SO my little man finally arrived February 3, 2012!!! I cant believe its over!! Finally I am able to snuggle and munch my last baby! I have been in heaven these last few days...I thought for sure it was going to be a lot harder than it has been with 6 kids....It has been so wonderful! Thanks to all the wonderful people bringing us food and of course my husband that does everything for me despite the nasty cold he has...
Well here is the crazy birth story of Ethan Matthew ...
Thursday feb 2nd Matt and I were watching a WW2 documentary around 11 pm...I started having those annoying braxton hicks..now I have been having them for over a month now and at first didnt think anything of it...at around midnight I told Matt that I better do some wash just incase this was gonna be real labor...they were still like braxton hicks...we went to bed at about 1:30 am...at about 2:20 am I woke up with a "normal" Stephanie contraction..so I new it was starting...so I got out of bed so I could deal with them alone so Matt could sleep...(now just to let you know, I usually go into labor at night and go to the hospital at about 4 or 5 am with contractions about 5 minutes apart, and when I get to there I am usually a 3 or 3plus and will get the love of my life (EPIDURAL) and then I will not have the baby till like 2 or 5 pm)...anyway...I went down stairs and hoped on the computer and told my dad that he might get his wish of me having this baby today because it would be more convenient for everyone,,( I was going to get induced on Sunday feb 5th) ...and just surfed the web for a bit...with contractions still not so bad,,,,I was determined to stay home for most of my laboring and send the kids off to school and have my mom come over about 9am so when I got to the hospital I would be like a 5 maybe and then would not have to be in the hospital bed forever! ..Anyway I decided to lay on the couch at about 3:30 to get some rest, the contractions were about 5-6 min apart...now would be the time I would leave to the hospital lol....I was kinda going in and out of sleep when about 4:30 came and they were a little harder and a little closer together...I decided I would go shower and have my mom come over at 6am cause I just didnt want to deal with the pain anymore...I WANTED my epidural! I know slacker!! But I believe that I was placed on this earth at this time with the wonderful meds so WHY not use them!! anyway, as soon as I hoped in the shower OH MAN those contractions started coming HARD Now I thought it was all in my head...I thought I was just working myself up cause I was so excited that the baby was coming on a more "convenient" day haha! So my 5 min shower turned into 10 cause I had to pretty much "breath" through every contraction...but they were still not TOO bad...I mean when its "real" labor they HURT right?!! so I got out and Matt said, "Are you okay?, you in labor?".. I just laughed at him and said I told you it was gonna happen tonight, but go back to sleep cause I have to still do my hair...haha! ...he was like NO way im not going back to sleep..As I was getting dressed the contractions a few times brought me to tears and I told matt nope I do not have time to do my hair, we dont have time to get the kids to school, we need to go NOW! So I called my mom and started throwing things in a suitcase as quick as I could between contractions...I have never had to deal with contractions on my hands and knees before but thats the only way they felt bearable...my mom got to our house at about 6am..and we were off with my sopping wet hair! haha!! (I hate going ANYWHERE with my hair not at least blow dried!) Matt was cruising to the hospital of course trying to avoid any bumps as I was crying telling him I need the epidural now!! I told him I sure hope I am not a 3!!! cause these HURT!! He thought for sure we were going to have the baby in the car.,I just laughed at him and advised him that I always take at least 12 hours before baby comes when labor starts....I just didnt want to be sent home!
We got to the hospital and the lady at the desk started asking me all these stupid questions when a contraction hit hard and I just collapsed and started crying as I was trying to give her the name of the pediatrician I had picked out haha! So she asked Matt how many pregnancies this was for me and he told her 7 so she started freaking out and snapping at some nurses to get me in a room to check me...I told them Its okay im probably just a 3 I think Its just in my head how hard the contractions were...so they took me to a room and told me to strip down and put the gown on...um I was like right here in the middle of the room, or in the bathroom..the nurse said NOPE we dont mess around when its been this many babies for you! HA! so I striped the clothes off put the gown on and she checked me and said Oh honey you are almost a 9!! she told the other nurse to get a table ready for the doctor and I just started crying! I NEEDED MY EPIDURAL WHAT THE HECK!! Im suppose to have till at least 2 pm!! it was only like 630am!! The nurse told me once they popped my water she was sure the baby would be here quick, I could get an epidural if I want but she thinks its too late...WELL I told her I guess if the pains were only gonna be this bad I could totally handle them (NOT thinking about the whole pushing part!) so I decided to go medicine free...the Dr.came in popped my water and told me my baby was posterior..NICE I thought! So I had to lay side ways in a very awkward position to I guess turn the baby..The nurse was super awesome at coaching me with my breathing cause Matt had NO IDEA what the heck to do LOL he was SOOO shocked that I decided against the epidural...so then I of course felt like pushing and TOTALLY changed my mind about it and told them NO WAY it hurts wayyyyyyy tooooo bad but of course it was too late..so screaming, crying and shouting and 6 pushes out came my B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L baby boy!! A BOY!!! WAHOOOOOO!!!! And as soon as he came out the pain was GONE!! oh man I have NEVER felt sooo good after having a baby like I did!..It was great...Little man was born at 7:17 am...and weighed 8 pounds and 20.5 inches! my biggest and tallest baby!! AND SOOOO cute!!! My mother in law came about 20 minutes after he was born, she was suppose to be there for the birth but of course my fault thinking I had all day for her to get there we didnt tell her to come till obviously it was too late...oh man I felt so bad that she was not there but it was sooo fun to have her there right after..I mean she probably wouldnt want to see me as a crazy lady anyway haha!! Anyway, we love him and feel sooo BLESSED to have him in our lives...we thank our Heavenly Father every day for his sweet spirit and safe arrival...Babies are sooo FUN!!!!
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