How He Got Here

Well I figure since I think it's a pretty amazing story I should probably share! How did little Alexander come into this world? 100 miles an hour his Daddy claims! Well actually, not quite but I'll give you the rundown! On the night of July 20 I started having some light cramping, different than Braxton Hicks, but not too serious. As the days progressed so did the pains I was feeling. They went from a 1 or 2/10 to 4 or 5/10 by Friday. I had an appointment with my doctor Friday but had ZERO progress. How disappointing! Saturday they continued to get worse and by Sunday they were very painful. I had a busy day Sunday with my mom but I decided to start timing them! They were lasting 40 seconds or so and coming every 5 - 8 minutes. By midnight Sunday the pain was too much so we headed to the hospital! Only to find out I was 0 cm. No progress still! They sent me home with a shot of morphine to help me through the night. I slept all night and all day (still feeling the pains but not as intensely). Later in the day (Monday) once the morphine had worn off, the pains were back! I tried to work through them but by 7:00 pm I started timing them again. This time they were a minute long and coming every 5 minutes. I was worried this was "false" labour again so I decided to try and sleep through the night. By 11:00 my hubby had fallen asleep (probably his hand too, from all the squeezing I was doing). At this point they were every 3 minutes! I continued to deny this might be labour and paced around the house, keeling over every time a contraction hit. By 12:30 am I decided I should go back to the hospital and get another morphine shot so I could sleep through the night. I decided to call my mom to take me so Sandy could sleep. Just in case, I put the phone on his nightstand! Well by the time we got tot he hospital my contractions were 1-2 minutes apart, and excruciating. I couldn't talk or walk through them. Deep breathes!! We got up to the maternity floor and found out I was 4 cm! I could even have my epidural! Perfect!!

Now to wake Sandy up! We finally got through to him and he rushed to the hospital. Within the hour I was moved to a delivery room and given my heavenly epidural! I spent the next few hours sleeping and did not progress, until around 7:00 and within half an hour I progressed from 4 cm to 9 cm. It was almost time to start pushing. There were a few complications along the way but by 9:53 it was push time! Eight minutes later, yes eight, little Alexander was here! And that is the story of how he arrived! I will share stories of our hospital experience later but I thought this part was important to get out before mommy brain took over and I forgot anything! Not that I can imagine losing any detail from that very special day! 

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