Going into labor...August 23, 2006

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So on the day that would be the 1st of my weeklys (I was at 36 weeks) I joked at lunch that I was going to tell the doctor to just go ahead and get this baby out of me. I hadn't been feeling all that great for the last few days, becoming more tired and constantly having diahrrea (little did I know this was an early sign of labor). So I go to my check up and explain to Dr. Reily how I've been feeling and she tells me that I'm 4cm dilated and 70% effaced. I asked if she was going to tell me to just go ahead and walk over to the hospital but she said no but that I wouldn't last another 4 weeks either. Chuck came home extremely early from work that day...I think he was a bit nervous that it was going to happen at any moment. We have dinner, Tacos (I'll probably always remember), watch some TV, and go to bed. Nothing out of the ordinary. I was still having some cramps, but I thought it was because of the whole diahrrea thing. About 10-15 min after going to bed, I turned over and liquid squirted out of, where, you know. I just layed there with my eyes wide open. In my head, "What was that? Was that pee? Did my water just break? I thought it was going to be like a big gush, that wasn't a big gush." So, I finally conviced myself it was okay to move and went to the bathroom. My underwear was soaked and when I wiped it was a bit mucousy looking. I was still cramping but afraid this was false labor and didn't want to get Chuck out of bed to go the hospital just to be sent home, so I went and layed down on the couch to try and see if this passed. About 1hr or so of laying there, the cramps started to hurt in my lower back and I pretty much knew this had to be labor. So, I wake Chuck up and tell him it's time to go to hospital. Well, Chuck is just stupid when he first wakes up. I really mean that. He can't even begin to comprehend anything you say to him and he literally runs into stuff for like 30 min. So, he thought I was waking him up for work...I guess he felt rested considering it was about midnight. :-) So, our normal work morning routine is me already having his coffee fixed and waiting for him and turn the weather channel on. Well, when Chuck went into the kitchen for his coffee it wasn't there and then he tried to find the weather channel but couldn't. I in the meantime, was putting make up on and fixing my hair a little (I wasn't going to be seen looking like total poop even if I was about to have a baby). He heard me blow drying my hair and came and stood in the doorway of the bathroom. He asked me what time it was, "1AM." "Are we going to the hospital?" DUH! So, I did have our bags already packed which was a good thing, and Chuck takes them out to the car. Our car is weird, if you lock it by the locks on the door instead of the button on the keychain the alarm doesn't set. But if you lock it with the button and then open it with the actual key, the alarm goes off...which it did, at 1AM for all of the neighbors to hear. I think Chuck was still in his stupid state. haha So, we finally get everything in the car and get to the hospital and get checked in. I was in labor for a total of about 18-19 hrs if you count from when my water broke, and the last 3 was spent pushing (the girl had/has a big head). At one point during pushing, I guess nothing too exciting was happening, and Chuck fell asleep standing up. The nurse was like, "Do you need something to drink?" Yeah, a beer. hehe Then at 6:30PM that next night Makenna Rose came into this world screaming her head off...I don't think she's ever stopped. HAHA