10 years ago today I welcomed the most wonderful boy into my life. Happy Birthday to my sweet and loving son, you make my life so much brighter! I love you Colton Garrett!
Since it is Colton's birthday I wanted to tell his birth story -
*both my ex husband and my current husband are named Michael so for this story I will name him x-dh*
I found out I was pregnant December 26, 1999 and due 8/31/2000. My X-DH was based in Baltimore so I just called him and told him that I was pg. We were not really trying but had been separated for 4 months and when we got back together...I ended up pregnant. My pregnancy with Colton was really easy, I was not that sick and did got gain that much weight. I felt good up until the end of July/first of August. We are not good at waiting so in April of 2000 we found out Colt was a boy. We already had Taylor so we were very excited that we were having a boy. My x-dh worked for Southwest Airlines, and our health insurance only covered the cities where there were SWA bases. I had to find an OB in Dallas. I found a great one in Grapevine and was set to deliver at Baylor Grapevine. My labor with Taylor was pretty fast for my first baby so my dr decided to induce me on 8/18/2000. He really did not want me to have to travel 2 hrs to the hospital while in labor. The morning of the 18th we got up at 3 because we had to be at the hospital at 6 for induction. Mom and Stacy went up with us. We got to the hospital, got checked in to the room and all settled about 7. Dr. Rost came in at 7:15am and gave me cervidil to start my labor. Cervidil is usually given at the dr's office to soften your cervix and start labor naturally, but not immediately. I was already 70% effaced and dilated to a 2 so the dr figured this would be enough to get things moving.
He came back through around 7:45am to check me and to break my water. When he came checked me I was about 90% and dilated to a 3 and all the remnants of the pill was gone. I remember being so embarrassed that "I" had disolved that pill completely so quickly! he broke my water and labor started for real then. Colton had a little bit of trouble with his heart rate so they pushed in lots of fluids (3 bags in an hr) and would not let me get off the monitor so I had to use the bed pan....not the most fun thing to have to do!!! It was awful, I couldn't get up, couldn't get an epidural and had to pee constantly. Things progressed along well and about 10:30 I was far enough dilated to get the epidural but the anesthesiologist was in the ER with a major mva. My mom pulled a Shirley McClaine and told the nurses that they better get someone else to my room immediately! Needless to say I had an epidural within 30 minutes. After I got the epidural I felt good, it did not work on one spot of my abdomen so I felt like someone was stabbing me but it was manageable so I was not sweating it. Mom and Stacy decided to go get lunch about 12:15 or so, I was resting and we thought it was going to be another couple of hours because by the time I got my epidural I was only 7. My dr came in at 12:30 to check me and said that I was ready to go, I freaked! He said that I could rest for 15 minutes then I would need to start pushing. I sent my x-dh down to the cafeteria to get my mom. The nurse came in about 12:45 to have me do some practice pushes, I asked for the mirror cause I wanted to see. I saw about a quarter size of Colton's golden brown hair, it was so sweet. I pushed 2x and he was crowning. The nurse ran to get the dr and to get the room set up. 2 funny things happened during delivery, I had a dead leg. Literally. I could not get that leg to cooperate for anything. I was just wildly swinging it trying to get it in the stirrup, finally the dr grabbed it and put it up for me. Secondly Colton's big ol head had sealed up the hole when they broke my water, so after he was born, amniotic fluid shot up on the nurse and dr. The nurse jumped 2 feet in the air I swear. I could hear my x-dh and my sister snickering and that made me start laughing. My dr fussed at me and said for me to stop laughing and push. Colton was born at 1:07pm
He was a big ol boy for being 2 weeks early. He weighed 8lbs 14ozs and was 20 3/4 inches long. Poor guy was bruised all up because he came down the birth canal so quickly but he was gorgeous. He had all this beautiful golden brown hair and this fat sweet face. Taylor was not really interested in him, she was more enamored of the other babies. Not the one that her momma was holding and loving on.
Well that was my big day 10 years ago, one of the 3 best days of my life!
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