HEY EVERYBODY I'M BACK. WE HAVE HAD A BUSY WEEK. ON MONDAY JULY 17 I TOOK ALL THREE KIDS SWIMMING AT MY FRIEND CHRISTA'S MOM'S HOUSE. HAD A LOT OF FUN AND A NICE WAY TO STAY COOL IN 90 DEGREE WEATHER. ANYWAY THAT AFTERNOON I STARTED CONTRACTIONS BUT I INGORED THEM THINKING THEY WOULD GO AWAY. WELL THEY DIDN'T THEY STARTED 10 MINUTES APART AND AROUND 1:30 A.M. I WOKE JOEL UP CAUSE THEY WERE 4 MINUTES APART FOR A COUPLE OF HRS AND NOW WERE STARTING TO HURT. SO WE CALLED UP "AUNTIE" (JULIE JOEL'S SIS) SHE STAYED WITH THE KIDS WHILE HUBBY TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL. WELL SINCE I WAS 35 WEEKS THE HOSIPTAL WAS NOT GOING TO STOP MY LABOR BUT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HELP ME EITHER. SO BACK TO BED REST THEY MADE ME STAY. FOR THE MOST PART THEY WERE 4 MINUTES APART AND THEN ALL DAY TUESDAY AND NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED THE CONTRACTIONS WERE NOT COMING ANYMORE AND SINCE I WAS JUST LAYING IN BED I THOUGHT I WAS DONE. WELL THEN TUESDAY NIGHT THEY STARTED AGAIN 4 MIN APART AND AROUND 2:45 A.M. THEY WERE REAL BAD REAL PAINFUL AND IT SEEMED LIKE ONLY A COUPLE MINUTES APART. WELL ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS HOW MUCH I HATE PAIN SO BY 3:00 I AM BEGGING FOR HELP WITH THE PAIN. THEY GET READY TO MOVE ME UPSTAIRS (WHERE THE DELIVERY ROOMS ARE) AND CALLING THE EPIDURAL DOCTOR, GIVING ME A IV AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. JOEL AND NURSE ARE YELLING AT ME TO BREATH AND REALLY HONESTLY I WANTED TO KILL THEM BOTH!!! DUH I KNOW I NEED TO BREATH BUT I FEEL LIKE SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE HEAD RIGHT NOW I HURT SO BAD SHUT UP!!! I KNOW I KNOW THEY ARE ONLY TRING TO HELP BUT .....ANYWAY THEY GIVE ME THE EPIDURAL AND THE NURSE TELLS US WE NEED TO TRY TO REST CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO TAKE. NOW THEY HAD JUST CHECKED ME RIGHT BEFORE THE EPIDURAL (HALF AN HR AGO) AND I WAS DILATED TO 3 CM. SHE CHECKED ME AGAIN JUST TO BE SURE AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW I AM NOW AT 8!! POOR JOEL HE WAS SO EXCITED THAT HIS WIFE WASN'T IN PAIN ANYMORE HE WAS ALL STRETCHED OUT ON THE RECLINER WITH A BLANKED THINKING HE WOULD GET A LITTLE NAP IN, THINKING I AM STILL AT 3 AND NOW I AM AT 8. SO HE GETS UP FOLDS THE BLANKET AND STARTS MAKING PHONE CALLS. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER I JUMP HE LOOKS AT ME AND I TELL HIM MY WATER BROKE. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS RUNNING OUT THE DOOR I HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE WAS GOING WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM HE COMES WALKING BACK IN SAYING OH I DON'T NEED TO GET A NURSE JUST PUSH THE NURSE BUTTON I GUESS HE PANICKED JUST A LITTLE!!!! ANYWAY THEY WERE GETTING ME READY TO PUSH YOU KNOW PUT MY FEET IN THE STIR UPS I COULD FEEL BABY IN MY TUMMY DROPPING. NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO ME ONE NURSE IS GETTING STUFF READY ANOTHER NURSE IS IN THE CLOSET DR IS PUTTING ROBE AND GLOVES ON I SAY "I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK ME OUT" THE NURSE SAYS IT'S OK HONEY U R GOING TO FEEL ALOT OF PRESSURE JOEL IS TALKING TO ME ABOUT SWITCHING HOLDING HANDS DR STILL GETTING READY WELL THEN I GUESS JOEL SAYS MY VOICE GOT REAL LOUD REAL HIGH AND I AGAIN SAY" NO SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK ME NOW" JOEL SAYS HE PEEKED BABY'S HEAD WAS ALL THE WAY OUT, DR COMES RUNNING NURSE IS RUNNING YUP BABY ALMOST LANDED ON THE FLOOR!! BUT ANYWAY ONE MORE GRUNT AND HE WAS OUT!! HE WAS BORN 7 - 19 -06 AT 7:19 A.M.. HE WEIGHS 6' 14" AND WAS 19 1/2 INCHES LONG.
