Thursday the 22nd I had my weekly doctors appointment. I was 38 weeks along and feeling great. I went to work that morning and my appointment was at 1:00. As I left for lunch I told my boss I would see him after my appointment. He joked with me and said the Dr. would probably keep me there and I would be having a baby that night. I just laughed at him and said, "see you this afternoon." Well needless to say, I never made it back to work.
I had been having a little bit of high blood pressure the last couple of weeks at my appointments, so we had been watching it pretty close. That day it was really high again, so Dr. Griffith said we were going down to OB to start me right now. I was shocked. I definitely wasn't planning on having a baby that day! I still thought I had 2 more weeks! My bag wasn't packed and I felt so unprepared! All I wanted to do was go back to work! I believe the conversation went like this:
Dr. G: Well you have high blood pressure again, and you're only 2 weeks from your due date. Do you see where I'm going with this?
Me: Yeah, you'll probably start me pretty soon (In a completely calm voice)
Dr. G: Not soon, today
Me: Today?!?!?!? (In a completely panicked voice)
Dr. G: Uh, yeah. You're going down to OB right now and as soon as they get you settled I'll be down to break your water. There's absolutely no reason for her to stay in there any longer with your blood pressure as high as it is.
Then he opened the door and told his staff to call OB and tell them to get a delivery room ready because I was heading down. He checked me and I was already dialated to a 4! He said, "Yep, you're definitely already in labor, head down there and I'll see you soon."
He left the room, closing the door behind him and I immediately started bawling! I told Ben, "I can't have her today, I'm not ready." He did his best to comfort me and we headed down to OB.
Here's how the rest of the day went in a nutshell:
2:00 p.m. I got changed and settled into the delivery room.
2:30 p.m. Nurse checked me and I was already dilated to a 5!
3:00 p.m. Got my epidural
3:30 p.m. Dr. Griffith came in and broke my water
4:45 p.m. I was still at a 5, so they started me on Pitocin
6:00 p.m. Dilated to an 8
6:30 p.m. Dilated to a 10
6:45 p.m. Started pushing
7:39 p.m. Brooklyn was here!!!
It was a super fast, pain free labor and delivery. It all happened so fast that it's just kind of a blur. In fact, I had to have Ben help me remember the times of everything because he kept track during the whole process and I was a little out of it. My hospital stay was great, we had a lot of visitors, I'm so amazed by all the love we've seen! The OB nurses were all wonderful! I absolutely loved them. They made the whole experience really good for me! We took her home on Saturday the 24th, and have been home enjoying her since.
We are so glad that Brooklyn's finally here and we love her so much! She has already brought so much joy to our lives and we can't imagine life without her! We've waited a long, long time for her and we thank Heavenly Father each day for sending this sweet little spirit down to us!!
14 comments:
Oh I'm so glad she is here :) I've been waiting for you to put pictures up. Your labor sounds so much like mine. I had high blood pressure too, but Addi was 4 weeks early. I said the same thing, "I'm not ready for her to be here." But it is all worth it in the end huh? That is so awesome that you had such a short labor. Lucky you. You guys are such a cute family. Congrats :)
What a sweetie. I am so happy for you two! Enjoy her because it goes WAY too fast :)
I am so happy for you guys. You all look so happy.
I love the pictures. There are quite a few I hadn't seen yet! Now, I just have to get there and hold her!
I'm so happy and excited for you guys! Love you all!
Congrats! She is so cute, and I am so happy you had such an easy delivery...what a blessing!!! :)
I'm so happy you blogged, I love to hold little miss Brooklyn and so very very happy for you and ben and the whole Monsen/Batty family. Love ya!!
She's so cute, congratulations! Crazy how fast it all happens and seems to take so long at the same time!
Congrats! It was fun to read your story! I am really glad that all went well! She really is a cuttie!
What a cutie! Congrats you guys!
I have been waiting for you to post about it! She is adorable. You got some great pictures. I saw her over on Kristi Simmons blog too! HOW CUTE!!
She is adorable!! I am so glad everything went well.
Woo-hoo! Congratulations! Your labor and deliver make me super jealous. You're meant to have a lot of kids! ;) She's beautiful.
She is adorable and I cannot wait to meet her!
I especially loved the picture with the "Daddy Caddy"!
She is so cute! You look so good in your pictures, you didn't even look like you'd had a baby!! I'm glad she's here, and everything went smoothly. Congrats, she is beautiful!!
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