It's been 2 weeks today (that was when I started this post- now "Karly" is almost 6 months old..shows you how much time I have on my hands-hah!) since Scarlet Grace entered this world! She was born August 4th, 2012 at 7:39am. She weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long! I want to take some time to post about how my whole labor and delivery experience went. It was a lot different than with Kierra that's for sure! I wanted so bad to go all natural with Kierra, but circumstances prevented that from happening. This time it happened!!!! Some people say I'm crazy, but honestly I am thankful that I was able to experience giving birth without any pain medication. It wasn't as bad as some people make it out to be (or maybe it is, but you totally forget about it once that beautiful baby is placed on your chest!) It is definitely do able if you put your mind to it!! Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all pickles and ice cream, at 9 cm I was telling my husband I wanted a c-section right then and there just to get the baby out!
Alas, here is the birthing story! It's a long one, but I had a long labor and delivery! It all started on a Friday. I had my 38 week check up with Dr. Salazar. I was 4cm dilated! I was shocked. I had some minor cramping, but nothing more than that for a couple of days. He told me it was time to go to the hospital. I was also having some funky high blood pressure issues. I asked him if it was okay to go home and get things ready and he said sure, just to be at the hospital between noon and 1 ( I had left his office around 1030). As soon as I walked out of the office I had a small breakdown! So many thoughts were going through my head. I couldn't believe it was actually go time. There was no turning back now. The main thought going through my head was that Kierra wouldn't be the only child anymore. I was scared of how she was going to react with the new little one! I knew once she saw the baby everything would be okay though. It was just a few minutes to sit and cry and realize she wasn't going to be getting all of my attention anymore. I wondered how it would be having to take care of a newborn and a needy two year old. After I got my act together I called Tyler and told him to head home in about an hour and that we would head to the hospital as soon as he got home! He was shocked, but very excited! He could hardly concentrate on what he was working on, so his boss told him to leave! I made a few more phone calls and headed home to finish packing some last minute things and took a shower!
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| Go time! |
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| Kiki visits mommy & daddy! |
The contractions were getting stronger and closer together. I didn't have to stop and take a break or anything during them. Hours and hours went by. Around 8pm I was 7cm. Back to walking, walking, and walking some more. I wasn't allowed to leave the maternity floor so the scenery was the same the whole time. I remember getting frustrated because I wasn't dilating past 7cm. Also, my nurse kept saying that the baby's head needed to come down and it wasn't happening. I forgot to mentioned Dr. Salazar broke my water around 4 or 5 pm..can't remember the exact timing. Not much happened after that. The contractions didn't increase or get worse like we thought they would. Around midnight the nurse called Salazar. By this point I was over walking, but kept doing it because I did NOT want pitocin. Anyone who has had pitocin feel free to leave a comment telling me how much you despise it. It intensifies any contractions you've ever felt times a million. Horrible..horrible...horrible. Salazar suggested I be put on pitocin, but the nurse and I thought the walking would be enough. A couple of hours past and I was at 8cm but her head was still not coming down like it should. She mentioned that she could feel a stool there that needed to come out. Long story short about that mess. I had a suppository and it didn't do anything. Skip ahead to 4am and Salazar said he needed to come in and see what was going on with me. He said he thought for sure I would've had her on Friday. As soon as he got there he said I needed to be put on pitocin right away because at this point my contractions went to a crazy 7 minutes apart. Immediately, the contractions started to become close together again. The first hour wasn't horrible, but after that I was in so much pain I didn't even know what to do with myself. All I wanted to do was tense up and die! My nurse was a God send. She is attending school to be a midwife and is all about natural births. She was my angel in that room for sure. I kept telling her I didn't need anything, but clearly she could tell I was out of my mind! She decided to bring me in some heating pads, which comforted me a little and then said a prayer for me which was so awesome and comforting and gave me the courage I needed to get through the rest of the labor and delivery! Around 630 I had so much pain that the story book breathing was out the window and I had no idea how I was going to do this. It was too late for any pain medicine, which was probably good because my plan was to not have any! Oh boy, but believe me I was demanding them! A little before 7 I was pounding my fist on my forehead thinking I was really not going to be able to handle this. A little after 7 I'm standing up assisted by my nurse and hubby as they were helping me sway side to side during the contractions..which were non stop..no break for the weary. I would have loved having even 10 seconds in between them, but that just wasn't happening. Also a little after 7 the new shift nurse came in which I was SO happy to see because she was the nurse I had with Kierra!! I LOVED LOVED LOVED her and was secretly hoping I would have her again, but God knew I needed the nurse I currently had. When the nurse came in she saw that we were all in our own little world so she just stayed in front of us and let the other nurse keep helping me. About 720 it was all I could do to stand up, but lying in bed was way worse. Standing up I was able to relax a little bit and not be so tense. The new nurse that had come in was standing in front of us right by the pitocin pump and with tears I asked her to please turn the pitocin down. She pretended to turn it down (later on she told me she didn't turn it down because they aren't allowed to turn it up or down without a drs order). Seconds after that I felt so much flippin pressure and the worst pain of all and I couldn't stand anymore so I slowly sat down on the edge of the bed and said or yelled "why did you turn it up!!?!?!" and then a second later "oh my gosh the baby is coming out right now!" The nurses amazingly fast threw everything together that was needed for the arrival of the baby and of course paged Salazar right away!
Well, on the way to my room he gets called into room 10..which was not mine! I was freaking out because I wanted and needed to push SO badly!!! I secretly did a couple of times even though the nurses told me absolutely not to push! I felt so much better actually pushing! I saw my nurse put her gloves on and I thought oh my gosh Salazar isn't going to make it to deliver my baby! I don't remember much at this point, however, I do remember saying over and over again where is Salazar?! A lady came in to the hospital and basically was about to deliver in the wheelchair, so he was called to her room to deliver the baby and that was it. He didn't deliver the placenta or anything, just took off and came rushing to my room! I remember hearing him running down the hall. I was so relieved when I saw him. It was now a little after 730 and I started pushing as soon as he sat down. 3 pushes and baby Scarlet entered this world at 7:39am!!!!! We had no idea what her gender was going to be, so when Salazar said, "it's a girl!!!" that was one of the most amazing moments in my life!! Best surprise ever and if the Lord blesses us with anymore children we will wait to find out! I highly recommend not finding out. It's definitely worth the wait! I had heather paint my fingernails pink shortly after arriving at the hospital, because I had a feeling it was going to be a girl! :)
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| Angel nurse! |
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| Beautiful baby girl! |
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| Not happy being away from mommy! |
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| Kiki seeing her sister for the first time! |
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| Instant sister love & bond |
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| Now a family of four!!! |
Being a mother is the ultimate blessing. It seriously is the best feeling in the world. Having two beautiful daughters could not be more rewarding and I am blessing way more than I deserve. I am so thankful for these two little bundles of joy that my heart feels so overwhelmed with love and joy most of the time! God chose me to be a mother to these angels and I will forever give him the praise and glory for what he's done for me and my family!
Here is a picture for fun..because I love comparing baby pictures!
Until next time!
One blessed mommy!
