Bailey's Birth

This is a mix of what I wrote during labor, to Bailey, and what I added in during/after everything. Enjoy!

 10/1 I realized I was having contractions around 9:18pm. They were 4 to 7 minutes apart for an hour so I called Dr. R she said to call back if they were still happening as frequent for 30 more minutes. They were so we called back, and she said to go to the hospital. Treston said a great prayer for us in the car, and we were ready. He also ran a red light when I had some stronger contractions 2 min apart!
  At the hospital I was put in an observation room. I was dialated to a 3 or 4, and 70% effaced. That was around 11:20pm. Towana said she would monitor me for 30 minutes then see what doctor Robert's wanted us to do. Bailey kicked the monitors,  and moved around a lot!
   I was told to stay in case Bailey came early. Checked me and I was a 4 or 5.
  Got to the delivery room, and met Geraldine. She was really nice, and helpful. Took another nurse to get the iv in right.
  Tried to sleep at 2am. 6 am and I had slept on and off. No contractions for 30 minutes. I was told I could get pitocin now and have Dr. R break my water,  or have my water broken then get pitocin.
  They gave me pitocin at 6:30am to speed things along. We called all of the family to let them know you would be here today. Everyone is super excited,  and I can't wait to see your precious face!
  Dr.Roberts just came in, and broke my water at 8:15am. Treston made me laugh, and it made more water come out! My new nurses are Casey, and Kathy.
Gregg and Cindy came :) Cindy helped me to remember to breathe through the contractions, and told me to find a focal point. She recommended a picture on the wall that was of a hummingbird.  It was perfect! I've always loved humming birds. Gregg puts out a bunch of feeders every year, and I love to just sit and watch them. My friend Miranda also loves hummingbirds,  and has a special reason behind it. She is a great friend who always knows the right thing to say to encourage me, or calm me down. All of these things helped me to relax as I looked at the picture, and breathed through the contractions. 

 10 am contractions were getting longer, and more intense. I was having a hard time focusing through them, and breathing so I had to have oxygen. Bailey's heart rate would go down. Once it was up I got the Epidural at 10:45. Tommy, Shallie, and Josh came. Oxygen at 11:15 again. Isabel and Ashley came.

Dr.R checked me at 1 and I was 8cm! 


Everyone went to grab lunch, and Shallie stayed with me while Treston ate in the waiting room. We had a wonderful conversation. I Felt a little pressure, and thought I might need to click the epidural button so we called the nurse. They checked me and Bailey's head was very close. Cassie called Dr. Robert's and they prepared me for delivery.

This was taken less than 20 minutes before Bailey got here! 

She is here! 2:19 pm, 8lbs, 21 1/4 inches. 5 pushes, and breastfeeding like a champ! The delivery was wonderful. It was just me, Treston, Dr. Roberts, Cassie, and Kathy. Everyone was talking softly and very encouraging. I did my first set of pushes, and went to do my last one of the second set when Dr. R told me to stop because Bailey was out! I couldn't believe how easy, and peaceful everything was. I joked that I could have 15 babies if they were all as easy as Bailey's delivery. Cassie said I was stoic through all of it. 

Cindy, Liam, Nana, Zach, Ashley and Dustin,  Lauren S all came to visit. Treston took Liam home to do bedtime so Lauren stayed with me until he got back. Lauren couldn't believe we weren't in our new room yet and then I realized no nurse had seen Bailey. We weren't sure if she was supposed to be seen since the new policy was to keep the baby in our room. Maria walked in at that time (about 10pm). She was super great and let us know that we were supposed to have a nursery nurse, and that she was ours for the night. We finally made it to our room around 12 (still on the 3rd floor). Bailey slept for 3 hours,  and then 4 hours which was great!  I couldn't sleep because of all of the noises/nurse checks. 

 The next morning we had Brandy as my nurse, and she did everything she could to get us ready to go home that day. Everyone kept telling Bailey how beautiful she is, and that she looks like Liam.  Amy, Miranda, Christina, Lee, and mama Mitchell (Mrs. Mitchell) all came to see her. Becca was going to come if we didn't go home early.
Gail was her day nurse, and she got all of her testing done asap so the pediatrician could clear us to go. The on call obgyn came around 5pm and we were cleared to go home!