Little miss Emery Leigh Palmer made her grand entrance on 3/15/13 at 6:03a, weighing in at 8lb 4oz and 21in long. She is perfect in every way and has one heck of a birth story!
I went to bed Thursday night around 10 and slept until midnight. Then I tossed and turned until 4a. At that point my back hurt and I had a front menstrual cramp that hurt. It was painful but not a contraction. So I text Brett to let him know I'm up but don't think it's anything. He's writing reports at work.
To decrease the pain I decide to lay on the heating pad on the couch. Well that eased the pain some but made it to where I could feel contractions. I started timing them and they were fairly regular but not too painful (little did I know)....
Now it's 4:40a and I decide to start a load of laundry (yup I'm crazy) and take a shower in hopes that its false labor.
Nope. The shower only made breathing through contractions interesting. By the time I got out about 10 min later the contractions were stronger and closer together. I text Brett and let him know we need to get to the hospital (reminder my hospital is an hour away....). I call labor and delivery to let them know we're coming. Then I just walk around laboring and breathing through contractions. **Back labor sucks and I could not get comfortable!
About 5:15a Kayden woke up and came out into the living room. We snuggle on the couch for a little bit as I try to keep breathing without scaring him.
5:30a I get a really bad contraction and get up to pee. I walk into my bedroom and my water breaks! Holy crap! I decide to get into the bathtub but don't have my phone.... I yell at kayden and thankfully he brings it to me. He's scared and isn't quite sure what to do. Poor buddy. I'm in the bathtub screaming in pain. I call Brett, scream that my water just broke and he needs to get here now. Hang up, call 911.
The rest is all kind of chaos. I can now feel baby's head, 911 tries to keep me calm....hahaha. Kayden is standing at the doorway crying. Thankfully about 10 min later Brett gets home, gets kayden and goes outside to meet the paramedics. Next thing I know I've got 2 paramedics and 3 firefighters in my bathroom, Brett is somewhere with kayden. The paramedics ask me where my husband is, it's the cop you idiots! (They had no clue. They just thought he was a cop!) Then maybe 5 min later baby is crowning and I give birth in my bathtub!!!
Holy crap!! Did that just happen????!!!! Then it's off to the hospital via ambulance, deliver the placenta, Brett took kayden to daycare, and the rest was insanity. I don't remember much until about 8:30. It's a blur.
Thankfully baby and mom are both doing great. Big brother kayden has calmed down and is super curious about his baby. So we're just hanging out in the hospital here in Stillwater under observation until tomorrow. Visitors are welcome!
A crazy day yesterday! But a beautiful baby girl! Can't complain too much!
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