Kaylee Anne Davis ~ My first Miracle!
It was Wednesday night, October 5th, 2010 when I started feeling my first real contractions. I know in reality I was only waiting nine months, but it felt like I had been waiting my whole life for that moment! The contractions lasted about one minute and were coming 10 minutes apart. This went on for a few hours while I walked in circles around my kitchen hoping they would start coming stronger and closer together. Then, just as fast as they started they stopped. It was so disappointing, I knew my baby was not coming that night, but she was coming soon! I woke up the next morning, Thursday October 6th (the day before my expected due date) and rushed to the bathroom. My water still hadn't broke but I was having bloody show and no contractions. I woke Shaun up and told him are baby was coming soon! Shaun still went to work and I spent all day walking around the house, going up and down the stairs, and bouncing on the birth ball. I was trying everything to make my contractions come back! Finally around dinner time they started coming every ten minutes lasting about a minute each. This had to be it! All I could think about was how the next time I left my house I would be coming home with a baby! I was never more anxious in my life! Around 10pm Shaun came home from work, by then my contractions were painful and coming about every 5 minutes. Shaun kept asking if he should call my Midwife but I kept telling him no. I was so afraid of going into the hospital and having them tell me I wasn't really in labor. I had practiced my breathing and read about every single method on how to deal with contraction pain. All I could think was if I can't handle this pain, I will never get through this without drugs! My goal all along had been to have a natural birth with no drugs and no interventions. Around midnight (Now my due date) my contractions were every 2-3 minutes apart. Shaun filled a bubble bath for me to sit in to help my back pain. After being in the tub for a few minutes my contractions seemed to be right on top of each other and even though I told him not to, Shaun called the Midwife. Somewhere around 3am we headed to the hospital. The car ride didn't bother me and we just talked about how exciting it was that we were going to meet our baby girl! We walked into the emergency entrance, where I argued with the check in girl for a while about not needing a wheel chair. She insisted, so I complained the whole way up to the maternity floor... Poor Shaun! I got admitted at 4:15am October 7th, 2010. I was checked and told I was dilated to a 5. I cried as I was getting checked and still think that was the most painful part of it all! I was doing really good breathing through my contractions and the nurses would know I was having one because I would stop talking. They asked what I wanted to do to help the pain and I decided to try the tub. Being in the tub was my favorite part while waiting for Kaylee. Shaun and I were alone, listening to music in a big private room. The warm water helped with the pain more than anything else. I remember feeling so connected to Shaun at that point and for the first time it really hit me how connected we really were going to be for the rest of our lives. It was a very emotional and amazing experience for me. About an hour went by before they asked me to get out. Kaylee's heart rate was rising because of the hot water. No big deal. When we got back to the room, Debbie (Shaun's Mom) and Rita were there. I was still waiting for Alicia (My Sister), who was driving up from MA to be with me. I was able to walk around, go to the bathroom, eat and do whatever I wanted. Around 9am Alicia arrived with my niece and nephew. Now that Alicia was there I was ready to just have my baby all ready! I asked the Midwife to brake my water to speed things up, and she did around 9:30. After my water broke I just remember having to go to the bathroom a lot! My contractions were right on top of each other and hurt so bad! I was so tired that I was having a hard time breathing through the contractions. Labor definitely takes a lot out of you! I decided to get a shot of Nubain to help with the pain. I got the shot around 10:24am and immediately started pushing. Kaylee was born 13 minutes later at 10:37am on her due date. I held her right away as Shaun cut the cord. She was just as beautiful then as she is now. It took a while to sink in what had just happened. Holding her and seeing Shaun hold her for the first time brought tears to my eyes. There is nothing more magical! I Fell in love with her and Shaun all over again! She was 6lbs 7oz 18 1/2 inches long and absolutely beautiful. My life changed forever, and I thank God for her every day!
Alyssa Rayne Davis ~ My first Natural Child Birth Experience!
Alyssa's expected due date was January 13th, 2012. However, I had a feeling she was planning on coming earlier than that. On December 29th, 2011, Kaylee and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. We got home around 4pm and I felt some contractions that were pretty painful but thought nothing of it. By 6pm I was having really strong contractions about every 5 minutes. Shaun, Kaylee and I sat down to eat dinner and I told Shaun we were going to meet Alyssa in the next 48 hours. Shaun was not convinced, he still thought we would have to wait another 2 weeks. After I had put Kaylee to bed my contractions were getting even stronger, and I just knew our Daughter was on her way! I started getting all of our things ready just in case we ended up going to the hospital that night. I made plans for a good friend of ours to come to our house and stay with Kaylee while we were gone. I was so excited that I called Shaun's Mom, who was in California, and told them to expect a phone call anytime saying Alyssa was here! I knew we had to go to the hospital sooner rather than later because I was only in labor 6 hours with Kaylee and the second baby usually comes faster. Around midnight I went to bed. I woke up to strong contractions around 1 or 1:30. When I went to the bathroom I was having bloody show. I woke Shaun up and told him to call my Midwife. Once she told us to come in we had our friend come to stay with Kaylee, who was sleeping and had no idea what was going on. We got to the hospital around 2:30am on December 30th, 2011, Alyssa wanted to be a 2011 baby! When we got to the hospital I was checked and dilated to a 4. I was walking around just breathing through my contractions as Shaun slept, Lucky him! Around 4am my contractions stopped and I was able to "sleep" for a couple of hours. This time I was Anxious and also a bit sad. I was so anxious to meet Alyssa, but I was sad because I felt like Kaylee and I hadn't had enough time just the two of us. Kaylee was only 14 months old and the poor girl had no way of knowing how everything was going to change! That upset me a little but I was still so excited to have another little girl! Around 7 I got in the tub. This time there was no music but Shaun and I talked about what we remembered from Kaylee's birth and it was very relaxing. I was already feeling that closeness with Shaun, Again, for the second time! My contractions seemed very spaced out and less painful than I remembered from my labor with Kaylee. Then around 9, I think, I had a couple of very strong and painful contractions. I told Shaun that having a Natural Birth wasn't important to me anymore and I would rather get the drugs than go through the pain. So he called the nurse and I told her I wanted to get out, go back to my room, and get the Nubain. It took all my strength and patience to get dressed again and go back to the room. But I was positive that Alyssa would come out even easier than Kaylee had, even though I had already been in labor longer. When we got back to the room I got checked and the Midwife said "Instead of having the shot, let's have a baby!" I couldn't believe it was time to push! I was in way more pain when it was time to push with Kaylee! Little did I know, I would spend the next hour trying to push her out! With Kaylee I only pushed for 13 minutes, so I was definitely surprised. The whole time I pushed Shaun, the Nurse, and the Midwife all kept telling me how good I was doing and how close she was... I was so frustrated and upset with all of them because I was not doing good and she was not close (I could feel where she was and she was not about to come out) and I was in the most pain I have ever been in my entire life. I hurt so bad I was crying and trying to scream, although, i'm not sure it came out as a scream. Finally I felt her head crowning and I just started to cry. After a few more pushes she was completely out and I could not be happier that it was over and Alyssa was finally here! She was placed immediately on my chest and started nursing right away! She was 5lbs 15oz 19 inches long, and beautiful just like her sister! Once again my life was changed, and I was the happiest Mom in the world! She was exactly 2 weeks early! December 30th , 2011!
Oh my god, what a beautiful story. You are truly my hero, Thank you.
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