5pm-- Hanging out at the pool with Robyn and cute little Saylor. Trying to stay cool in the hot Arizona heat. Talking about how nervous I was for the baby to come and so curious to finally find out if it was going to be a boy or girl!
8pm--I had just finished dying my roots and it was the last thing on my list of things to get done before the baby came so I was in a good mood.
9pm-- Sam got home from work. (his work schedule for the summer is the worst...he is working 9-9, lame! But come September, we will get to have him home a lot so I'm counting down the days!) He was rushing to eat dinner because they had a work meeting that night from 9:30-11:30. I was changing into my pjs and felt a gush of water come out of me. I called to Sam "I think my water broke!!" But he just laughed and said "Yeah right, you probably just peed your pants or something" I was only 38 weeks so we thought I still had a couple more weeks to go because they say that average delivery for first time moms is about 41 weeks.
9:30pm--I told him just to go to the meeting and I would call him if anything happened. (I had no contractions yet) I called my mom and told her what had happened and she said to call the hospital and explain to them whats happening and they will would be able to tell me if it was my water or not. I called over there and the nurse said to just come in and they would check everything out to see if I was in labor or not. I sent a text to Sam and told him what they said so he came home to help me get my bags together and get the carseat buckled in the car and we headed over there. At this point the only thing I was worried about was the dog. He had finally just got settled in and comfortable with our new apartment, I hated having to leave him alone not knowing if we would be back soon or not. haha!
10:30pm--contractions started on the car ride over to the hospital, but they were not very strong so I was still unsure if it was even time yet.
11pm--we pulled into the hospital and they took me back to check how dilated I was and how things were looking and found out, its time! They sent us up to our room but I was dilated only to a 3. I called my mom and sisters to tell them that I had my room. Lauren asked if I wanted them to drive out to be there to be with us and I said yes! (That way someone could go back to the apartment and check on Montee lol!)
Saturday May 14, 2016:
12am--nurse gave me my IV and put me on petocin, which starts giving you regular contractions and gets the ball rolling. If your water breaks then you have to deliver the baby in a certain amount of time because the baby is more exposed to infection. This is when things got bad, real bad.
1am-4am--HELL...The contractions were TERRIBLE. I told them I wanted to have the epidural but the anesthesiologist was in surgery with someone else and I wasn't dialed enough yet so I had to wait a little bit longer. They gave me a pain killer so that it would help me before the epidural came. I don't know what they put me on, but I was high as a kite and saying the most random and funniest things. lol! Sam took some video of me and they are pretty funny. Next time any of you see me ask to see the videos, I'm too embarrassed to post them on the internet, haha! The contractions were getting worse and worse and I was making a fool of myself laying in bed; screaming, yelling, sweating, crying and getting mad at Sam for no reason at all. haha I can't even explain how bad the pain was. Everytime a contraction came, I wanted to die... which was every 3 minutes. Ugh, literally the worst!
4:30am--Sam was so great and stood by my side the whole time. I know that he was so tired and just wanted to be able to get some sleep, as did I. The nurses would come in occasionally to check and see how I was doing but I was just screaming at the top of my lungs and would get mad at them and ask when the contractions would stop. Ha! Finally the anesthesiologist came into the room and they were trying to get me to sit still and breath so that he could poke my back. So they sat me up and he stuck the needle in my back but I could feel the baby coming and it was time to push, I looked at the nurse trying to help hold me down and said "I need to push, its coming!" He took the needle out of my back and wasn't able to give me the drug...They laid me back down, got the doctor in the room and I pushed 3 times and he was here!
4:58am-- It's a BOY! 6.8lbs and 19 inches long. Perfect. The moment they told me it was a boy I just felt a whole lot of love in my heart and looked and Sam and just kept saying "It's a boy, it's a boy!" He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said "I love you so much" and gave me a big kiss. He called his family while they laid our baby on my chest and I was in tears. Tears of joy and tears of pain. Everything happened so fast and it is still all a blur (mostly because of all the pain I was in haha)
6am-Lauren and Ricky were there in the hospital with us to report that Montee was at the apartment and doing okay.
4pm-- Mom was with us and was so happy to meet her first grandchild! She said the second she saw him it was a flashback to when I was born because I had the same amount of hair that he does.
I can't believe that I had a natural birth, it was totally not the plan and a really crazy experience. As painful and miserable as it was, I did love it and am happy with the outcome, obviously.
I was in the hospital for two days and two nights. The nurses were all so so sweet and took such good care of us. We finally decided on a name the second day. William Maverick Sprunt and he will go by his middle name. Its a Sprunt family tradition, Sam's full name is William Samuel Sprunt and his Dad is William Mark Sprunt and Grandpa is William Jack Sprunt. It goes waaaaayyy back, like 10 generations. The first born is given the name William and goes by their middle name. Its so great to be able to keep up the tradition and carry on the last name for them. I love it!
Maverick has been the greatest thing that has ever happened to us. I am totally in love with him and will do whatever I can to keep him happy and healthy. Sam has been the biggest support through it all and its like we fell in love all over again. He is our little miracle that we created together and I can't wait to watch him grow!
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