Ayden's Birth Story

Well I can hardly believe it Ayden is going to be 2 on Sunday! I have been thinking about the week that I had him 2 years ago and cant believe that its has actually been two years since I had given birth to my first child! So with all the emotion that I have been feeling this week I thought it would be fun to share Ayden's birth story since I haven't really had a chance to write it down...... 

Well at the beginning of the week I had my regular appointment with my OB Dr. Sachovich on Tuesday I had been experiencing some swelling since Christmas but it was nothing that he was worried about since my blood pressure was perfect..... well this Dr's appt. came and my blood pressure was pretty elevated so I was instructed to go to labor and delivery right then and there don't pass go don't go get food don't go get your bag go right now! I freaked out I wasn't ready to have a baby yet my bag wasn't packed I just wasn't ready to be a mom! The doctor told me that we will just monitor Ayden and he wanted to run some blood test and to see if my blood pressure would come back down he wouldn't induce unless he had to I was okay with that for the most part but my problem was I DIDN'T HAVE MY BAG PACKED! lol. Well Brent was thankfully with me at that appointment and he took me to the hospital so we could get checked out. When I got to the hospital my blood pressure was back to normal and they ran the blood test and it was normal as well so they let me go home! but I was on strict orders to stay in bed all day Wednesday and check back with Dr. Sachovich on Thursday Morning. Wednesday I did just that I stayed in bed and when Brent got home I had him pack my bag cause I had a strange feeling Thursday February 26th was going to be a long day! We then went to my moms and finished putting the glider together since that was the last thing that needed to be done in the nursery! Well that night I was having some back pains and really didn't sleep well at all and was hungry at all but I ate a really early dinner, so that morning we took the bags to the car and we went to the doctor I didn't eat breakfast cause for the first time my head wasn't pounding and all that was bothering me was my back and I just knew I was going to come back home....... Brent thankfully went with me to this appointment!  When we got into the room the nurse took my blood pressure and it was back to elevated I believe it was 185/105 and the doctor came in and checked me and I was 1 1/2 cm dilated and 50% effaced and wanted me to lay down for a few minutes but by this time my back was hurting so bad I couldn't lay down so he then said " well my dear its time to have your baby go to labor and delivery immediately and I will be up there shortly to break your water!" I then asked can I go eat breakfast first? and he said nope go straight to LDR so off we went I was ready this time since I had my bag packed! We get to the hospital and I get situated in the room IV put in and its about 10:30am we wait about an hour or so and Dr. Sachovich came in and broke my water..... it took a while for me to start feeling contractions it was about i would say 8:00pm that night when I had the contraction and they came in and checked me and I was about 5cm so I was able to get my epidural. 

         The epidural experience was HORRIBLE! The anesthesiologist was a complete jerk and was extremely rude to me and didn't care that I was having contractions and told me to suck it up! Didn't sit to well with Brent that he was speaking to me like that but thankfully I GOT MY EPIDURAL! It was around 9:30-10:00pm when they got it in and I was able to get some sleep cause I felt great but was starting to get hungry since I hadn't ate since 6pm the night before! 

     Sadly the feeling great part didn't last long at all around 11:30pm my left side was waking up and I could feel everything! I was about 7cm at this point and they gave me more meds through my IV and more epidural but NOTHING WORKED! I was in soooooo much pain! Then around 3:00AM I was told I was at 9 1/2 cm so we called my mom and dad and told them to get to the hospital it was almost time and the nurse called the on call doctor to come on in cause I was getting close!! So dad got there first around 4:00am and came in and was talking to me I have no clue what we talked about but finally the nurse and Doctor  came in an hour later and checked me and I was still at 9 1/2 cm! I was a very disappointed I am laying here starving and in soooo much pain on my left side I actually thought I was going to die! The doctor said why don't we try a couple of pushes to see if I could get over the 9 1/2 cm hump cause by this time I was already at 9 1/2 cm for an hour. So we pushed for about 30min or so and still no progress so they left me to labor a little bit more! Around 5:30 or so they came back in to check me and dang it I was still at 9 1/2 cm and MISERABLE cause my right side was now awake and I was feeling everything! They couldn't give me anything else I was maxed out! So they wanted me to push some more still no progress! So the doctor told me that they would be back in 30min and I should be ready to push! woo hoo get him out thats all I remember wanting and of course something to eat! Well 30 minutes later they came back in to check me and I was STILL at 9 1/2cm no progress! By this time I was over it I was so nauseated and in soooo much pain and just flat exausted! The dr said that I wasn't progressing and Ayden's heart rate had spiked a little bit so we had no other choice then to do a C-section which at that point was fine by me! It was around 6:30am when they wheeled me into the OR I had gotten more epidural and it FINALLY WAS WORKING! I was in and out of sleep I don't remember a whole lot from this point since I was sooooo drugged up and EXAUSTED! I remember hearing Ayden cry and Looking at Brent giving him a kiss..... Then I woke up in recovery and Brent handing me Ayden and bursting out into tears cause I thought he looked like my brother lol! We finally were parents and it was the BEST feeling in the world and everything seemed complete! Mine and Brent's dreams had come true! We had a beautiful baby boy who graced us with his presence on Feburary 27th at 7:05am and weighed 7lbs 10oz and was 21 1/2in long!

Ayden has been an amazing addition to our lives and I cannot thank god enough for blessing me with such an amazing child he has truely made my life full of joy and happiness and I couldn't ask for anything more! He also is just like his daddy which is also a plus! I will blog more about Ayden on his actual birthday and let yall know what he has been doing since! I love you soooo much Ayden James MacDonald you truly are the light of my life!

 Elizabeth