To Diane's Pregnancy Journal, The Birth Story!
He's HERE!!
April 30th, 2000
Our little guy FINALLY arrived! :) Here's how it happened...
On Thursday, April 27th, at about 10:30 AM I went to the doctor and she inserted some prostaglandin gel directly onto my cervix to try and get things started. (I was 4 days overdue.) Then she had me stay in the office and hooked up to a monitor to see if I was contracting. I was contracting, but there was no rhythm to them, so she sent me home. I continued with the contractions all morning and all afternoon. About 6:30 PM, the contractions were 3 minutes apart, but I didn't feel like they were strong enough to be "real" labor. I called the hospital, and they told me to come in anyway, so off we went! When I got there, three different nurses tried examining me, but none of them could determine if I was dilated or not. So, they decided to give me a shot of a pain killer and send me home! (This was about 9 PM) Just as they were getting me unhooked from the monitors so I could get dressed, I felt this horrible excruciating pain. It felt like the baby dropped very low all at once. Then my water broke. The nurse examined me and she said I dilated from 0 cm to 5 cm in a few seconds! So they decided I was in "real labor." (Duh!) Soon, I got my epidural (aaahhhhh! Relief!) and at about 10 PM I got the urge to push. The nurse told me not to push yet so they could call the doctor. The doctor arrived at about 11 PM and I started pushing at about 11:15. At 11:37 PM, our little angel was born! His cord was wrapped around his neck twice so he had trouble breathing. His apgar scores were only a 6 and an 8. After he was put on oxygen for a while, he was just fine and I finally got to hold him! He is just so beautiful! What a precious gift from God he is! All the troubles I had with this pregnancy are already forgotten! He is my little bundle of joy. His big brother Gage and big sister Lexi just think the world of him already! Oh, I almost forgot! -We named him Cole Phillip! :) He was 8 lb. 2 oz and 21 1/4 inches long.
Click here to read my pregnancy journal from the beginning.
Click here to see Cole's page.
Click here to see Cole's Gifts!
Bear Family graphic is a special gift from Camille of Country Graphics By Camille. Please do not take it! Thank you so much Camille!!