Well, we had our little girl. It was quite the experience. Thursday night we had Kylee’s birthday party. I wanted to get it over and done with before we had this baby. I was having contractions all day. They weren’t real close, maybe 2 hours or so apart. Well, they started getting closer and closer. Dr. Berry had said that if they come within every half hour then I needed to go to the hospital. Well, I didn’t want to. I was really nervous and not sure what to do because I was not off the blood thinners. We had cake and opened presents and then Jared and I left while everyone was still there. It was nice to have family around to help take care of Kylee and lock our house!!
When we got to the hospital, the nurse checked me and then called Dr. Berry. Dr. Berry was unavailable so they talked to the doctor on call for him. Dr. Savage said to monitor me for an hour and if I was progressing to keep me there and we would decide what to do once that was done. The nurse did check me again after an hour and I had progressed. She also had gotten a hold of Dr. Berry. He wanted me to stay at the hospital and see if they could hold off having this baby until 6:30 a.m. on Friday. He wanted me off the blood thinners as close to 24 hours as we could get. I was a little nervous. I had some pain medication, but at about midnight, the contractions were very strong. The anesthesiologist came in and gave me an epidural. At that time I was dilated to a 2. The nurse came in every ½ hour to move me around and check on me. At 2:00, she came in and had me put on an oxygen mask because the baby's heart rate was dropping and checked me again and I was at a 5 ½. I think I was moving faster than they wanted me too.
Dr. Berry was called in and we started getting ready to get this baby here. At 3:03, Jaycelyn was born and she was so cute. By Monday, when I left the hospital, I was ready to leave. I just wanted to get home and take care of my family. I started to feel a little anxious about how I would take care of Kylee and Jaycelyn. I need to just rely on the Lord. I can’t be everything to everyone and can only do my best. Watch out for them and take care of them.
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