Kalee's Birth Story (kinda long)

So I decided to type out Kalee's birth story for her to read someday. I've already shared it with her and she loves hearing about it. But I want to write all the details of it for her to look back over and read someday. So here goes....

January 24, 2001 was my due date and the plan was to have my sister come out to be there for the birth, but deciding when she should come was kinda tricky. She didn't want to miss Kalee's birth but could only take off a week of work.

On Wednesday January 17, 2001 Jenn calls me and says I am coming up on Friday, I just bought my bus ticket. Uh, ok but my due date isn't for another week and everyone kept telling me I'd go WAY past my due date. She said No, I am SURE you are going to have her this weekend so I am coming up so I don't miss it. I said OK but if she doesn't come it's not my fault! LOL!! So her bus was to come in on Friday January 19 at 1:30pm and I was going to go pick her up.

Thursday January 18 was a pretty normal day I was having some braxton hicks but nothing abnormal for me I'd been having braxton hicks contractions for several months, in the last month they had picked up a lot and were a little more painful than normal. I pretty much did nothing on that day. I was pretty miserable but that was most days! :)

January 19, 2001 3am....I woke up with HORRIBLE contractions that kept me up. I tried to go back to sleep for 3 LONG hours and couldn't. So at 6am when David got up I got up to take a shower and told him I'd been up in more pain than normal. He asked if he needed to take me to the hospital and I told him No, the contractions were braxton hicks they weren't consistant at all. But I was a little scared and didn't want to be left alone. But he had to go to work. I understood but was still very scared and I knew my sister would be there later so I went back to sleep and couldn't sleep I was still having really painful contractions, but they were VERY sporadic 20 minutes here 5 minutes there, never more than 20 minutes apart though. But I just chalked it up to Braxton Hicks. David's Sgt's wife called me to check on me and make sure I was ok. I told her I was scared and I wished David were with me but I knew he had to be at work. She told me to call her if I needed anything and about hour later David was home in time to get my sister from the bus station. We were a little late picking her up but we got there and she was here and so was David and all was good. I told her what was going on and she said, see I told you it was going to happen this weekend. I just laughed and told her these were just Braxton hicks I was still a week away from being due. I told her I had an appt on the 23rd and she told me I wouldn't make it to the 23rd. So anyways, she said well, let's go to the mall and walk around. I was game because I was starving and wanted to eat. So we went to eat at Ruby Tuesday and walked around the mall for about and hour or so. That was about all I could handle and I was ready to come home, I could barely even eat at this point my contractions were getting closer together.

That evening our friends came over to play some spaids. I let Jenn take my place since I was hurting pretty bad and couldn't focus. Then FINALLY at midnight I got some relief and was ready to eat. So David went to McDonald's for me and I ate a cheeseburger and some fries and a shake! LOL!!

Saturday January 20, 2001~3am
I woke up again at 3am and this time the contractions were more painful and more intense but still sporadic. About 8am I finally woke up David and asked him to run a bath for me, he did and sat in the bathroom with me while I tried to relax. Around 10am the contractions were about 10 minutes apart and my sister came down stairs to see how I was doing. I really just wanted to be left alone.Jenn called my dad and told him that he needed to leave cause I was going to have the baby soon! He was going to be driving with my little brother and step mom from Texas to Georgia.We called my mom and David called his parents to tell them too. They were all excited.

David kept asking if I needed to go to the hospital and I kept telling him no because I didn't think I was in Labor. SO, finally around noonish David talked me into calling L&D at the hospital and they told me to come in.

Well, they said the contractions were braxton hicks and weren't doing anything and I was only dialated to a 2 which is what I was at on Wednesday at my last appt. That was VERY disapointing to hear cause I was in pain and having regular contractions.

Around 3 or so they were like 5 minutes apart and I got up to go to the bathroom and there was a little tiny bit of blood and I freaked out, so we went back to the hospital to hear the same thing again, I was so mad and upset I just wanted some relief! So they gave me something to "edge" of the pain.

We got home and David and Jenn tried to talk me into laying on the couch, but I insisted that I would more comfortable upstairs in my bed. Well, I got upstairs laid down and the contractions were getting closer and closer together. David and Jenn were downstairs trying get something to eat cause they hadn't eaten all day, they tried to but they couldn't cause I was pretty high maintence I guess! LOL!! Anyway, the contractions were even closer like 1 to 3 minutes apart and Jenn and David were like let's go back to the hospital and I did NOT want to go back at all. I hated being in the car I hated being messed with and told I was only a 2. I went to the bathroom again and this time MORE blood and liquid and contractions were REALLY close together. David and Jenn of course were in the bathroom with me since I was a little out of it with the stuff they gave me to "edge" off te pain so they had to carry me to the bathroom. Since I was bleeding again and contractions were closer David and Jenn pretty much told me I didn't have a choice we were going back to the hospital. I wasn't happy but felt like I needed to go too.

5:45pm
I got there and they told me I was a 5, I was so happy to hear that!! David said ok, I am going to check you in and grab a candy bar to eat since he was starving and still hadn't eaten! I was fine cause I knew that soon I would get my epidural and all would be fine in the world.....
15 minutes later I wheeled into the delievry room where the nurse checked me again and said oh she's a 9 get the doctor. I told her I was waiting on my epidural and she quickly told me it was too late for that....WHAT?!?!!? She said you are going to have a baby soon, where is your husband....uh, downstairs getting something to eat! So they called him on the loud speaker....PFC FARRELL please report to L&D...QUICKLY! About the same time David and the doctor arrived the doc checked me said I was 10 and NOT TO PUSH....um, I'm not my body is doing it anyways. So they are all yelling at me telling me not to push not to push, I asked where Jenn was and David said in the waiting room, I said HURRY go get her....so he ran to get her and was back pretty quickly. I kept telling them she' coming she's coming and still they are telling me NOT TO PUSH...I wasn't, my body just kinda took over and I could feel her coming out so I was yelling at them more she's coming, the doc just grabbed his gloves, I pushed twice and there she was....my beautiful baby girl. David cut the cord and I got to kiss her head they cleaned her up while I delivered the placenta and got fixed up, David was holding her and then when they were done he gave her to me and she was just so beautiful! David went back with her to get cleaned up more in the nursery while Jenn stayed with me. I had her at 6:34pm so less than 45 minutes after I got to the hospital!!! She was 6lbs 8oz 19 inches long. We called all the NEW grandparents as this was the first granbaby for both our parents and of course they were so excited!! Dad finally left around 4 or so to come up, so he was a little surprised when I called him and said "hey there grandpa, how are ya" He was pretty shocked. They got to GA the next day to meet Kalee.

That night was kinda scary, I had to room with somebody so they wouldn't let David stay. He was sad to go and I was sad and scared for him to go. But I ended up being ok. They left about 11 pm and there I was with my precious baby, just she and I. I couldn't believe she was here and I was a mommy. All I could do was smile at her and kiss her. I nursed her and we fell asleep together.