A Baby Story

The Day

The doctor told my mom that I was due to come on February 11th but I had other plans. You see, I was very eager to meet all the people who had been talking to me while I was in Mommy's tummy. Early Saturday morning, at 3:45 am, Mommy woke up to use the restroom. She discovered that her water had broken!! She told my dad but he didn't really believe that it was time. He told Mommy to lay back down and go to sleep!!! Mom called the doctor and the doctor told her how to determine if this was the real thing. She said that if it was, Mommy should come to the hospital because my doctor was on duty and would be able to deliver me. Well it was the real thing all right so Mommy showered and got ready to go to the hospital. My Mom had convinced herself that I would not be coming until the end of the month so she had not even packed a bag yet. They finally got everything together and called all of the family and friends who needed to know and left the house around 5:45 am.

We arrived at the hospital at about 6:00. Luckily my Mommy had not had any bad contractions yet. I wished it could stay that way but they were soon to come. At about 6:30 mom started to have really bad contractions. I didn't want to hurt her but I was really trying to get here. She eventually got an epidural to take away the pain. I was glad that she felt better. The doctor checked her at 6:45 and mom was dilated 4 cm. It was only a matter waiting now. Mom tried to rest and at 9:30 the doctor checked her and she was still at 4 cm. Well my doctor had to leave because she figured it would be a while before I arrived (boy, did I fool her!). Since Mom was not progressing as fast as they would have liked, they decided to give her a medicine called petocin. This medicine made my moms contraction's come more consistently so it would be easier for me to come.

At 10:55 the doctor checked my mom again and to everyone's surprise she was dilated a full 10 cm. You should have seen the shock on everyone's face including the doctor. In just that small amount of time, Mommy was ready to push! She started pushing at about 11:15. The doctor said that I was face up which would make it harder to push so he tried to turn me. I wouldn't turn though,so he told Mom to keep pushing. It was hard for her but she really wanted to see me so she kept at it. She had to push for almost an hour but she loved me so much that she worked very hard at it and I finally arrived at 12:08 pm.

Mom named me Kennedy Nikole (pretty huh!) and nursed me right away. My dad was in love at first sight (he's already wrapped around my finger!). Everyone says I look like him. I have his nose and the same dimple in my chin. Lot's of people came to visit me while I was in the hospital even though I slept through most of them. On Monday, January 21st Mommy, Daddy, and I finally went home. We are all very healthy and getting used to our new lives.