Birth Story

This is the story about how Abbigail Rae actually made it from inside my belly to outside & into the real world.

Ok on Friday, April 17, I went to the doctor for a check up I was exactly 39 weeks. Every check up that I had gone to up until then had been great, the doctor told me I was doing amazing & that I made his job to easy for him and I assumed this check up would be the same. Every time he told me he thought I would be past due and have to get induced. This time started out the same he checked the heart beat and measured my belly and everything was good. Then he felt to see where the baby was positioned. He thought that something was weird so he gave me an exam. After the exam he told me he was concerned & Thats when I was freaking out, I didnèt know what to think. Turns out I wasn't close to where I was supposed to be in terms of progression. My cervix was soft but that was about it. I was 39 weeks along & hadn't dropped one bit, I guess that explains the bad acid reflux though, LOL. He told me that my pelvis was not shaped properlly and that the baby would most likely be unable to ever come out naturally. So he gave me two options- either wait another couple of weeks to see if anything changes and then go from there or book a c-section because there is a high chance that that is what would have to happen anyway. So obviously I chose not to wait, I could barely take it anymore. So anxiously I waited and waited and they finally booked a c-section for the following Wednesday, April 22 at 11 am. I couldn't believe that in just 5 days I would finally have my baby! So Les & I called everyone as soon as possible and shared the good news, then we went out that night and bought everything we thought we possible may need & more. Those 5 days were the hardest, just waiting around until the time came. My mom came to stay with us the night before so she would be there for the birth. So on the morning of April 22 we got up & ready and got to the hospital around 9:30. I thought there would be alot of waiting around but almost immediately I got prepped and in the surgery room. I had to go in without les at first so they could give me my spinal. I hate needles and I think that was the part I was dreading the most, I was scared I would move and get paralyzed. He cleaned my back up and just as it was not even an inch away from going in an emergency c-section came and everyone had to leave! A total disappointment to say the least. So Les came in and got to wait with me until they were finally ready. Then they kicked him out again and finally gave me the spinal. I have to say it was the weirdest thing I ever experienced. It freaked me out at first cuz I wasnèt numb on half of my body so In was terrified that I would feel my surgery. But they fixed that & let Les in. I was getting so sick though, the morphine had a really bad effect on me. I got three shots of gravol in my IV but I still couldnt take it they just started the surgery when I started to throw up. Not something I wanted to happen when my insides were out. I didnèt even realize it had started though, they said they were going to do a test to see if i felt anything, but didnt tell me when so I was talking to les and started to laugh, he told me that I shouldnt do that right then but I didnèt even clue in until they asked if I was ready and all of a sudden felt soooo much pressure on my chest I thought I was going to die! & out came Abbi. I couldnèt even wait until she was out before I started to bawl. It's just so surreal, you have this thing growning inside of you for 9 months and all of a sudden in a matter of seconds there out and its all over. I didnèt even hear them announce the sex I was just so taken by all of my emotions all at once. I was so ecstatic though when Les told me it was a girl. I know I always said I don't care as long as its healthy but honestly I was praying for a girl. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 19.3 inches long. She was born at exactly 12:17 pm on April 22, 2009, the happiest day of my life. After she was born though I could barely keep my eyes open. I was told that from all of the drugs & emotions & everything my body had just gone through had made me so exhausted. In the recovery room I was so sick & tired that I didnèt hold her probably until an hour after she was born. I had to force myself to try to feed her and stop myself from throwing up because they were set to give her formula if I didn't try within the first 2 hours she was born. My body was in shock though and I needed alot of warm blankets covering me for hours after her birth. I felt so guilty for being so tired and not actually being able to hold her and love her like I wanted. After I moved into my actual room though all of mine & Lesès Family came in and finally got to meet Miss Abbigail Rae. Everyone loved her from the beginning and say that she looks exactly like her father. She'll be 2 months old in not even a week and I donèt know where the time has gone. I love her so much, she is the light of my life and I chersih every moment of everyday that she is with me.