His story:
I went in to the doctor on Wednesday morning. We were planning to induce that Friday so I went ahead and asked her to sweep my membrane. The thought of being induced scared me a little so I wanted to try and boost our chances of avoiding that. Wednesday night, in the middle of the night so super early Thursday morning, I felt leaking. I waited until Thursday morning to call the doctor. They had me come in the check if my water had broken. My mom met Cambry and I in the doctor's office. I was tested quickly and was told the results would take an hour. It was close to lunch time so Cambry and I went to the food court where we met my step dad, Rick for lunch. As we were finishing up and heading to the water fountains, I got the call. My water had broken and I was to go directly to the Birthing Center! I did a happy dance and giggled and told Cambry she was going to have a baby brother!!
Cambry and Rick went with me to check in. Once we got our room, Rick and Cambry went to retrieve my bags. They met Tyler on the way. We called all the necessary people to let them know it was happening that day.
Since my water had broken already, they decided to try to speed up the process since it had been at least 12 hours. They put me on Pitocin. I could feel the contractions getting closer together, but there was no severe pain. Finally around 9:00, they came in and checked me. My water had only leaked, it never fully broke. So the doctor, Dr. Moreano - not Durland (she was not available), came in to 're-break' my water. Immediately after that the pain was intense. I went from smiling and laughing to being bent over ready to throw up, I hurt so bad. I guess that's what Pitocin is supposed to do...I immediately demanded my epidural. That was the worse 45 minutes of my life. Knowing the relief was coming was great, but having to wait for them to hook me up was horrible!
Around midnight, the nurse came back in to check my progress. She said we were ready! It took 15 minutes for Dr. Moreano to come in - 1st push, they could see his head. 2nd push - I asked what color his hair was and Dr. Moreano told me to stop laughing because Beckett would fall out. 3rd push - he was here! I didn't feel it at all!! They put him directly on top of me. He was gorgeous. A perfect baby boy! I was so elated and happy and didn't want to give him to anyone - not even for his stats.
Eventually, I gave him back to the nurses. They were all surprised by his size saying he was big for me. I didn't notice. He was mine and I was in heaven!
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