July 22nd 2013

little did i know what God had planned when i woke up monday morning. It's amazing how he had every detail of everything all lined up and ordered perfectly. Just like Him, right? Especially since that had been my prayer for weeks and weeks. 

i had a check up in the afternoon at the drs. was hoping he would tell me that i had progressed alot and that the baby would come on her own any day. but i left disappointed with no progress and him saying he would see me thursday for my induction. 

induction wasnt my first choice but i scheduled it just so i wouldnt go days and days late. i was so ready to have her. 

i got home from the checkup, me and callen had lunch, put callen to bed...and then i decided to take a nap too since i felt so tired. i woke up to get dinner started...and after a few times of what I first thought was me going to bathroom in my pants...then suspected that my water was breaking. i called erika to confirm and she assured me she felt for sure thats what it was! She said call the drs!!

chad got home, which was perfect timing, and i told him...called the drs and they wanted me to go to the hospital. callen had just woken up from his nap, another perfect timing puzzle piece...so we gathered all our things. and dropped callen off at chads parents and then headed to the hosptial. we werent in a huge rush which was nice. i was just having small contractions on the way. 

we got there about 6:30...

 i got all hooked up and it was confirmed that my water had broken and that there would be a baby that night or early morning! 

 i got an epidural which was so amazing. what a relief. To watch all these contractions on the screen but not feel them. I started to get really itchy so they gave me some Benadryl through the iv. Just as I was about to try and sleep I got awful uncontrollable shakes. The dr and anastesiologist came in and were puzzled by this reaction. Thankfully as the Benadryl wore off I stopped shaking. 

A little while later I told chad I think I needed the dr as I felt like I needed to push. Sure enough she was  ready and her head was right there! The dr on call that night was great. His sense of humor had me laughing. The air conditioning in the room wasn't working, so it was 81 degrees in there. The nurse had a fan going so I didn't even notice! But all the comments going just really made me laugh. The nurse said, this girl is in labor and she's over here laughing. As they all rushed around I tried my hardest to make sure they were ready before she came out! I kept telling the dr to stop making me laugh or she was going to come out! he assured me someone would catch her. A push and a half later she was here!! 

Our little 6 pounder and 11 ounces baby girl! 

Dropping her at the nursery before a crazy night and next day...

The night was rough...I ended up passing out at 3 am while in the bathroom. And then the next day with still no sleep, almost passed out again. I was so overwhelmed. My body just would not sleep. So between the epidural, reaction to Benadryl, giving birth, not eating or sleeping in so long....my body was not happy. It made me so nervous. That I dreaded getting up to use the bathroom. At one point I just started to pray and pray...and I kept saying "when I am afraid I will trust in You" over and over. So thankful there were no more incidents. God helped me to fall asleep around midnight Tuesday night. It was honestly an answer to prayer. I knew I needed to sleep and that that would help my body so much. But I just couldn't. That part of maelyns arrival was awful. And has left me with a wow, I'm never doing this again mindset. I am grateful that the labor and delivery was such a good experience. I have a great memory of it. It was actually fun! So for that I am glad:)