I found out that I was pregnant about five days before I turned 21. I had my suspicions that I was, but was denying it to myself as well as everyone else. I finally decided to take a test, because I didn't want to drink anything if I was...sure enough both tests came back positive. Besides my fiance, my best friend and my mom were the first to know. I was still not comfortable with telling people, so only a few people knew by the time my birthday rolled around. I had my first appointment in November, and by December everyone knew that I was pregnant. Hy-Vee (Where I work) switched me from courtesy to checker so I wouldnt have to lift heavy items. I found out that we were having a boy in January, and also discovered the spot on his liver. We ended up having to see a specialist because of the spot. My due date was the 18th, and my induction date was the week after. I ended up having him the 17th at 5:54 am. I was supposed to go to work that day, I didnt see the point of getting off a week or two before my due date and having nothing to do so I worked until then.
Here is my birth story..At about 2 am on May 17th, I woke up feeling like I had to pee so I got up to go to the restroom and a gush of water came out. My reaction ended up being 'Really Declan, you made me pee my pants?' but then it just kept coming..so I realized what it was and told my mom. By the time we got to the van I was have contractions pretty close together, so we basically had to speed to Ames (where the hospital I go to is..I will not go to the one in the town I live in). Joe (my fiance) met us at the hospital, because he was living in Ames at the time. We probably arrived there around 2:30 ish. I tried to go without an epidural, but could not handle the pain so i cave in and got it. Let me tell you, epidurals do NOT always slow down labor. I don't remember a lot after getting the epidural..I do know I didnt sleep, so this part is just gonna be random. The nurse lost his heart beat two times. the first time, she was able to find it..the second time she couldn't so she freaked out and called some other nurses..I had to wear an oxygen mask to get it back up, and then they checked me and he was all the way down and crowning..(this was probably 4 or 4:30) so they called the doctor to come in. When the doctor got there, he said 'Gee, when they called to say she was in labor, I thought Id be able to go back to bed for awhile'. So then the fun part of pushing began..I ended up getting an episotomy, and he still wasnt coming out, so they had to use the vacum. Turns out, he had his arm up by his head, so it was making it hard for him to come out. (every time we had an ultrasound he had that arm up there, and he sleeps like that to this day). He was born at 5:54 am on May 17th..he weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was 21 inches long.
All of my doctors were great throughout my pregnancy, labor and hospital stay.
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