Back in Time

 

With Gracie’s birthday tomorrow I’ve been thinking back to what things were like before her. Honestly I have NO idea what we did with all our time (or $!) before her. Then I was thinking about what it was like going to the hospital, and those are some fun memories. Memories I never really got to share… so I thought I would… now! On the eve of her 2nd birthday!

I really thought Monday, October 1st was going to be our little girls birthday. I was thinking how fun it was going to be to have a October birthday for her. So Monday at the hospital came and time just seemed to stand still…. it was long, long, long waiting and waiting. I was hooked up at 7am and the waiting began. Luckily I had great visitors. Kelly was there of coarse, my mom, and her friends Glenna and Marsha came too.  My dad came and for a bit too because EVERYONE thought I would finally  have this baby, but EVERYONE was wrong.

Here I am. Don’t I look SO thrilled?? Talk about uncomfortable with monitors and wires everywhere. I was constantly getting checked and was never more than a 1. Yes, I said that, a 1. I was being induced through drugs but nothing was working. Luckily I wasn’t in any pain! We had waiting and waiting and more waiting, checking, checking, and more checking. At 5:00 my sweet Dr. came and and told me the news. I had 2 choices. She could break my water and labor would start, or we could wait 1 more day and try again the next day getting more of the drugs. She advised waiting if I wasn’t just totally thinking I was going to die. Since I wasn’t feeling anything, we decided to wait some more. They unhooked me, I was able to get up and actually eat. My request? Mexican food!

As much as I wanted that baby out, I could wait a little more… We were all joking about how stubborn she was being and that she was probably going to be a real stinker! Little did we know what was going on inside me…

Oh, and Kelly? He mostly did this for 2 days…

Poor thing, he was stressed to the max with school and right in the middle of his masters… the joys of sleeping before he was a Daddy!

Just in case you were wondering or forgot;  on Tuesday, October 2nd I had 7 more hours of waiting and waiting- still nothing. My Dr. decided Grace was not going to come out on her own and I had to do a C-section. They got me all unhooked and ready at 3:00. At 3:34 she was brought into this world with forceps (the only time my dr. has ever had to use them during a c-section). It turns out she had a knot in her cord so she really was our Amazing Grace for not coming on her own. It still gives me chills to think about that… More tomorrow!!