We Simply Love.: pregnant

This week, was a BIG week. We welcomed our new family member into the world on July 12, 2010 at 9:57pm. I was 39 weeks and one day pregnant and here is the last belly picture, taken the day before.

On Sunday the 11th, we were hanging out at home and I was feeling a bit crampy, I figured it would just go away like it always did. We got dressed and went to church, being Catholics, mass turned into quite a work out for a 39 week pregnant woman. I tried to keep up with the kneeling and standing and sitting but it was exhausting! After mass we went and saw despicable me and the cramps kept coming, I was wondering if FINALLY my uterus was going to make things happen early!
We got home and I sat on the yoga ball, still cramping and decided to get some sleep...well as soon as i layed down NOTHING. I slept all night with no contractions and woke up a bit bummed.

As soon as I got up out of bed though my back started killing me, all the way down into my legs. I had to sit back down and it finally went away, we got ready for our day and headed off to Bisbee for lunch. The whole 30 minute drive out my back was killing me and during lunch it was hurting so much I didnt even touch my sandwich. I told Russ I thought I was having back labor and decided to call my doctors office. They told me to watch for another hour and call back if it continued. We headed back home and sure enough it kept happening!

At 230 I called my doctor and she told me to head to the hospital. I went alone because we didnt have anyone to watch Hunter and Hailey and told Russ if it was in fact real labor i'd call him to come down. Ive been fooled by my uterus many times in my life and i thought this would be the same situation.

I got to the hospital and into triage, they hooked me up and were monitoring me. I told them it was happening about every 8 minutes. She checked my cervix and I was almost a 4, which is close enough to be in labor but not close enough to stay in labor and delivery. She asked me if I wanted to be in labor and I said YES! duh... so she went me off walking and suggested I do the stairs for an hour.

I headed to the stairs and went up and around a few times OUTSIDE, and was melting so I decided to go back in and circle the halls, as soon as I walked into the hospital I hear "Nathalie (enter last name here) please return to labor and delivery! I was worried they had talked to my doctor and my doctor told them to send me back home. I go to the nurses station and they said, "call your husband you'll be having a baby today! Dr. Funckes wants to break your water" SHOCK! I suddenly got so nervous and my voice was shaking but I was excited!

They checked me into room 311(yeah!) it was 4:50pm and within minutes the nurses were getting everything going saying that Dr. Funckes was on her way and liked to do things quickly. I got my IV block put in and was hooked up to all the baby monitors and then Dr. Funckes came right around 5:05pm and got to work. She checked my cervix again and said I was at 5cm which means I was actually in labor ON MY OWN! I wanted to go into labor on my own so badly the whole pregnancy, woohoo! Dr. Funckes broke my water at about 5:15, then like a ninja left the room.

Russ got to the hospital at 5:30 and I had already decided I wanted an epidural, NOT because I was in so much pain but because I wanted to relax and enjoy his birth. I didn't have one with my daughter and the experience was quite painful, amazing but painful.

I received the epidural at about 6pm, at 7:30 they came back and checked me again and I was still a 5 so they gave me a small amount of pitocin to regulate my contractions. Another check at 8:30 pm put me at 7cm! Woohoo. I usually labor really quickly and told Russ I bet he would be born by 10:00pm.

The nurse came in at 9:30 and asked how I was doing, I told her I was pretty sure it was time because I could feel him moving down with every contraction. She checked me and said OH youre right he is right there and youre a definite 10.

After that the room went a bit crazy with all the nurses getting everything set up for baby to be born. My ninja like doctor arrived right around 9:45 and got ready, I did my first push attempt at 9:55 and my second at 9:57 when he was born!

He was 7lbs 5 oz and 19" long and he looked JUST like his brother and sister did at birth.

I had a small tear so Dr. sewed me up and by the time we realized what happened she had left the room.

It was a beautiful and quick birth, it was SO relaxing and just perfect. I remember as we were waiting for my 2nd contraction to push I felt like I could be on the beach drinking a margarita with Russ, haha!

Now our beautiful baby boy Owen Nicholas is here....and without further ado, the pictures!

Waiting for baby!