Kamdyn Raye

Wow today is my baby's 4th birthday. Does not seem that long ago that she was a newborn and I was starting over with a baby in the house.

Kam was due on 12/6 but of course being Kam she had other plans and did not come like I thought she would. Which would be early. She was my 3rd and the other 2 were early. So I just assumed that she would be here late November/early December, well Kam had other plans. On the Monday before I was due I went to the doctor for my 40 week check up. I was getting nervous because the kids were leaving for Christmas with their Dad on the 16th and I wanted them to be here when she was born. So I asked Dr. Carl if she could induce me. I just did not want to take any chances at all with the kids not being there...and you can believe that my ex and his wife would not have been flexible at all.

So we set a date of 12/7/2006. Michael and I got up and got dressed that morning early around 4:30am. Taylor spent the night with Stacy (M's sister) and Colton stayed with my grandparents. We got dressed and met my mom and his mom and dad at McDonald's in Lindale to caravan to the hospital. We did not think anyone should have to come to the hospital with us that early but what can you say to your parents who want to be there with you the entire time?
We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 to register...we were late did not get there until about 6:45am. We got all registered and up to our room at about 7-7:15. The aide that was there started my IV and got me all ready for the nurse. She came in about 7:30 and had to ask me all kids of questions and get everything ready. She started my Pit (pitocin) about 8am and Dr. Carl came in at 8:15 to check me and break my water. Michael started crying when she did, I think it really hit him that we were going to have a baby when she did that.

I was about a 3 when she broke my water and knew that I definitely wanted an epidural but had to wait until I was a 4 to get one. So I figured that I was going to have at least an hour or so to labor until I had relief. Man it was intense, I had never had pit before so I did not know what to expect. I felt like it was the end of labor (how hard and fast it was) but it was only the beginning. About 9:45 I had all that I could take and asked the nurse to check me to see if I could have the epidural. She did and I was 5, and I was soooo glad. The anesthesiologist took forever to get in, I don't know how long it was (time had really lost all meaning to me at that point) but he got in there probably around 10 and had my epidural in and ready to go by about 10:15am. During all this time, everyone had gotten there. Taylor, Colton and all our family. They were in and out during my labor. Once I got my epidural I had her check me again because I was feeling a lot of pressure. Sure enough I was at an 8. So she called the doctor to let her know my progress. Dr. Carl got there about 20 minutes later and checked me again and I was ready to push. We got all set up and I started pushing. When Colton was born I pooped all over the table while I was pushing, so I was a little hesitant about really pushing and Michael being right there watching. But I was able to overcome that quickly cause she was ready to come on out and it hurt like heck. I pushed 3 or 4 times and she was here at 10:52am. It was one of the 3 best days of my life.