It is so hard to believe that 3 years and 361 days ago Yakko first entered the world! He was born at 6:56 AM on January 11, 2005 at Carilion Hospital ( I cant believe I still remember the time). He was the greatest and worst pregnancy of all. The first 6 months were wonderful, enjoying my new belly and my first year of marriage with Monty. I remember I first felt his flutter at 12 weeks and found out he was a boy at 20 weeks (that was the craziest thing to see). Then at about 7 months things became more complicated. I started having mild contractions and became very uncomfortable. I kept calling my doctor and making trips to the hospital to make sure all was alright, i am sure that became sick of hearing from me.
After many checkups with my ob/gyn we noticed that I was already dilated 2 cm. Then about 10 weeks before I was due, we found out I was 3 cm dilated. So needless to say I was put on bedrest for 2 months!! I was on modified bedrest most of the time, which meant I could get up and walk around, but no working and no driving. It was miserable!! And remember Monty and I were in our first year of marriage at the time, so the money I was making from work was very needed!!! It was STRESS after STRESS after STRESS!! I look back though and thank God so much that I had family around to help me during this time b/c I dont think Monty and mine's relationship would have lasted if it werent for them.
So anyways each week that I went to the doc from then on was always nerve racking, just trying to make it to another week without him being born! I finally made it to 37 weeks and Dr. Campbell said that she wanted to go ahead and take me in to be partiallly induced. I went in on January 11 at 12:00AM and at 1:00 AM they put some type of stuff on my cervix to soften it and hopefully help me to gain stronger more productive contractions. Well that is EXACTLY what it did. I wanted to have a natural/ non medicated childbirth but I was so young and had no idea what to expect that when I became 6cm dilated and contractions were sooo hard, the only thing I could think is DRUGS!!! Now after more experience and reading I know that there are other options first, getting up and out of the bed first off would have helped. So they came in and gave me an epi. at around 5:30 and after that I became very calm and relaxed.
My mom, my sister, Monty, Monty's mom and his grandmother decided to take a nap. Once everyone fell asleep that's when things started happening, of course. All of the sudden I felt an urge to push and there was no stopping it!! After just 15 min of pushing and 3 pushes, Yakko was born! A big 8 lb 2oz bald headed boy!!!!
It was the most joyous moment of my life. Birth is such a wonderful experience and such a miracle, but I don't think I had realized that until I had my first child, it's like everything just lit up right when he entered the world. He is the light of my life and always will be, everything I do is for him! I LOVE YOU Yakko :)
After many checkups with my ob/gyn we noticed that I was already dilated 2 cm. Then about 10 weeks before I was due, we found out I was 3 cm dilated. So needless to say I was put on bedrest for 2 months!! I was on modified bedrest most of the time, which meant I could get up and walk around, but no working and no driving. It was miserable!! And remember Monty and I were in our first year of marriage at the time, so the money I was making from work was very needed!!! It was STRESS after STRESS after STRESS!! I look back though and thank God so much that I had family around to help me during this time b/c I dont think Monty and mine's relationship would have lasted if it werent for them.
So anyways each week that I went to the doc from then on was always nerve racking, just trying to make it to another week without him being born! I finally made it to 37 weeks and Dr. Campbell said that she wanted to go ahead and take me in to be partiallly induced. I went in on January 11 at 12:00AM and at 1:00 AM they put some type of stuff on my cervix to soften it and hopefully help me to gain stronger more productive contractions. Well that is EXACTLY what it did. I wanted to have a natural/ non medicated childbirth but I was so young and had no idea what to expect that when I became 6cm dilated and contractions were sooo hard, the only thing I could think is DRUGS!!! Now after more experience and reading I know that there are other options first, getting up and out of the bed first off would have helped. So they came in and gave me an epi. at around 5:30 and after that I became very calm and relaxed.
My mom, my sister, Monty, Monty's mom and his grandmother decided to take a nap. Once everyone fell asleep that's when things started happening, of course. All of the sudden I felt an urge to push and there was no stopping it!! After just 15 min of pushing and 3 pushes, Yakko was born! A big 8 lb 2oz bald headed boy!!!!
It was the most joyous moment of my life. Birth is such a wonderful experience and such a miracle, but I don't think I had realized that until I had my first child, it's like everything just lit up right when he entered the world. He is the light of my life and always will be, everything I do is for him! I LOVE YOU Yakko :)
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Happy Birthday Eli!
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