Sunday May 24 was just another Sunday. I had finished up my last week of teaching; my doc put me on bed rest for the last week of school. We went to church and I felt good, extremely uncomfortable and tired, but good. We came home from church and I was all excited about not having to prepare for another Monday at school. I laid down for a nap and woke up around 3-3:30ish and told Curtis that I was pretty sure I was having contractions. They kept coming so we decided I should track them to see how long they were lasting and how far apart they were. We kept up our usual routine; watched a movie, started dinner, at dinner. But at about 6 we decided we better head to the hospital. We went to the ER and got admitted. And by the way, ER people are never in a hurry to admit you. Haha:) Longest 10 minutes ever!
We were taken up to our room and the nurses got right to work getting me ready to have a baby! They checked me and were shocked I was already dilated to a 5 1/2 and 100% effaced! They got me hooked up to monitors and IVs and we settled in. The anesthesiologist was in surgery, so we had to wait a solid 2 hours for him to come give me the epidural. He FINALLY made it up to my room and got the epidural and by that point I was feeling great! My doc came to break my water and give me some pitocin to get things moving along. I was making pretty good progress but after about an hour or so the epidural started wearing off and I was in a lot of pain. So the anesthesiologist came back to give me another dose in the epidural. After that second dose I got feeling SO sick. I called the nurse in and told her I was sick to my stomach so they gave me some Zofran. Well that didn't work and I ended up puking up all my dinner. Yuck. But the doctor came back a couple more times and I was making really good progress. There were a couple of really tight spots in my cervix that were a little concerning to her, but she massaged them out and we were both stoked when she told me that it was finally time to push! I was scared but so excited.
I started pushing and it was so hard! Haha:) Because I had to get a second dose in the epidural, I couldn't feel a darn thing and that was making pushing really, really hard! The nurses would tell me one time that I was doing great and to push just like that again. So I'd push again and they'd tell me I wasn't doing it right. So they decided to take me off the epidural and it wore off so fast and then I could feel EVERYTHING. So painful. Like I was dying. All this time though, Curtis was there holding my hand and he kept telling me I could do it! They asked if I wanted a mirror so I could see, and I did! I'm so glad I did cause just about the time I was ready to quit, they told me to look and I could see my baby's head! It was amazing!
After a little under an hour of pushing, Charlee Sue Cazier was finally here! They let me hold her for a minute, let Curtis cut the cord, then whisked her away for cleaning and testing and foot prints and such. I immediately asked for some pain meds, which a part of me regrets cause they made me so loopy. But Curtis took good pictures. They gave Charlee a bath and finally gave her back to me. I cried like a baby! It was such a miracle and tender time to hold my sweet baby for the first time. I was in love instantly. And to see my sweetheart hold our new baby girl: oh my heart.
2:12 AM
6 pounds 7 ounces
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