My Birthing Experience.

Having Silas was truly amazing. I was in labor for so long. I went into labor actually on Friday the 23rd early in the morning. I had taken Lucian into the doctors office for an antibiotic because he still had an ear infection. She then looked at my ear that I have been complaining to my obgyn for about 2 weeks and they would n do anything. So I decided to go to prompt care at 5 pm that night on Friday and they did not want to let me leave it was about 7pm and they said honey I think your in Labor. Can we call you an ambulance or a cab or something we are going to send you straight to the hospital from here and I kindly told them no it was ok I could drive. I was in pain but it was not unbearable so I honestly thought that I was just getting close. So I left telling them I was going to go to the hospital called Travis and ended up going home. I did not end up going to the hospital until Friday night late which it was actually early Saturday morning the 24th at about 4am. The sent me up to and said they were just going to observe me for 23 hours. They had also informed me I had a uti and that was why I was in so much pain and that they were going to give me fluids because it would help my contractions. By this point it is 10am or so and I was hurting with what at that time I thought was the worst pain ever came to find out it was not the worst yet. I ended up having to have Travis leave to go get Lucian from his brother because he was upset and it just so happened that that weekend was Travis’s dads birthday so they were out of town. So I spent the morning by myself until his parents could get home and his mom could get Lucian. I went that while entire day being in so much pain. When they finally checked me they said I was dilated to a 5. So when I was at prompt care I was dilated to a 3 to a 4 is what she said. So then by late after noon I was asking for pain medicine and all they would give me is this shitty drug they had to inject part of it through my iv an i had to get the other half in a shot in my hip. At that point I didnt care I just wanted something anything at all. They finally got me my epidural. after two shots of that crap not doing anything all it did was make me tired it took no pain away at all. I found myself seriously gripping the side rails on the bed like I was going to snap them in half or I was gonna ring the next person that walked in my room with out an epidural. Finally I got it he came in and gave it to me and I finally felt a small bit of relief. However about two hours later I find that I am able to lift my legs again and I was starting to feel the pain all over again well I think they thought I was nuts until they checked my blood pressure and realized hey it is sky high she is not kidding its like what you couldn’t tell from the tears rolling down my face. So they had the anesthesiologist come back in and give me what was so post to be a bolus dose and it still did nothing. I was dilated to an 8 by that point so I was feeling everything full force and it was seriously the worst amount of pain I have ever been in my life. He asked me if I could feel it going in through my back and I did but it just wasn’t working. So we decided to try and have him re do it and that was a good choice because it had worked its way out of my back so no wonder it wasn’t working. Shortly after he got it back in I felt alot of relief compared to the pain I was in however it still did not take the pain away like it has with my other kids. But I was just glad to have some kid of relief. Shortly after we got it in I waited around like another hour or so and ended up having to push about 20 minutes and he was out. So worried and so scared. They kept telling me that his heart rate was dropping while I was contracting but assured me that it was ok because when I moved or the contraction was done he was fine. We had him and he was completely healthy baby boy. He weighed 6lbs 7.8 ounces and was 19 inches long at 12:52 am in the morning on October 25th 2009 Silas Parker William Samuel. It is amazing how fast the pain goes away after you have your baby. I didn no what to think, I was so tired and wore out all I could do was cry when I found out he was healthy and we were going to be able to bring him home to his brothers and sister. I had a great pregnancy and worked the whole time up until I was about 35 weeks then I went on maternity leave. I was up and out of the bed after I had him with in a hour I would say. They were like eat some food then in a couple hours we will come back in and help you get in the shower. The hell with that I ate and could feel my legs and I wanted out of that bed and that’s just what I did was go and take a shower all by myself and they couldn’t believe I was up that fast. I couldn’t believe I was up that fast but it felt good to be up and active again and honestly I really haven’t stopped since. It has been so hectic but things are finally beginning to slow down and mellow out. The kids were just really excited about having him home and I cant blame them at all so were we. Everything has gone great i am breast feeding so it takes alot of time and I have to plan things around it but it is well worth it. I have developed a supermom 2-4 routine. I wake up at 6 with Silas feed him and get him changed then I wake up Lexi and Jordan at 7am to got o school and usually have silas attached back to my boob by that point and then he is settled at that point Lucian is awaking so then I grab his stuff that I set out the night before and feed change and medicate him and then go on and do things around the house. The days after the kids get on the bus things mellow out and then when they get home I usually want silas awake so that he wont be up all night I get dinner home work baths and meals in between and bed time for the 3 little ones is at 8:30pm so it all works out. He has been doing very well at night he is a little fish though I will tell you he likes his milk. I wont knock it though. The doctor said don’t be surprised if he goes down to 5lbs 13 ounces but he was at 6lbs 2 ounces two days after he was born and he was discharged at 6lbs 3ounces. But for the most part everything went well. And things couldnt be going better at home. The kids are doing very well with Silas and I am so glad no we just have the bink war going on because Lucian thinks he needs silas’s bink so I have to keep things always picked up. Kids are great I don’t know what i would do with out my kids they keep me going and for sure keep me busy. My family is great and I am so thankful for them . If I didn’t have Travis and all the support form him and the kids I would be so lost. I love you guys so much. You are my world.