Well I figured I would post a story about my birth.. Mine wasn't a great story like some of the others in here.. It went pretty fast minus the fact that Koleton was due on Oct. 31 (A Halloween baby), But he didn't finally come till Nov. 9......
But any how I loved being pregnant.. It was the greatest feeling.. Minus a few things.. but it was something I never thought that I'd do-but now I want one more eventually....
Through out the whole pregnancy I didn't really have anyone to talk to other than my doctors, my mother passed away in 2005, so I didn't have her to turn too.. So some days it was pretty scary-not really sure what the road was to hold for the future... But heck I think I did a great job through out it all....I had no complications with the pregnancy.. the baby and I were pretty healthy.. The ultrasounds were fun.. I only had gotten two.. but I LOVED being able to see him in there moving around-I actually teared up the first time I had an ultrasound done-it was just the most amazing feeling being able to see my child that I so longed to hold.
When Halloween came and passed I was kind of disappointed I didn't have my little man here. I so wanted to finally have him and have the pregnancy be over. But he apparently had other plans. So I kept going and visiting the doctors on a weekly basis.. a total pain in the butt.. but well worth it...The week Koleton was born I had an appointment on the 5th... No signs of him wanting to come out-me going home disappointed yet again.. SO they had me come back in the 7th.... NO news then either... Me thinking OK is this baby EVER going to come out?! That night I had started to get labor pains in the back.. Me not really sure what they were-just knew something was up!! They weren't that bad that nite, but oh goodness the 8th they were pretty awful.. the 9th rolled around and OMG it was so uncomfortable to stand, sit, lay down or anything-so my cousin that I babysat for asked how far apart they were... I told here I was having them every 3-5 minutes if that...So she told me to call my OBGYN.. Did that.. They FLAT out told me I didn't know what I was talking about since I was a first time mother.... BLEH... But to "monitor" them (which I already thought I had been doing) and if the contractions got any worse to call back and they would TRY to fit me in to check me out.  So by 11 o'clock my cousin showed up to "remove" her children from daycare.. and take me to the hospital.. She said the more she sat and stirred she was worried about me not getting checked out. So I AGAIN called the doctor and told her that the contractions were closer together-they again told me that I really didn't know what I was talking about.. but to ease my mind-made me an appointment for 11:30!! YAAY!!! So my cousin dropped her kids off else where and then we were on our way to the hospital.. I did all the random mumbo jumbo.. They checked my urine, weighed me.. blood pressure... So I am in the room umcomfortable-waiting for the OBGYN to come in and exam me. She did so and as she was checking to see if I was dialted.. Kept telling me I didn't know what I was talking about.. that it was PROBABLY false labor... So she's doing the exam.. and then has this odd look on her face.. and goes "OH MY GOD, I guess you do know what your talking about, because your already 3cm dialted" I was like OK... So they admitted me to the labor unit, broke my water and by 10:25pm Koleton has finally blessed us with his presence-he weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 21inches. From the time they broke my water till I had him-was only about 9 1/2 hours. The pushing was only about an hour and a half.... I did do the epidural.. But honestly think it was a waste because I could still feel everything-and they never told me I could have upped it if I wanted.. But heck it was well worth it to finally have my little man in my arms.....