Birth Story

So I went in at 7am to the hospital. Got all settled in our room, and then the chaos began. I had requested the nurse that I had with Harper but she wasn't working that morning, but I got another nurse that I loved just as much. It makes such a difference to have a nurse you actually like instead of one that is grumpy, or having 3 or 4 different ones. She told me when she was putting my IV in, that it was a super busy morning, and luckily I was the only elective induction that was allowed to actually come in on Monday. Everyone else got pushed back to Tuesday. There was about 10 scheduled, and I was the lucky one..thank heavens, I would have just marched in and said take this kid out, if the would have asked me to come back a day later!

They started Pitocin about an hr after we got settled..and it kicked in right away. Keep in my I was already dilated to a 5 when I got there. I tried being brave (hahaha) for about 2 hrs maybe...and then I asked for an epidural. I could stand the contractions for a little bit..but once they kick in, they really kick in. That was one AMAZING epidural!!! I was super nervous all morning, about just being in Labor..but once I got that, almost immediately, I was calm. I slept for a while, then they checked me..Mason was still pretty high up and wasn't dropping, at least not as fast as they wanted him too. I slept for a few more hrs, but kept getting woken up because his heart beat kept dropping (come to find out later, the cord was wrapped around his next super tight) and they wanted me to keep turning..easier said than done, when you cant feel a thing!

Around 1 pm the nurse checked me and I was at a 10. (scary!!) to me it's almost unreal when you lay in the bed for so long and in 2 seconds, it's go time. She told me, lets do a practice push...I got super nervous and immediately felt discouraged that he would never come out, and i would be pushing for a zillion hrs. I pushed 1 time..and didn't even think I was doing it right, and she yelled "stop! i see his head, He's coming, I'm gonna call the doctor".

At this point, i thought i was dreaming, since when do my kids crown with one push?..the look on my mom and mother in laws face's were priceless..he came in...I pushed through 2 contractions, and then I had to stop because I cord was super tight around his neck, the doc had to clamp it and then try and get it off. I pushed one more time, and we was out. Didn't feel a thing! I wish I could have knows how easy his delivery was going to be, could have saved myself alot of nerves.
He wasn't crying when he came out which made me nervous. They gave him to me and then they took him away to try and get him to cry. (he had fluid in his lungs, and later that night, at about 4 am he finally gagged on it, and got most of it out)

Mason was born at 1:29 pm on July 12th. 8lbs 3 oz. He is our smallest yet.

Kenize and Harper didnt want to have anything to do with him at the hospital, but now they love him!