So sit back and relax...here goes...
On Friday night, August 19th, I was experiencing what I thought might be my watering leaking. Not quite what I had pictured for my water breaking but it still concerned me. So alas, we packed the hospital bag and car seat in the "Mom Bomb" (Kyle's new name for the Tahoe) and headed over to the hospital. Upon our arrival, I was taken to the Labor and Delivery Rooms and hooked up to monitors. Andrew's heart rate was strong and I was having contractions but shockingly, I couldn't feel them. My nurse at the time, believe it or not, her name was Marge, and she handled my business with what her name would imply. OUCH!!! After checking me, I was 2-3 cm and 60% effaced and the water bag was still intact. The hospital wouldn't admit me unless I was 4 cm dilated so they had Kyle and I take laps around the hospital for an hour. The nurses started keeping tally marks to track our progress and thought it was quite entertaining the pace we were strolling. Stroll is a bit of an understatement, Kyle and I were power walking through those halls! After our hour was up, I was checked again and still at 2-3 cm. So, we were sent home! :(
Saturday was spent at home relaxing and enjoying our final days of piece and quiet. Later that night, I started to experience several Braxton Hicks contractions. These are very irregular contractions, varying in time and pain. I was advised that I would most likely experience these and they would be very low in my abdomen and would not be regular as far as time apart. All night I battled these stinkers but thought this was just the process getting started.
Sunday morning I woke up feeling GREAT! No contractions, no pain, a little tired but overall, feeling awesome! It wasn't until that afternoon about 1 o'clock that I had some blood in my mucous (sorry for the TMI) but this was one indicator that I was told you need to go to the hospital if I experienced this. So alas, we packed the Mom Bomb again with the hospital bag and were on our way.
After getting settled in, I was checked again and discovered that I was 4 cm dilated and 90% effaced! So, they decided to officially break my water. We are in labor...WOO HOO!!! Of course, our little future Dallas fan decided he wanted to make his arrival on game day and probably would force us to miss the game. Quite the contrary actually! We would soon realize that Andrew wanted to hang out a little bit longer...but not much longer.
I was checked into our Labor room at 3 o'clock and decided to get my epidural early. If you know me, I don't do pain well...really...AT ALL! I was dreading getting an epidural because of "the needle" but my anesthesiologist was amazing. I didn't feel anything...and then 20 minutes later...I really didn't feel anything! So all that worrying for nothing! I was one happy camper, having contractions but couldn't feel them!
It was game time and the whole fam bam was in my labor room watching our Cowboys play the Chargers. At 6:00, I was checked again and I had dilated to 7 cm and 100% effaced. I was progressing well and enjoying having my family with me and watching the Dallas game. It looked like my little man was going to wait until after the game to make his debut. Thirty minutes later, they checked me again and I was 9 1/2 cm dilated but my contractions weren't very close. So they watched me closely and in the meantime, I enjoyed my time with the family. Too bad Dallas couldn't pull a win tonight! That would have truly made this day perfect in every way! :)
At 8:30 pm, the nurse informed us it was time to rock and roll. It was crazy how fast my labor went! "It's time to start pushing" were words I wanted to hear but couldn't believe how fast the time had come. We had to wait for my Doctor to arrive so in the time between, they prepped the room and Kyle and I prepared ourselves for a moment we had been waiting for for the last 9 months. Once Dr. Selinger arrived at 8:45pm, it was time to start pushing! After 4 sets of contractions and pushes, our little man had made his way into our world at 9:16pm. A beautiful, healthy baby boy!
We are pleased to announce the arrival of:
Andrew Gavin Wallace
August 21, 2011
9:16 pm
7 pounds, 14 ounces, and 20 inches long
Welcome Andrew!! You are loved so much already...more than you could ever know!
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