Wyatt's Birth Story
Wyatt graced us with his presence on March 26th five days after my due date, he was born at 4:18 am and weighed 6 lbs and 13 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long!!
I was scheduled to be induced the March 29th and was not happy about it, I wanted it to happen all on it's own because I wanted to try it all natural with no drugs. Don't get me wrong I'm not against drugs I just wanted to try and if it was too much then I would get an epidural. My mom had fast labors so I prayed that I took after her and I guess I did!! :)
It was Friday the 25th and my doctor had scheduled me to go to the hospital and have a non-stress test performed to make sure everything was good since I was past my due date. Everything checked out good, my amniotic fluid was slightly low but not low enough to be concerned about. The ultrasound did show us that he had a head full of hair which was fun to see!! And while hooked up to the monitors it showed I was having mild contractions. The nurse asked if I could feel them and if I knew that those were contractions and I told her yea I feel those but I thought that was him in there moving around pushing on my belly! I have those tightening feelings quite a bit, I just didn't know that those were contractions! So they sent us packing and off we went to go see my doc for my weekly check. I was dilated to a 3 and 80% effaced, and his head had been low for weeks so once again we were sent home to wait it out :( So we decided to go ahead and have a nice Friday night and invited over some friends and ordered The Pie Pizza- YUM my fav! We had a nice time and called it a night a little after 11pm. Preston and I headed to bed and then at 12:15 am I woke up and felt wet! I shook Preston and said " Pres, Pres I either wet the bed or my water broke!" I stood up and more water started to come out and knew I wasn't peeing so AHHH my water did break!! I called my mom to have her reassure me that it was really time. One of my fears was false labor I didn't want to got to the hospital and have them tell me sorry your not in labor- but I think it just had to sink in a minute for me to realize that I was really in labor! We started to time the contractions and they were like 7-10 minutes apart and they didn't hurt just a bit uncomfortable.
We arrived to the hospital around 1:30 and I was having contractions about 5-7 minutes apart. When I arrived they told me I picked a very popular night to have a baby that there were numerous other women in labor! So they checked me into a room and said a nurse would be in when she could. So Preston, my mom and I just waited. I tested positive for Strep B so I needed at least 4 hrs of antibiotics and after about 45 minutes later and still no nurse I was getting a bit mad, but my contractions were getting stronger so all I cared about was getting thru them. Finally they got my IV in and checked me and I was still dilated to a 3. "Are you kidding me I thought!" I was hoping to be like a 5. So all I could do was concentrate and breathe thru my contractions because they kept getting stronger and stronger. I was in pain but it was bearable. At about 3:45 my contractions were getting very intense. I finally told Preston that if the next time the nurse came in to check me and I still have had no progress then I want an epidural. The nurse came in around 4am to check me and she told me I was at a 7 :) She said if I wanted drugs we better hurry because my labor seemed to be progressing fairly fast. Even through I was in a ton of pain I was afraid it would slow my labor so I decided to wait and sure enough the next contraction I told her I have to push. She seemed shocked and checked me again and realized that I was at a 10 ready to push! In one contraction I went from a 7-10 hallelujah! Then everyone started to rush. They had not even called my doctor so they put a call in to her and paged the Doc In The Box (as they refer to them) I was in sooooo much pain and all I wanted to do is push, finally some guy doctor showed up and was ready to deliver me but at the last second my doctor show up. Thank goodness my doctor lives right next to LDS or she would have not made it. I pushed for less than 10 minutes and Wyatt was born!!
I swear it was the pizza that put me into labor j/k I tried numerous other ways to put myself into labor- the pregnancy pizza, tea,sex, king crab but nothing happened until I ate that delicious Pie veggie pizza!! Preston was great, he helped me breath through my contractions and counted me down when I was pushing, he was amazing! What an experience, it all happened so fast that I have a hard time remembering everything. I am lucky that it did happen fast and that I was able to deliver naturally, I guess I do take after my mom and have fast deliveries!! I am just so excited that my little guy is here and he is perfectly healthy!! We love him to pieces!!
