Chloes Birth Story

On April 6th I started to have small contractions, I figured it was just braxton hicks after all I had a week until my due date. So I went about unpacking as we had just moved in to our first apartment. Yes I moved furniture and heavy boxes, I wasnt going to let this pregnancy turn me in to a meek little girl. So as the day went on my contractions faded away on the 7th my mother and brother came out to paint the nursery my mom told me if I wanted to have the baby while she was there she would love it of course she was joking. Well all of a sudden my contractions were getting stronger but I didnt tell anybody I didnt want to alarm the painters lol. So it was almost dinner time and I couldnt handle it any longer I told my family that its going to happen tonight no matter how much I keep crossing my legs so we ate dinner and went to the hospital, my in-laws led the way.

When we got to the hospital my contractions were pretty bad and I felt like I was going to pass out. They checked me in the emergency room decided I was ready and brought me to my room,(now I would have known all of this would happen and that I would get my very own room if only Chloe had waited a few more days I was going to get a hospital tour on the 9th so much for that lol.) My mom, brother and AJ stayed with me, while my in-laws waited in the waiting room. So I got settled on the bed they strapped me up and then I got up lol, I didnt feel like sitting in the bed waiting to have to push so I walked around with an IV in my hand for my strep b, the juices flowing threw the iv in to my veins hurt much worse than my contractions I had to stop and hold my arm it hurt so bad, I walked around and finally got in to a nice warm tub, it DID NOT HELP!?!? at all so I lasted in there for about 5 minutes. I went back to my room laid on the bed got checked and I was 8cm and then my water broke, by the time they changed my sheets I was ready to push I pushed for about 10 minutes and then when the midwife told me to slow down and push slow for some reason I didnt listen I pushed harder and yup I should have listened cause I ripped and needed stitches. My beautiful baby girl was born at 2:58 am 5lbs 6ozs 21inches tall. The nurse asked me if I wanted my daughter on my belly I said hell no I was in so much pain but I do regret that now, its an experience that I would have loved :-( . We stayed at the hospital for 3 days I suppose this is a good rule they have, since I got to rest and just take care of me and the baby, the food wasnt so bad either. I breastfed her and it was a very scary thing for me, I did not know if she was getting enough if I was more educated I would have done a better job and stopped worrying so darn much.

Chloe; Your name was not easy for us to decide I had a long list of names nad daddy and I went threw them over and over and over I was around 7 months pregnant when we finally decided on Chloe then the middle name Mckenzie Daddy picked itoout just for you he said it sounded good with Chloe so we went with it. I love you.