THANKSGIVING DAY
Joe felt sorry for me because I was still pregnant, so he decided to cook all of my favorite side dishes for dinner. Mom and Dad came over and brought a ham. We took Connor to Bass Pro to see Santa and kill time. Wal-Mart decided to begin their Black Friday sale on Thursday at 8 pm this year, so I told Joe we were going - surely the chaos of crazy Wal-Mart people would get this baby out! We got home about 8:30 after buying underwear, video games, and pancake mix. Feeling severely disappointed that I wasn't in labor, I went to bed.
At 9:10 I felt a contraction and told Joe to write it down just in case this wasn't Braxton Hicks anymore. I tried to rest, but these were painful enough to keep me awake, so I decided just to get up. I called both sets of parents just to let them know things might be going down. Then we called friends who had said they would come over and let Connor sleep if we needed to go to the hospital. But of course, since it was Thanksgiving, they were out of town! Our next plan of action was to wake Connor up and take him over to my cousin's house and let him spend the night. We didn't want to do this unless I was for sure in labor. I knew I was, but I wasn't sure how long to wait because my contractions were random from 4 minutes apart to 9 minutes apart, never really consistent. However, they were painful enough and I was tired enough that I made the decision to head to the hospital...
Good choice! We dropped Connor off and got to the hospital around 12:30. I couldn't even make it to the check in desk - they put me in the first room to check me. I was dilated to between a 5-6 already! My contractions never did become consistent, but they were strong enough and the baby was headed down so I was admitted. I asked for my epidural, but of course, I had to have pain medication and do all of my lab work first.
When I finally got the epidural in, my body immediately relaxed...and that's when the baby decided to make his move! The nurse came in to find out why his heart rate had dropped and it was because he was already in the birth canal about to make his appearance. Immediately the doctor and 4 other hospital people zoomed in to prepare for the birth. I asked why so many people came in at once and they told me because the baby was coming very quickly.
After just one push everyone looked as though they were about to panic. Apparently the baby's should was stuck on my pelvic bone. The doctor tried to get him unstuck while a nurse shoved Joe out of the way and was pushing on my side. Meanwhile, I was busy vomiting. But that second push got the baby out. He was blue when they laid him on me. but after about 30 seconds they got him to breathe! He turned white after that, but the more he screamed the pinker he got.
Other than being a little swollen and me feeling light headed, everything turned out really well. We named our sweet baby boy John Cameron. He looks just like big brother did at this age!
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