Sleeping beauty...
and
a day at the zoo.....
The three Muskateers, Sam and I managed to make it through most of the zoo without anyone getting lost or falling into the lion cage.
Mar 24, 2008
Sleeping Beauty and the zoo
The three Muskateers, Sam and I managed to make it through most of the zoo without anyone getting lost or falling into the lion cage.
Mar 3, 2008
Samantha
Okay, so here is the low down, the poopy scoop, the news, the tale of how it happened one night…….
Monday night11:24pm the cramping begins. I wait, counting the minutes, weighing my options. I knew that I had to be certain that this was it. Waking everyone up and having to get the boys loaded into the van was not something that I thought I wanted to do more than one time. Plus I had my friends who were taking the boys to consider. They both worked and I didn't want to wake them unnecessarily.
Finally at midnight I had decided it was in fact 'time to go', my labor had begun. I woke my mother-in-law Chris and we got the boys ready to go, I sent my hubby a pre-written email to let him know. We were on the road by 12:24 am. We dropped the boys at friend's house.
My friend asked how far apart the contractions were. I told her 3-4 minutes and she frowned and gave me the look. The 'are you crazy?' look. She knew we still had 20 minutes drive to the hospital.
Chris flew through red lights and went above and beyond the speed limit. We hoped to get pulled over by the police, but none were taking chase. Where are they when you need them?
We arrived at the hospital and Chris dropped me at the ER and went to park the van. The ER nurse casually wheeled me up to the Labor and Delivery.
By 1:00am I was just arriving at the nurse's station in LAD. My water broke. WTH! What was this? A new feeling, a new experience. Things went crazy for me. People were still calm. I was not. I had to push. I HAD to push!
"Do not push!" the nurses kept saying.
"I can't help it!" I screamed. I could hear them asking me if I was a patient. "Shut the hell up!" I wanted to scream. "I am having a baby! Make the pain stop! Oh my God! Ahhhhhhhhh!"
I managed to get up on the gurney. I think they were afraid Samantha would drop onto the floor. I could not stop bearing down. They wheeled me down the hall and into another room. I was squirming around wildly on the table. What the hell was happening?
Oh hell! Pain! Pain! Push, push! NO! No pushing! Yes! Oh god give me something for this pain!
Eyes squeezed shut. Then open. I see 10-15 people around me, Chris on the outside of the circle. The doc wants me to stop squirming so he can check me. I try. I do. I try and he checks me. I have to push again. PUSH! No! No! Yes!
"Give me something for the pain!" I scream.
"Just push and the pain will stop" the doctor says matter of fact and FINALLY I have permission.
I am fully dilated.
Push! Oh my God! Oh my God!
"Just another push" someone says
"You already said that!" I scream back.
Push! Push! Oh shit! Wholly Mother of God! It hurts!
"Come on Tree! One more push! The head is out! " Chris encouraging me.
Dear god I still have to get the shoulders out.
Shivering, shivering and cannot stop. Baby shakes. My whole body is shaking.
PUSH! Really hard push! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
She's out! Open my eyes and look. She's beautiful.
Oh so beautiful. The most beautiful sight to see.
I Take in the scene and notice I still have my pink maternity top on and my clothes are in a bunch on a table, the nurses working on baby girl under the heating lamp. Cleaning, inspecting. I want to see her. I am still shaking and am now apologizing for acting crazy. Stupid. No need.
Shaking, shivering even though it is done.
Don't touch there doc.! Ouch! Okay. I know you have to check things. Okay, hurry. No tearing? Good and really? No stitches? Still sensitive. Hurry please. And can you cover me up please? I am so exposed. And shivering still, excited, coming down off the brief but wild roller coaster ride.
I did it! Yay! I barely made it to the hospital and sometimes have visions of having the baby in my van enroute to the hospital.
Samantha was born at 1:08am on Tuesday February 26th. She weighed 6.11 lbs and was 20 inches. She is a great baby.
Meet Sam:
Monday night11:24pm the cramping begins. I wait, counting the minutes, weighing my options. I knew that I had to be certain that this was it. Waking everyone up and having to get the boys loaded into the van was not something that I thought I wanted to do more than one time. Plus I had my friends who were taking the boys to consider. They both worked and I didn't want to wake them unnecessarily.
Finally at midnight I had decided it was in fact 'time to go', my labor had begun. I woke my mother-in-law Chris and we got the boys ready to go, I sent my hubby a pre-written email to let him know. We were on the road by 12:24 am. We dropped the boys at friend's house.
My friend asked how far apart the contractions were. I told her 3-4 minutes and she frowned and gave me the look. The 'are you crazy?' look. She knew we still had 20 minutes drive to the hospital.
Chris flew through red lights and went above and beyond the speed limit. We hoped to get pulled over by the police, but none were taking chase. Where are they when you need them?
We arrived at the hospital and Chris dropped me at the ER and went to park the van. The ER nurse casually wheeled me up to the Labor and Delivery.
By 1:00am I was just arriving at the nurse's station in LAD. My water broke. WTH! What was this? A new feeling, a new experience. Things went crazy for me. People were still calm. I was not. I had to push. I HAD to push!
"Do not push!" the nurses kept saying.
"I can't help it!" I screamed. I could hear them asking me if I was a patient. "Shut the hell up!" I wanted to scream. "I am having a baby! Make the pain stop! Oh my God! Ahhhhhhhhh!"
I managed to get up on the gurney. I think they were afraid Samantha would drop onto the floor. I could not stop bearing down. They wheeled me down the hall and into another room. I was squirming around wildly on the table. What the hell was happening?
Oh hell! Pain! Pain! Push, push! NO! No pushing! Yes! Oh god give me something for this pain!
Eyes squeezed shut. Then open. I see 10-15 people around me, Chris on the outside of the circle. The doc wants me to stop squirming so he can check me. I try. I do. I try and he checks me. I have to push again. PUSH! No! No! Yes!
"Give me something for the pain!" I scream.
"Just push and the pain will stop" the doctor says matter of fact and FINALLY I have permission.
I am fully dilated.
Push! Oh my God! Oh my God!
"Just another push" someone says
"You already said that!" I scream back.
Push! Push! Oh shit! Wholly Mother of God! It hurts!
"Come on Tree! One more push! The head is out! " Chris encouraging me.
Dear god I still have to get the shoulders out.
Shivering, shivering and cannot stop. Baby shakes. My whole body is shaking.
PUSH! Really hard push! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
She's out! Open my eyes and look. She's beautiful.
Oh so beautiful. The most beautiful sight to see.
I Take in the scene and notice I still have my pink maternity top on and my clothes are in a bunch on a table, the nurses working on baby girl under the heating lamp. Cleaning, inspecting. I want to see her. I am still shaking and am now apologizing for acting crazy. Stupid. No need.
Shaking, shivering even though it is done.
Don't touch there doc.! Ouch! Okay. I know you have to check things. Okay, hurry. No tearing? Good and really? No stitches? Still sensitive. Hurry please. And can you cover me up please? I am so exposed. And shivering still, excited, coming down off the brief but wild roller coaster ride.
I did it! Yay! I barely made it to the hospital and sometimes have visions of having the baby in my van enroute to the hospital.
Samantha was born at 1:08am on Tuesday February 26th. She weighed 6.11 lbs and was 20 inches. She is a great baby.
Meet Sam:
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