Grace's birth story

Sorry everyone it has been kinda crazy around here! Hunter ended up getting sick on us Sunday night with puking and a high temp that he ended up going with Larry to the ER with 104.1 temp because he wouldn't take meds. They forced them down his throat and sent him home and he had a viral infection. Today was his first day of no fever and so tomorrow he gets to go to Grandma's for daycare so I can get some much needed sleep! Taking care of him in the wee hours of the night and feeding Grace I haven't closed my eyes much in the evening and than Hunter wouldn't take great naps so I could try to sleep than. Larry also felt pukey and we both had low grade temps but no other signs of sickness. Thank goodness!

So here goes about Grace! I went to my doctor's appt on Wednesday and my appt was at 4:50pm but we didn't see her until 5:30pm. She said I was up maybe 1 cm on my belly measurement and that I probably should have weekly ultrasounds to check the fluid. Once she said this I said can we talk about what she thought about delivery her and gave her the scoop about Larry and Canada again. She was all for inducing the next day! I thought she rocked and she said that Grace would grow better outside since she wasn't growing much in me. She checked me out and I was 2-3cm! So she stripped my membranes, sorry so much info but it goes with what happens next! She looked at her schedule and she couldn't do induction until Wednesday the 14th but we were good with that since it was only a week away. We left the clinic and I tell you that ever since she messed with my membranes I could feel every contraction that I wasn't feeling before at least I thought they might be contractions! We went to the mall and let Hunter play in the kids play structure and walked the whole mall to let Hunter get some freedom from the house and I was having contractions the whole time and made Larry slow down numerous times but I thought they would go away! Hunter thank goodness fell asleep good for bedtime and Larry went to work out and it was around 9:30pm and I was still having contractions and they were getting a little bit more heat to them. Larry came home and we went to bed around 10:30pm. I couldn't sleep but once Larry put on his C-Pap machine he was out. I laid there tossing a turning and counting minutes through the contractions and they were from 2-4 min and lasting only 25-30 sec. I finally gave up and called the birth place around 2:30pm cause I wasn't getting any relief and I didn't know if the contractions were Braxton Hicks or what since I never had them with Hunter. The RN said that I was just having pains from the stripping and to take a bath and drink lots of water and if the contractions were 45-60 sec in length than to call. So I did the bath thing and I was in it for maybe 5 min and it made the contractions worse and I heard Hunter ask for his fishes projector to be put on the ceiling I had woke him up from the running water! Mind you the door is closed and I was trying to yell for Larry to wake up to get Hunter to go back to sleep but he didn't hear me cause he was sleeping so soundly! I got up and turned on the fishes and Hunter went back to sleep and by this time it was 2:30am and I finally woke up Larry to help me count through the contractions and they were more painful. By 4:00am they were maybe 30-45 sec in length and were 2-4 min apart than they would be 20-30 sec and I wasn't getting any relief and they were getting worse. This time Larry called the Birthplace and he told them just like I did that Hunter came fast he was induced and it that happened at 7am and I was 10cm by 11:00 and had him at 2:24pm so they said to come in! Why does it take Larry to tell them and they say I can come! Anyways, we called my mother who came to stay with Hunter while he was sleeping and she got there around 4:45am and Hunter woke up with all the lights being on and Larry and I were at the hospital by 5:00am. The contractions were worse from all the walking to the car and driving and by the time I was walking the hall to the room they were going to check me in I had to stop and tell the lady to wait until the contraction was done. Mind you they say you can't talk or walk through contractions so I just know the RN thought that I was just a Braxton hixer. I got on the table and she hooked me up and I had a contraction and it was a dozy. When it was done she said it didn't show up on the machine and where exactly my pain was! I thought I was going to die right there! I thought are you telling me this isn't contractions and you are sending me home! She said that she would have to check me to see how far I was and I had told her that I was 2-3cm at the clinic. It was so painful when she checked and I was going through a contraction at the time and she said oh there is a contraction showing up on the machine! Thank God! She couldn't tell how far along I was after trying for a few minutes and mind you it was so painful I wanted to climb off the table. Another RN came in and she checked and it wasn't as bad and it wasn't during a contraction. I was 7.5cm! I had to ask her to repeat that and what it meant cause I had my epidural at 3cm with Hunter and I know that I have to get to 10cm! They said did you want your epidural for the pain cause you gotta get it now or you will not have time for it and I said yes. I had to ask her what she meant about time and she said she wouldn't be surprised if Grace came before 8am and the other RN said even sooner maybe 7:30am! At this time I was freaking out cause everything started going fast. I think it took maybe 15-20 min later and I got my epidural and the pain went away. Thank God for epiderals! I can't remember the timing after this but the RN was going to call the on call doctor to let her know that I was there and that she needed to come in and break my water and get things going. The RN was going to do some charting to and she wasn't gone maybe 10 minutes and my water broke! I was so scared cause I knew once my water broke the RN had said things would move very quickly since Grace wasn't big. I made Larry go get the RN I didn't even think to push the button. She came back and checked and I was 10cm and Little Miss was right there! She said not to cough or doing any pushing. By this time I am shaking like a leaf from it all. She had to go call my actual doctor who lived closer to come in and the whole time she was gone I thought for sure that Grace was going to come right out with just only me and Larry in the room. When she came back I didn't want her to leave but she had to set the room up and she left the door open just so I wouldn't freak out. My doctor came in a little bit after 7:00am and she said if I didn't have the epidural I would have probably have had Grace sooner! I can't remember how many pushes I did maybe 6-7 and Grace was born at 7:21! So there you have it! I got to the hospital at 5am and I have her 2 1/2 hours later. Would not have thought/believed it would have gone that quickly! If Larry hadn't of called we might have had her at home cause I just wasn't sure what contractions were and if I was just a wimp with them. I am glad it is all over and overjoyed that she came as quickly as she did. The only person who knew we were at the hospital was my mother we didn't call/text the rest of the family until after 6 am and when I was at 10cm we texted/called but I think that family was just as amazed as we were that she was here! She is a tiny peanut with lots of jet black/brown hair and she has side burns on her cheeks and her hair goes past her neck in the back! Neither Larry or I have this hair color not sure exactly who she is getting it from. After a couple of hours after she was born she started to look like Hunter when he was born. She still looks like Hunter today so I have a little mini Hunter with tons of hair! She is a cutie and her eyes are dark right now but I think that they will be big blues like Hunter. I will post pictures tomorrow for you all.