So here is the fifth and final birth story... last Thursday the 18th was my due date. I have never made it to a due date before without either a baby or already being in labor (Nate was born at 4:30 am the morning of his due date!) I had my 40 week doctors appointment that morning at 9:30, so since my mom and dad were here entertaining and watching the boys, Blake and I headed off to the appointment. We found out that I was dilated to 3- 4 centimeters and left knowing who would be on call that day/ night and over the weekend. I still hadn't had any contractions (not really even any Braxton Hicks) since last Saturday so I wasn't expecting anything different. Blake and I decided to spend the morning leisurely at North Hills. We did some Christmas shopping for the boys, ate lunch at McAllisters, and of course hit up Starbucks on the way home. We picked up Caleb from preschool and came home where we left again. This time we went to Crabtree and finally made the purchase we have been talking about making for the past year or so.... yes, we are the newest owners of a Macbook pro! Seriously when we left the store, I felt like I had just given birth to a Macbook with how many people told us congratulations as we walked out of the store!
Okay, back to the birth story.... We picked up Asher from school and then decided to take Nate and Judah for haircuts. I was still having not a contraction. While we were at Snip Its though, I started having some contractions here and there. Nothing to intense, but I knew if they would continue that this just might be it. We got home around 5:00, still having contractions. From 6:00- 7:00 (crazy hour around here!) I timed my contractions which had gotten harder and were consistently now coming about 5 minutes apart. Blake got the boys finished up with their baths and 2 of the 4 in bed before we left for REX. We got to the hospital around 7:30 and were all checked in and settled in our room about 8:00. My contractions were still around 5 minutes apart. The nurse (Ann) checked me and found that I was a good 4 cm at this point. We hung in for about an hour until the epidural arrived :) I was about a 6 at this point and Dr. Zimm broke my water. From there I had a few girlfriends stop by as well as my mom who was up at the hospital by now. After I had had the epidural in for 30 minutes or so, I was still feeling contractions in one spot on my left side.... nothing really seemed to help them totally go away. My nurse kept giving me more medicine, but it didn't take the pain away. The nurse then realized that Baby M was transverse and could have been the reason I was feeling such intense pain in that one spot. This lasted about an hour or so and when he finally turned, I immediately dilated to 10 and was ready to push! By this time, I just wanted him out I was hurting so bad. Dr. Zimmerman got there and with two pushes he was OUT! Baby #5 was here!
