Liam was born Today at 7:14 pm! I am so blessed to have such a beautiful little man! The long, hard, stressful 9 months of pregnancy have finally come to end!!! HORRAY!!!
It all began on Thursday morning when I went to my last Dr. apt. I was in a lot of pain I think I pulled my groin muscle and my lower back the night before I could hardly walk. I had to call in sick to work that day too because I couldn't walk. I was scheduled to be induced at 5 am Aug 29th with Dr. Leaseburge. At my Dr. apt she told us that she was going out of town for the labor day weekend and would be leaving at 12noon on friday. We were not happy to hear the news but we decided to wait and go Friday morning as scheduled but told her if she was working tonight we could start early this evening. To our surprise Dr. Leaseburge called us at 8pm Thursday night and asked if we wanted to come in tonight and have the baby and we said "Oh YES"!! We were so excited and packed up in less than an hour and made it to the hospital at 9pm and I was induced at 10 pm. I also had my epidural soon after and the labor process was well under way. I was comfortable for the first few hours and everything was going well. I was only 1-3 cent dialated but my contractions were starting to increase and I didn't get much sleep. Friday afternoon came and our Doctor had to leave at 12noon. Dr. Branch took over from there and she did a great job. Late Friday afternoon I started to feel the contractions and they were very strong. I noticed though that my epidural was starting to wear off and I asked the nurse to get the anesthologist. As soon as the nurse requested for the anesthologist I felt this intense pain in my back end and couldnot move it was really scarey. Dr. Branch and 4 of the nurses came running in and said for me to get on my side and and I was in tears because of the pain. Dr. Branch said Liam's heart beat dropped down into the 40s & 50s and they had to to insert a heart monitor on Liam's head to get an accurate reading. It took a few minutes and then Liam's heartrate finally went back up and was normal. Dr. Branch said that I went from being dialated 4 cent. to 8 cent. in just a minutes time and that is why Liam's heart dropped down. It was so scarey and I didn't know what had happened. I was so relieved when Liam's heartrate went back to normal. But by then I was in intense labor and it was time to push. But because of the pain the Anesthelogist did give me another dose of the epidural and I totally could not feel anything from the waist down..it was good but bad because I could not feel when I had to push. Because of that I had to push intensely for 3 hours! Every 15 min the nurse (Rachael who was amazing) would have me push and then I'd ask "see anything yet?" She tried to stay positive but she had to say "nothing yet but keep trying"..( boy I hated to hear that) Chris was so great helping me with my breathing and keeping me going I couldn't have made it through without him. Then just when I felt like I couldnt' take anymore I pushed one more time and heard the nurse call for Dr. Branch and the other 4 nurses to come in. I was worried something happened and didn't even think that it was time yet. But Chris then got really excited and said "It's time Nadia, It's time sweetheart, Liam is coming..look they are preping the room for him here we go Nadia..he's coming.." I couldn't believe it until Dr. Branch came in and switched places with the nurse and then I pushed one more time and then Liam was here! Right infront of me crying up a storm and looked so beautiful!!! They took him and cleaned him up and wrapped him in a blanket and then gave him to me to hold. I couldn't believe it. I kept looking at him and Chris kept saying "That's your son Nadia you're a Mom now!" The doctor's and nurses were so amazing. I was so surprised that Liam's weight was just perfect at 7lbs 2 oz. Dr. Branch said he is healthy and looks beautiful and that he is the perfect weight and she congratulated me on eating right while having gestational diabetes. I remember the nurses and doctors laughed when I said I was hungry and just wanted french fries!!!
I will never forget that moment when Liam arrived. I can't begin to explain how happy and blessed I felt. I always wanted to know what it felt like to have baby and what it would feel like. It was so hard but so worth it. My rainbow baby has come and it was all worth it!!!
