there today!!!! amazing. I was overlwelmed with excitment! Unbelievable, this is so real! and I'm so ready! They had chris hold one leg and the other nurse hold the other and then I did 3 pushes for 10 sec each... I could feel the pressure. After 2 1/2 hours of pushing with some meds to help the contractions get stronger.. i was ready for the doctor... the pushing was hard cause I couldnt feel contractions but i felt the urge to push every time.. they didnt feel productive... but I tried and his head was far enough down I could touch it... real weird.. and soft!!! you could see that brown hair peaking out! Chris didnt wasnt to see... he was a real good labor coach and rubbed my head and told me I could do this!

The doctor finally came in and got all set up.. I pushed a couple of times to get him out without anything but it was to tight and to much pressure so he cut me and then vacumed his head out for 30 sec. My baby boy was here!!! at 3:25 pm .. only 8 hours from beginning to end... and only 5 hours at the hospital.It was amazing!!!! they put him on my chest and cut the cord.. chris got some great pics.. I was overwelmed and forgot all about hubby... I bet he had a tear in his eye! They got Tommy all cleaned up.. they thought he had red hair.. but knew he couldnt possibly... and the doc and his assistant delivered the placenta and sewed me up.. took a good 20 min.... it didnt hurt to much.. except when they pressed on my tummy to get some blood out... my tummy was almost flat! unbelievable! my uterus was already shrinking! I had a taco salad  and a bowl of fruit just after delivery! I was so hungry cause I couldn't eat during labor.( i just had a banana that morning which I wasnt supossed to have, but I didnt throw up or anything) and had lots of water and sprite during labor. boy was that a good taco salad!! I remember thinking how I was rewarding myself with a job well done and took some time to myself before holding my LO for the first time because I knew I would not let him go. Which I ended up letting him go to the nursery at night because I was so wiped, but I missed him terribly.and was so tired I could barely think of what I just went through, but I had a huge smile on my face, and thinking this was the most rewarding experience ever and I was so proud of myself. Chris kept telling me that week how proud of me he was! I think he couldnt believe what I went through and how hard it was.

I just couldnt wait to hold him.. they handed him to me and I breastfed right away like your supossed too.he was absolutly beautiful!!!! such a cute little face!!! he weighed 6lbs 6oz and 20  1/2 in long....such a little guy! and they measured him at 37 weeks... not sure why. but he was erfect and the nurses were great.. they couldnt believe how well I did and how fast it happened! I stayed in the hospital for 48 hours for the baby's blood tests before we went home... had alot of different nurses, but they werew all great and brought me water and checked baby and me all the time... even at 2am... I had tommy stay in the nursery at night so i could get some sleep and they brought him to me to feed.. it was wonderful! He latched on great from the start and would nurse up to an hour.. my nops hurt so bad!! The pain down there was ok cause of all the pain meds I had... but was still uncomfortable and couldnt believe how much you bleed after.. its been almost a week and Im still bleeding heavy! Chris got in the jaccuzi every night, i think he enjoyed his stay... and steph arrived on sunday and stayed the night too... i cant believe chris stayed both nights seeing how uncomforatable the couch was. steph was upset she missed the delivery but not much we could to.. just glad to have here here to help the next couple of weeks! It was so amazing holding my little boy.. we didnt have that many guest.. just bob and dan and susan... family is to far away to make it up to see us... but we had a good quiet stay.. and had out celebration dinner the next night with baby in the room.. i had prime rib and chris had chicken.. it was good and nice. It was nice to stay in the same room the whole time.. i cant believe i delivered and ate in the same room, lol I  didnt get much sleep there either, the bed was uncomfy.. i was uncomfy and just wanted to hold my baby boy! The day we took him home was great..He dropped down to 5lbs 13oz when we took him home, which is normal to drop weight, but doc said theat he should be back up to birth weight by his 2week appt.Taking him home a little stressful getting settled in.. but nice.to finally arrive at that day, it was everything I dreamed it would be! just more overwlemed than anything! Chris brought him in and put him on the couch and he slept for a little in the carseat(abby came up to him and tried to sniff him, but she pretty much stays away) and then when he woke he ate and then I put him in his bassinet on his back to sleep while we ate dinner(lasanga) that our neighbors brought over for us.I had to unpack everything and make sure the house stayed clean, which is not nessesary I'm told, sleep when baby sleeps..... still havn't gotten that down yet,.. he was up all night the first night... but i was to overwelmed to sleep anyways... it's now 6 days later and im starting to get a routine... chris doesnt want me sleeping with him cause i started to.. but ive been trying to get him in the bassinet and still working on it.. i just love snuggling with him.. he;s the best and harldey ever cries...I still cant believe i got to post my birth story this early.. here I thought I was going to be updating my 39 week appt.... but Im greatful to have him 2weeks early.. boy was I ready.. but at the same time so unprepared for it.... cant wait for the weeks and years to come! This will be a good story to look back on! Tommy is my world!!!!