A Birth Story

Ok, so as promised, here are the happenings of Evan's arrival :)

First of all, he was born 5 days overdue, so every day became a waiting game. His due date was on March 2nd, but true labor pains didn't come until Sunday, March 6th. I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions for about 2 weeks, and then the morning of March 6th, at like 3 am, I woke up with pretty bad cramps, and they started becoming really regular really fast, so we were thinking that we'd have to head to the hospital in the next few hours or so. Well they stayed regular for a few hours and then it started to die down a little. After that every time I'd have a contraction it would hurt, but was definitely still bearable, and they started spacing out farther and farther. Soooo, Evan was just giving us a little preview I guess ;)

At about 12:30 pm I was able to call a friend from our ward who just so happens to be a nurse that works at the hospital I was delivering at: SWEET!! If we didn't have her to help us with everything, our whole experience would've been MUCH different, and not in a good way! Anyways, she left church early to come over and check me. It's a good thing I don't really care about that stuff, haha. Well, after 9 hours I was still only at a 4, and I was planning on having an epidural, and that's when the hospital gives you one, so she called the hospital and asked how crowded it was, and the answer was: EXTREMELY full, there were no open beds at the moment... great. So my friend said that I should pretty much put myself on bedrest the rest of the day to slow things down (darn, haha) so that's what I did, and it worked! So around 7 pm, things started picking up again, but it was still bearable, especially after I sat in the tub for an hour. At 9 pm my friend called me again and asked if I wanted her to come check me again, and I said YES please :) Well, as soon as she checks me, she said, "Girl, you gotta go, you're at an 8!!" I totally was not expecting that one at all!! So off we went, and in the meantime, my friend called and made sure that I got a private room (the hospitals around here get really crowded in L&D, so the chance of getting a private room without her was slim to none!), and the best nurse, and told everyone working there that we were her friends, so to take care of us... yeah, we owe her BIG time. Anyways, so we get into the room, wait about 30 mins for the epidural, which unfortunately only works on HALF of my body... yeah not fun. I seriously think I'm not gonna bother with the epidural with the next child. I might as well not even have had one, and I got through it, and paid lots of $$ for it! But the epidural also slowed things waaay down, so I got the epidural around 10 pm, and didn't have Evan until 2:27 am the next morning! So all in all, in was almost a 24 hour labor. Yikes. I was in labor with Jake for 17 hours, I definitely didn't think this one would be longer than that! Oh well, Evan is worth it :) So yeah, at about 2:15 am I was starting to get tired of all the contractions and my body was shaking really bad, so they checked me, and sure enough I was at a 10. I only pushed for a few minutes and he was here! And I didn't tear, which seriously was the best thing ever. A few days later I was feeling GREAT. All in all, everything went really well, and little Evan is perfect!!! Welcome to the world, little one :)