This is supposed to be my birth story of baby #3... and it actually is but I wanted to tell first that Chief and I had decided our family was complete with the 2 boys. Between Caleb and Cannon Ty we had miscarried twice and it was a very difficult time for us so after having the two boys we had decided we were complete and with Chief's job it was all I could really do.
God always has other plans though...Chief was actually going to have the ole procedure done during his 2 week summer break between football camp and meetings starting up. So....
After finding out we were expecting our 3rd bundle of joy we just knew it was another boy-my dr had explained the % of it being a boy and it was like the high 80's. He did an ultrasound that day to make sure our little bundle had a heart beat since my history and everything looked great-the "dr" even said, "oh it looks like another boy."
That ultrasound was not official though and thank goodness.... about 4 weeks later my dr scheduled the official ultrasound. In the meantime we had picked out a name...... Cooper Elliot and had began calling him by name.
The day we went in for the US we were great just gonna check this boy out and be on our way.... Chief was able to miss practice and head to the appointment with me. When the US tech came out and got us she began picking on Chief b/c he coaches at Bryant(he had a Bryant football t-shirt on) and she is from Benton (They are huge rivals the annual football game attendance is 30,000-yes for a high school game that is HUGE is AR. Oh, and we have won for the past like 10 years....Go HORNETS!!!)
So, after checking things out and Chief and I continuously saying oh look at Cooper and he, he, and he..... She began to laugh very loudly.
She said I do not know why ya'll are calling this baby "he," I said what.... She said this is a baby GIRL.
I almost rolled off the table laughing so hard I could not stand it. Chief was laughing and we could not contain ourselves. Another US tech came and knocked on the door and asked if everything was okay. (She thought we were crying) Oh no ma'am just laughing in disbelief. Another side note Chief's family has not had a baby girl born in the family in over 10 generations. So, needless to say we were beyond happy and so thankful for God blessing us with a baby girl.
Okay.... onto the birth story. I am already apologizing for the length....
Every thing started getting a little exciting at the beginning of July...
right after getting back from our annual beach trip to Gulf Shores.
I began having a LOT of swelling in my feet and I mean massive swelling. My legs and feet were bigger than Chief's. ha! Along with the swelling my BP was really high (usually mine is extremely LOW) and then my dr. placed me on bed rest through the weekend and wanted me to come back in on Monday am.
After being off my feet the entire weekend and having NO stress we loaded up for Little Rock on Monday morning.
At the office my BP was high-higher than it had ever been and my dr began pushing on my belly and sweet girl wasn't moving much. He had us head over to the hospital for observation for a few hours. I tested negative for preclampsia(sorry about the spelling) and he sent me home for extended bed rest until she was to be delivered. He kept swearing that she would be here early and he told me as soon as something started to hurry up b/c little miss was so low.
Oh, and some back info......When we were given her due date of August 2nd way back when..we about died. That is the first week of two a day practices in AR.... just lovely. At that time my dr PROMISED me he would deliver her before that to make sure Chief would be there and have time with her before football started.
Okay , Sorry!
So, each week my dr would have me go in twice a week...
Each week on Thursday he would say well I will probably see you this weekend at the hospital.
Well, lets just go to July 27th- still no baby and yes football is starting on Monday morning. FUN! At this appointment he tells us to pick a day after Wednesday, Aug the 4th the following week... what are you kidding me. I of course picked the next day Thursday August the 5th.
So Chief starts football practice that week and we decide it will be easier to have my parents come up and keep the kids and let my mom take me to the hospital to start my induction and let Chief come as soon as they got out that morning.
Bright and early at 5:00 am, Aug 5th, mom and I headed to the hospital Chief heads to football practice while my dad keeps the two sleeping boys at home.
After getting checked in my dr breaks my water around 8:00 am and the pitocin was started. After watching the View and getting through some tough contractions Chief flys in on two wheels at 11:00am. At 11:15 am I get my epidural and then I am great to go. My dr timed my pitocin to get me ready to deliver around 4:30. Around 3:30 my epidural decided to stop working on the left side of my body... so weird. By the time the dr came up and redid the epidural it was 4:15 and the nurse (whom I LOVED) checked and we were ready to deliver a baby!!!! I held off pushing till my dr walked in at 4:35....we started pushing and my sweet pea was born at 4:45 pm.
I could not ask for a better delivery.... my dr now calls me "Earth Mother"
And, he talked to his wife on speaker phone during delivery...I am glad I know her.
He is crazy nuts but I love him!!!
Chief and I were the only ones in the room during delivery and after she arrived Chief went out and brought her big brothers in to see her for the first time.
The pictures below are me when I checked into my room, our beach picture when everything started, Camdyn's 1st photo by daddy, my nurses, the boys seeing her for the first time, 1st day at home and some pictures while we were in the hospital!
Whooo hooo! Sorry that was oh so long!
She was 7 lbs 6 oz!
We are so thankful for God's amazing blessing!
No comments:
Post a Comment