Teddy
August 26 ∙ 9 lbs ∙ 11oz.
This was a very hard pregnancy for me.
Summer was hot and I was swollen. On his guess date I thought maybe he’d show up because I started having contractions 5 minutes apart consistently. I labored for a whole day but I’m the end it stopped and I was discouraged. Over the next week I consistently had contractions but they were sporadic and in the front. I have only had back labor before with my other two so I didn’t believe that the contractions were, “the real deal.” One week later to the day I went to bed crying and around midnight I felt like I was peeing the bed. I jumped up and grabbed a towel. I pee wouldn’t stop coming out and I remember thinking that it was the last straw and I hated everything.
Surprise, it was my water breaking.
My water never broke before labor with the other two so this was new to me. My mom showed up and through the night I labored. It was very strong In my back and front at the same time so that was really intense. I would have a good hour of strong waves then I’d have an hour of sleep and that happened all night. In the morning my kids woke up and I got my oldest ready for her first day of school. Then I headed back downstairs and my labor really kicked in after that. After a few hours of labor and trying different positions I started feeling really pushy. I felt like I hadn’t even gone through transition so I think Jen was a bit worried that I was pushing prematurely but I couldn’t stop so I went with it.
I pushed for awhile and then headed for the pool.
I got my arm and some of my top in the water before I felt him crowning. I held him in for as long as I could because I really didn’t want to tear. I felt him move down bit by bit and finally he was born. He slid out perfectly and into my arms he went. I remember saying that I couldn’t believe I gave birth on “dry land”. No tearing and he was perfect and beautiful. In the end I got to take a killer herb bath in my unused tub, so that was great.
