So tomorrow our baby boy will be 3 weeks old...I cant believe it.....Going back 3 weeks ago today...the day before I had a disappointing doctors appt, I found out I had not progressed in 2 weeks, that my doctor would be out of the town when I hit 40 weeks and that I wouldnt be induced until a week after I thought....so I thought for sure I had 3 more weeks of being pregnant, well the next day (Tuesday the 25th) I just didnt feel like myself, I slept all afternoon and got up to get ready to catch a bus to track regional meet. About 20 mins before I was supposed to get on the bus, I was standing at the back door and my water broke, at the time I thought I just peed myself.....so Cecil called and I told him man I just peed all over myself...he said do you think maybe your water broke? LOL and it did, so he rushed home and I took a shower and packed our bags...we got to the hospital about 2 hours later and they confirmed my water had broke but I hadnt had any contractions and was still dilated at 2. So we walked the halls for a few hours and still nothing so in the middle of the night I started pitocin and the contractions started picking up and I dilated to about 4cm and then stayed there for what seemed like FOREVER, so they just kept uping my dose of pitocin...about 5 cm I asked for my epi and when I got it my blood pressure dropped and I felt like I was going to pass out...so I got another shot...then my legs went numb but I could still feel contractions, so I got another epi and same thing......but by this time I was at 8 cm and it was around 12 noon the next day so I had been in labor about 20 hours.......I then went from 8 to 1o pretty fast but when I got checked, Quinn had decided he wasnt ready and was moving up instead of down....then my doctor said the dreaded word...C-section, this is what I did not want to happen...I had been in labor for 21 hours and now I thought I was going to have to have a c-section.......but she gave me a change to push, she told me I was going to have to push like I had never done anything before because the baby was way up high.....so I took the challenge, they gave me a 3rd epidural and same thing happened legs went numb but could still feel contractions.....by this time babys heart rate was up, mine was down, blood pressure wasnt great, I had a fever.......but at 1:30 I started pushing and pushed till 3:12 when he was born, it was just me, my doctor, a nurse, and Cecil...it was the hardest, most challenging, most wonderful thing I have ever done. It was a life changing experience. Cecil was the best labor coach ever, I didnt do any classes or read any books, I just wanted to go into and do what the docs told me and what I felt was right, and it was the best experience. Cecil cut the cord and Quinn was placed on my chest...it took my a moment to gather my thoughts...this is the moment we had been waiting for for 6 years and I couldnt believe it was happening.....the entire thing is truly a miracle and our baby boy is a miracle and hes perfect and I thank God for him mulitple times a day........after gathering my thoughts, I found out that Quinn wasnt crying like he was supposed to, so he got taken to the NICU, I HATED it......thankfully he was only down there about 40 mins and everything was fine. The wonderful thing about my epidural not working is I didnt have to wear any monitors (expect babys heart) when I was pushing because I could feel my contractions and I was up walking about 15 mins after I was stiched up (I had a 2nd degree tear) I got to watch his first bath and it was great. We stayed at the hospital for 2 nights and then came home on that friday......I have been loving every moment so far...I cant get enough of him! We never gave up on our dreams of being parents and God never gave up on us. I will never ever complain again about the money, the shots, the medicines, the surgeries, the ultrasounds, the tests that it took to get him here, I would do it over a million times for him! Thank you everyone for your prayers, we could have never made it this far without everyones support and prayers......
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