Today I am going to make this post all about Christian's birth and all that went on with bringing him into this world. Before anyone freaks out, no gory details or pictures haha!
When I found out I was pregnant, of course all I wanted to know was the gender of the baby...boy or girl? At my 20 week appointment, the doctor said the baby was a girl! I was so excited! Cody and I picked out a name, Caitlin Miriam Henderson and I started to collect girl things. Well, a month later at my next appointment, the doctor realized he had made a mistake. The baby was actually a boy! I was so shocked! I had already started to prepare for a girl and it was hard to wrap my head around that it was a boy instead. I wasn't upset, I was just shocked. It took us a little longer to pick out a boy name, but we finally decided on Christian Michael Henderson. It's a tradition in Cody's family to have the initials CMH.
It seemed like time slowed wayyy down when I was pregnant. I didn't think my due date would ever arrive! I didn't have a difficult pregnancy at all, just little things about it I was tired of. Like the most horrible heartburn ever! And it seemed harder to breathe being that big. And of course trying to get comfortable haha! Well, my due date finally came! It was July 30, 2012. Still no baby! A week after my due date I met with the doctor again and after having an ultrasound done, he made the decision to induce me since the ultrasound showed the baby being about nine pounds. He scheduled me to come in on August 8th to start the inducement. That day finally came and we had to wait around all day for the hospital to call us to come in (weird scheduling they have), and we never received a call. At around 8:30pm I called the hospital and they had forgotten about me! They told us to come in so we loaded up our bags and went. Talk about being nervous! I knew pain was coming and knowing that was frightening. But I kept telling myself it would pass and it would be worth it. I just don't like pain lol.
When we got to the hospital, we had to wait for them to sign me in and all. When we were sitting in the waiting room, this really nice lady kept offering us pizza and sushi she had. Someone she knew was having a baby and she kept insisting we take a piece. I finally did because I was afraid of hurting her feelings if I refused anymore. We finally got to our room, and of course they had me put on a hospital gown. Well I'm shy so I finally got it tied to where I was all covered, but when the nurse saw that she untied it and put it on me where I was mooning everyone haha. I really hated that, but little did I know after giving birth you have no privacy left lol. Before they hooked me up to the monitors, Cody and I started taking pictures. I had bought new batteries for the camera because I wanted to take loads of pictures. We were able to take four pictures before all the batteries went dead. What a disappointment! The nurse found us some batteries right before he was born, and I was so thankful! But here are the pictures we took before I was hooked to the monitors.
We were both super happy!
Since I wasn't dilated, they had to prepare my cervix for the pitocin so I had to have a medication for my cervix first through the night. Oh it made me cramp the whole night. Was not fun at all! The next day around 12 noon they started the pitocin and I had that drip all day. After giving me the pitocin, I started having painful contractions, but not where I couldn't focus or anything. They were painful, but not as painful as they were going to get lol. We kept waiting and waiting, I wasn't dilating very fast so trying to bring him into the world was a very long drawn out process. He was comfortable in there I guess lol, he did not want to come out! The doctor came in later that evening around 6:30ish and broke my water. After that my contractions got bad! I was trying my best to have him naturally without any medications, but it was so hard. The nurse gave me something in my IV to help with the pain some, but it didn't touch it. I was so miserable and Cody hated seeing me in pain. I remember having to get up and pee and the nurse helped me and I did it right in front of her. I did not care lol! I was kind of out of my mind. I don't know if the pain medication did it or if it was the pain itself. I couldn't focus on anything except the pain. I just remember how bad it hurt, and I kept calling out to Cody and telling him it hurt. The nurse kept asking me if I wanted an epidural and I finally gave in and told her yes. I guess it would have been around 11ish or 12 that night that I got the epidural and I think I was around 6cm dilated. The rest of the night was easy compared to that, and I was able to get a little bit of sleep. Early that morning I had intense pressure so I called the nurse in and she checked me and I was fully dilated. She had me push once and I was ready. I pushed mostly with her, the doctor came in at the end of it. The nurse said I was a natural pusher, and that I should teach a class. I was very flattered then but now I think she may have just been encouraging me. I don't know lol. As soon as he came out, they laid him on me, and I became overcome with emotion. There is truly nothing like it! I couldn't speak, all I could do was stare at him with tears in my eyes. He was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen, he was just perfect! I gave him to Cody when I had to deliver the placenta, and they cleaned him up while I was being tended to. He was 9 pounds and 5 ounces and 20 3/4 inches long. He was born on August 10, 2012 at 6:25 am. When I got him back, I didn't ever want to let him go! He was and is the most precious gift I could ever receive!
Later on they took us to another room which we stayed in until we went home. Family members came to us and Christi!an and I was just in love the whole time. I also fell deeper in love with Cody as we shared in our son's birth. I recommitted myself to him while we were there, and since then our love has only gotten stronger! I can't begin to say how thankful I am to where I am today and my little family God blessed me with. Some people think I make all bad choices, and I'm not perfect. But I believe I am where I am supposed to be. I know people freak out that Cody and I are not married, but no one should judge except for God! We are planning on getting married, but that requires money so we haven't been able to yet. Diapers and necessities have to come first! Plus, the way I see it, getting married is only a piece of paper. Cody and I have committed ourselves to each other, and we are a family here and in God's eyes. God doesn't need a piece of paper to prove that. When we are able to financially we will get married. Until then people needs to stop pointing fingers at me and at themselves instead.
Anyway, Christian has been my greatest joy and I can't believe six months have already passed by. All the time I tell him not to grow up too fast! I love him with all my heart and will forever! I need to end this post so I can get some things done today. I hope everyone has a splendid day!
Paige
The pictures didn't upload in the order I wanted, but these are the pictures after his birth starting with this one after he came out and they laid him on me!
