His entrance into the world was nothing short of incredible. So here it goes: right around 3:00am on this Tuesday morning Jess and I were soundly sleeping when suddenly my water broke! I had never experienced this sensation with Oden so it was very strange for me. I didn't start contracting right away so Jess and I showered, took our time getting ready, then called Gramma Dee Dee to come and watch Oden. When the contractions started getting intense it as a whole new feeling too. I had a lot of back labor with Oden, which was basically constant pain, so this was a completely new scenario. We left our house around 4am, and arrived at Hinsdale Hospital around 4:30. At this time my contractions were getting stronger and I was VERY uncomfortable. They wheeled me up to labor and delivery where I was immediately checked for dialtion. Upon inspection the nurse said, "You're about 4-5 and I don't want to scare you but, I feel a foot." Jess and I were both taken back but thought maybe when our doctor came we might discover that this nurse was mistaken. I was taken into a room immediately where then hooked me up to all of the necessary equipment. After a few minutes the nurse checked me again. After she had a few words with the other nurses in the room everyone started to scramble about. Then she looked me in the eyes and said, "There are no doctors here, so you DO NOT push! If you feel the sensation, blow out birthday candles!" We asked what was going on and she told us that Ramsey was breech (feet down) and he was ready to come out now! She said I would need a c-section. I was slightly disappointed, but ready to have Ramsey by us and safe. They quickly wheeled me into the Operating Room. Jess barely had enough time to put on his scrubs. As soon as I entered the room they informed me that my doctor had called in a colleague of hers that specialized in breech baby delivery. I saw him and he started to talk to me about pushing. I said, "What about the c-section? Or the epidural?!" The nurse and doctor had to assure me multiple times that there was just no time for either. Before I knew it I was pushing. It was the most intense moment of my life. After about 7 crazy pushes, Ramsey arrived at 5:46am, purple feet first! They took him right away. He needed a little bit of oxygen so they transferred him to the NICU for observation. He was only in there for an hour or so because he is perfectly healthy! He was 7 lbs 9 oz and 20 inches long, and absolutely beautiful! All of the nurses were thanking me for such a beautiful delivery. Almost all of them had never been a breech baby delivery before. It was an intense delivery for all involved!
We came home on Thursday and we have been adjusting nicely. Both Oden and Ramsey have their moments of crazy, but overall have been pretty good.
Here are some pictures of Ramsey's Birth Day....
On our way to the hospital...
Oden's first time meeting his baby brother.
I´m from Brazil.I just stop to say "God bless you and all your beatifull family".Congratulations for them.You rase a great family.
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