For starters, Chad was up at Alma (where his apartment is located) when he worked at Breck on Thursday (16th). So I was home with my in-laws like normal. I got to bed with having maybe my 'normal' contractions that had caused me to dialat to 4cm and about 75 to 80% effifaced (which was the same as last week when I went the hospital and saw my doctor on Tuesday). At about 250 a.m. I woke up to pain. Well, with being asleep and no thinking if I was just dreaming of pain or not, I got up to use the restroom. I soon found out that I wasn't imagining the pain. But I waited (cause that's what I was told) for an hour, timing them. At 355 right before I called Chad to wake him up, my water broke. Okay, now I don't have a doubt that I must leave for the hospital. I get dress, do downstairs to wake up my in-laws. We leave the house about 430. Of course when I had gone to bed there was no snow on the ground and I told Chad and my in-laws that "Just you watch. As soon as we have snow, that's when Cam decides to come." Low and behold when we left the house, there was at least two inches of snow! And of course, as soon as we get on the road, my contrations come harder and faster! We made it to Divide which was about 30 minutes from the house, my contractions were coming two minutes apart! What?! I have to make it to the Springs! I had back labor and could feel him dropping. I'm trying so hard NOT to push or anything like that. Panting, occasionally scream and I'm a back seat driver (my poor father in law). And getting closer to the springs, my water break yet again. And all I feel was gushing with each contration which is now about a minute apart if I was lucky. Well, we pull up to the hospital, my mother-in-law wheels me in. I make it to the room where they "check" to see what's going on. The nurse examines me and says "You have no cervix!" Then I basically get wheeled into a delivery room and they start taking the bed apart because he is ready. As they wheel me down the hall, all I was thinking was "Chad's not here yet." I knew he was only 15 minutes behind us which needless to say he was speeding to get there since my mother in law had called to see where he was and he could hear my screaming in the background. Anywho, after the break down the bed, I'm told that there is no time for an epidural or the antibotics, since I was postive for Group B Strep. YAY! I'm doing this completely natural! So they start having me do some pushing. I pushed for a total of TWENTY minutes! Chad arrived about half way through. When he walked into the room, Cam was already crowning. Yay, my hubby was there for his boy's birth! All I have to say is this: WOW! And pain, and buring feelings. I screamed a few times, but I was told not to because Cam would get sucked back up and just to bear down. Well, like I said, twenty minutes of pushing and our little man was brought into this world!
Cameron is a beautiful little boy, if Chad and I can brag about him :) Since I didn't have antibotics for delivery, we both have to stay at the hosptial for 48 hours. So hopefully tomorrow morning/afternoon we will be able to go home. Cam is doing great! We are getting this nursing this down pretty well, thanks to Ariel for all the tips this summer, great nurses and the latication consultant! He is a good baby and looks like his daddy! :) There are some traces of me there too: like his ears are a nice mix between Chad and I's ears. He likes water for his first bath, just like his dad. Sadly, he has my veins, which means it is not going to be fun for blood being drawn because they are so small and hard to get to! But he is cute. And Chad has been so amazing with his little boy. I love watching him with Cam: holding him, changing him (which Chad has done all of it), and helping me with nursing. It's just been wonderful.
I'm sure many are asking of how I am doing: I am doing good. I haven't had to have an IV since I had a short labor, so that has been nice (no needles!). I've been able to move around decently with pain: I tore a little on top and bottom, but the nurse says I should heal fine and very swollen which has gone down. But I've been able to eat regular meals! YAY! And I'm doing well. It is still strange to think that this little human belongs to Chad and I: Cam goes where ever we go... but I love holding him. I hum his 'hymn' to him to help him calm down (thanks Ariel!) and put him to sleep. It's nice so far and I know I have plenty of help.
My mom arrived this evening in Colorado! I'm so excited to have her here to help and get to know her first grandchild. Chad's mom and dad have been awesome! This is their 14th grandchild, but they love him like he is their first. :)
Life is good. Even though my labor was short and quick, and I didn't appreciate the pain at the time, I know Heavenly Father watched out for me. Chad got to the hosptial when he needed to safely, I got to the hosptial that I wanted to deliever in and didn't have Cam in the car and got there safely as well. It has been nice being able to recover a little more quickly than I might have if labor had been longer and I had the epidural. I wish that I could have had the anitbotics just for Cam's sake, but I just pray that Cam will not have the potential side effects of being group b strep positive. and I have an amazing husband who is SO wonderful at being a daddy :)
