Chloie

Hello My Friends and Family, I would like to share our experience as a family when Chloie came into this world.

As some of you know Brandon and I decided that it would better to have Chloie induced because I was dilated to a 4 and I still had a week to go and I wanted her out. My OB scheduled me for Thursday April 3, 2008. We arrived at the hospital at 6:30 am on April 3rd and completed the paper work to have a baby. About 10 minutes later the nurse brought us to the room where I would deliver the baby. It was a very nice and large room. There was a very homey feel to it with the nice furniture, couch, TV, rocking chairs and a comfy bed for delivery. The clock in the room was wrong and it stayed 6:40 am throughout labor. So it really was a quick birth

I changed into my hospital gown and got into bed. I felt quite comfortable in that nice room with just Brandon and I. The labor and delivery nurse, Jacquie, came in and started explaining what would happen. She wrapped a baby monitor and a contraction monitor around my waist. She needed to get some readings for about 30 minutes before she could start my IV. We could hear Chloie's heart beat the whole time I was in labor. Everything was going great and then the nurse had to put in my IV. Wow, those things are mean. It was this big huge needle that, after being shoved under my skin, just sat there through the whole delivery taped to my arm. Before I could start being induced I needed to be pumped full of fluids and I had to get some antibiotics that stung my arm as it passed through my IV. That experience was not very pleasant. The fluids made all my limbs swell up even more than they already were. The nurse then started the inducing drugs and I began having stronger contractions and Brandon and I watched the show House while we waited. I had a few really strong contractions and decided it was time to get the epidural. Brandon supported me while I sat on the edge of the bed and the anesthesiologist made me feel good. Epidurals are great. It made me feel all warm and comfortable. The cool thing was I could still feel and move my legs but I couldn't feel any pain. Soon after that my OB came in and broke my water and Brandon turned House on again. The nurse came and checked on me a couple of times. She described what I should be feeling when it was time for me to start pushing. Around 1:30 or 1:45 I felt like I was ready to push. My OB came back in and I push through 4 contractions. Brandon told me to look because she was coming out. In my mind I was thinking her head must be out and I wouldn't be able to see anything but when I looked down I saw a beautiful purple flailing girl. All the emotions just came rushing in and I started crying and the OB put a towel on my tummy and laid her on me. The OB gave Brandon the scissors and he cut the umbilical cord. That moment when I looked down was the most amazing feeling that I have ever experienced. I felt such an immense emotion of responsibility. I felt the love and confidence that God has in Brandon and I to raise one of his perfect creations.