Corbin -
Corbin was born at 5pm on Wednesday July 18, 2007. I had a pretty great pregnancy, except for the gestational diabetes but I was able to manage that with diet. My mother came on the weekend before he was born for the baby shower and then on Monday the OB said that he could come any day so my mom stayed. On Tuesday I came home from work for lunch. I told my mom that I had been having pains all day. Pains so bad that I was moving to the back of the classroom so that pts would not see my face. Then I proceeded to tell her that I may make Friday my last day to work. As I said this I had another pain and had to quit talking. My mother started laughing and said that she did not think I should go back to work at all and she thought I was in labor right then. I did not think so but I called in to work anyway. We still needed a few things for the baby so we went to Target and walked around. My mother kept asking why are we here. I was trying to walk and get the labor going before we went to the hospital. At 3pm Chris called and said he was home for lunch and asked where we were. My mom told him to get ready because we were going to the hospital now. We went in and they could not tell if my water had broken or not so they made me walk and walk and walk and walk and walk the halls. It was horrible. I was having back labor and when I was not walking I was in pain because I has lying on my back on my bed. After shift change a new nurse came in, 9pm, and said that I could go home if I wanted to. I did want to and so I went home. Chris and my mom were afraid I would have the baby at home but I was miserable at the hospital. At home I tried to sleep but each contraction woke me up. I decided that since my water hadn’t broken I could still get into a bathtub so I spent the night migrating from the bathtub., the bed, squatting at the kitchen counter, and lying in the papason chair. Around 6am I dropped a shampoo bottle in the bathroom and my mom thought I had fallen. She got up. Oh ya Chris and my mom slept ALL night! My mom started timing the contractions and with in an hour they were about 4 min a part. So we called the OB and went back to the hospital. This time I had to stop and lean against the wall with every contraction. A security guard saw us and got me a wheel chair. I went to a room. With in 40 minuets I had an epidural in place and was feeling much better. My mother in law came in at 9 am. All day they checked me, monitored, and got things ready. Chris, my mom, and my mother in-law ate, I had ice chips. Then at 1:30 they told me that is was almost time to push and I got excited because on the movies and TV shows the pushing is she shortest part. I was expecting like half and hour or so until I got see by baby and all of this was over. No we did not attend the baby class that was recommended and this why I had this delusion! After 2 hours of hard pushing they had discovered that Corbin was facing the wrong way, this explains the back labor. What we did not know is that he had his arm up over his head. This is when I begged for my OB to come and she did. She came in and said This baby is coming out one way or another. I was so relived, I said “take me to the operating room”. I was so exhausted I had slept since Monday night and now it was Wednesday afternoon. My OB checked things out and said “no you have worked too hard we are going to do this now”. She old all kinds of lies like “you are strong” and “it is almost over”. She did get Corbin flipped over and after that it was easier. He was born at 5pm. I was so tired that I did not even see him for a while. I was not even the first person to feed him. His grandparents enjoyed this time and Chris made a point to bring Corbin over to me as soon as he could. The next few days were great and we all got very bonded. Corbin was so healthy and beautiful.
SUPER DAD! So Proud!
Corbin was worth the wait and work! I was overjoyed when I held him for the first time.
Grandma & Grandpa with Corbin. Grandpa was the first person to feed him!
Corbin has always been so alert!
Caura -
Oh this is an easy one! I worked all day on Friday November 14, 2008. The OB was going to induce on Monday so I was busy getting things ready for my 6 week absence. I had been having cramps all day, I thought some were contractions but my office mate said “no those are just cramps“. I left work with my mother in law. We went by Target and then to my house were we all had dinner together. My mom was there already there and we were all so excited for Monday! It was a relief to have the delivery planned. After my in-laws left I got really tired and so I went to bed. In bed I stared having real pains. These were different than anything I felt with Corbin. I had an overwhelming feeling that I needed to go to the bathroom. At 10:00 pm I stared timing the pains and for an hour they were about 4 min apart. I got up and told Chris and my mom. I called the OB and her husband, who is also an OB, was on call he told me to wait half and hour and if things were progressing to go on to the hospital. We packed my bags and I called my friend to come stay with Corbin. Mellissa got there at 11:50 and she started timing the contractions and she said “ you all better get going these are like 3 min apart”. I could barely walk at all. I got sick on the way to the hospital but Chris was able to pull over. We got to the hospital around midnight. They put me in a room and started taking information. I was told that in 15 min I could have an epidural. This pain was soooo bad I was cursing in front of my mother. They moved me to a delivery room and then the RN asked if a student could put my IV in. I said sure. They said that as soon as the IV was in the epidural guy would come. The student could not get the IV in. They said it was because my breathing was so erratic, come on I was in LABOR! So the RN went to the other side and started the IV. As she was doing this my body started pushing. I did know what was going on but my mom did. She told the nurses that the baby was coming now and began helping me relax and not push yet. The RN sent the student to get another RN and then another RN checked me. I was till asking for pain meds and I was still being told 15 min. finally my mom asked the RN if I was really ever getting any meds and she said that by the time the epidural got there this baby would be born. I was in disbelief. I am not sure what all I said but I am sure it was not nice. The RN finished the IV, broke my water, and said that on the next contraction I was going to deliver Caura. I put on my game face and started asking her for advice on what to do and when. The RN was great! It seemed like so long between those last contractions but then it came and Caura came. Just like that. She was born at 1:20 am. It was so exciting. I remember asking “is it a girl?? Let me see her.“ I still cold not believe that I had just delivered a baby! They let me see her an then they rushed her away. I guess when there is not a doctor in the room the nurses get a little on edge. The OB walked in as they were taking Caura over to her little bed. He was just in time to torture me with stitches. He tried to be light an funny but I was not in the mood. They has not even taken the table apart! I was so hyped on adrenalin I just held her all night and felt so blessed o have a healthy girl. Because the delivery was so fast they were worried that she had an infection she she had to have a heplock put in her head an she got antibiotics for a day. She was totally fine and we went home on Monday morning. On Friday Chris’ boss had said that I needed to have the baby over the weekend so he would not have to miss any work! I guess Caura was ready to follow orders because he did not miss any work.
This was taken Friday morning before work!
She has always been so sweet!
Dad and Daughter!
Corbin & Caura's first meeting!
About to go home. Life would never be the same!
