I am going to be pretty intermittent with the blogging. Our little girl arrived a tad early and surprised her mommy and daddy! I just felt like she wasn't coming out ever so I was quite surprised when my water ACTUALLY broke! My twin sister's water broke the day before she was 39 weeks, but we had such different pregnancies that I didn't think mine would. So I'll tell you a little bit of the birth story.
Saturday, November 10th, started out like any other day. We were going to James' training squadron's party that evening around 5. It was the first/last time they were going to get together as guys are finishing up their training here. I baked nice and delicious pumpkin bars that afternoon and just lounged around until it was time to go. They had a great spread of food from smoked brisket, pork, and any other side item/dessert you could ever want. I ate several rounds of food :). My back was hurting REALLY bad, but I just thought it was because I was standing most of the time. I normally lay down a bit because sitting hurts and standing isn't comfortable. I kept sitting down and I was like ok, I just can't take it anymore I'm going to ask James if we can go. We stayed a good couple hours until about 8:30 (I think). He agreed we could go and we said goodbye to everyone. We got in the car and I was telling him all about how my back just didn't feel right.
We got home and went about our nightly business. I fed the dog, got in my jammies, and I was about to brush my teeth. I bent over to pick up something and I heard a POP! Followed by GUSHING warm liquid. I looked at James and I said "OMG James my water just broke" (looking at him with deer in headlights look). He said "ok, well this is what we've been waiting for, it's ok, it's ok". He must have sensed my look of panic. I just couldn't believe it was happening! After 9 + months of waiting, Hadley was finally making her way out! We called labor and delivery and they told me to come on in even though I wasn't having contractions just yet.
My sister did warn me about what it was like to have your water break.... but you really can't prepare for it. We finished up getting things ready (having maddie (our dog) go to our neighbor's, light tidying, etc.) I couldn't really move because of the amount of GUSHING that was happening. I mean it was just plain GROSS. I sat on a towel and it wasn't cool. So around 9:30 we were on our way to the hospital. I wasn't feeling any contractions yet so I was in high spirits, just a tad nervous.... ok a lot nervous. We got me inside (had to take a wheel chair in because I didn't want to leak everywhere!).
We went up to labor and delivery and they checked me into the triage department. This is where you go to be monitored to be sure you are in labor. They wanted to be sure my water broke before they moved me into a labor room. The nurse came over with some swabs and said I have to do this to make sure it's really your water that broke. If it is, it would turn blue. I told her if it wasn't my water breaking then we have some serious issues. Before she even really got close to the area, the swab already turned blue (like we couldn't have guessed that). She said that we weren't going to waste time in the triage room and she admitted me into my labor and delivery room.
We were on our way to having our baby! Who knew we'd be there still 16 and a half hours later......
I will leave you with a photo of my 38 and 5 day belly shot. I took it the day my water broke before the party. My LAST pregnancy photo! happy and sad at the same time. I miss Hadley's kicks and movements in my tummy, BUT nothing beats holding my sweet girl. She is absolutely precious and perfect. More to come later on part 2 of the birth story.
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| total weight gain 33 pounds |
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| My sweet baby |
