Here is the birth story of Daniel Jarrett Brown III aka Tre'
At my doctors appointment on Wed Nov 9th, my doctor checked me and found out that I was 4 cm dilated 80% effaced and at -1 station. She stripped my membranes and said that she bet that I would have him by that Friday, Nov 11. She even put 5 dollars on it lol. We were very excited with this new and called all close family members and friends and told them that it might be soon! Daniel and I went home and decided that just in case he comes tonight, we should get some last minute stuff done. I finished a paper for school, and he cleaned up the studio/office. He started a new at home job working as an At Home Advisor for Apple products! He basically works on things like Ipad, Mac, etc. They sent him a brand new 21" Mac and everything to get started, so he worked on that and then helped me clean the house. We decided to go walking at the mall to see if we could get things rolling. After that we went home, I took a shower and we settled down for the evening and literally counted the minutes and hours until labor started lol. I had been having contractions off and on since I had walked that previous Sunday. By the way, the Celebration turned out to be wonderful! We got tons of diapers and wipes and collected a little over 300 dollars in gift cards! Ok back to the story. I sat on my yoga ball and timed every single contraction to see if I could see them getting regular or closer. My doctor had told me that once they are every 5 minutes, come right in because she didnt think that I would labor long at all. Well, they never got to five minutes apart. Instead, I noticed at 6:42 they started coming every 2 minutes on the dot. This is what happened to me when I went into labor with Jarrett, so I thought that surely this was it. After timing for an hour, I told Daniel that I thought this was it! We had already had our bags in the car, so we packed up last minute items such as toothbrush, toothpaste and headed out the door at 7:50. On the way the hospital, the contractions slowed down to 4 minutes apart. But, by the time we arrived at the hospital at 8:02 and were in the Triage after getting checked in they were doing 2-4 minutes apart. The nurse checked me and I was still the same as I was earlier that day. They also monitored me for about 20 minutes and saw the contractions 2-4 minutes apart so she said to go walk for about an hour. She wasnt sure if they would admit me until I came back. I walked the stairs and when I came back, she said that my doctor had called to check on something. The nurse told her that she had one of my patients potentially in labor, and she immediately guessed it was me! Lol. She told them to go ahead and admit me. That was around 10 pm. I told friends and family and we prepared to have a baby!!! Little did we know that it was going to be a long hall lol. After sitting on the ball for a couple hours, I was checked again at around 12 and was 5 cm. After that, my contractions seemed to pretty much die down just like they had been for the past few days. I was highly upset! I got checked again at 1am and was still the same. The nurses told me that I wasnt in labor just yet but my body was on its way. My doctor told me to go ahead and keep me over night and if things didnt speed up by the morning, they would give me a low dosage of pitocin to see if that would help. NOTHING HAPPENED THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!! My contractions slowed down to being very irregular! I tried to sleep but couldnt cuz I was too upset lol. But, around 9:30 that next morning, they put me on a low dosage of pitocin and the contractions immediately regulated and began coming around 2 minutes apart again. They were pretty intense and I had to do some breathing to manage the pain. I sat on the ball and placed my head in Daniels neck (he sat in a chair and would bend over each contraction to help me lol. His poor back) They came and checked me at 1010 and I was still a 5 and 90% effaced. As she was checking me, she broke my water. OMG thats when I felt like each contraction was like someone was sawing my back in half!!!!! The contractions had picked up to about 1-2 minutes apart by then and I couldnt stand it!!!!! Each contraction it was getting really difficult to breath through them. Through both of my labors, I never made a sound through the contractions because I wanted to concentrate on breathing. These contractions were painful enough to make me want to scream through them!!! MAN! I had wanted to go as long as I could without the epidural, but shoot! after about 30 minutes of dealing with those I said I wanted it NOW. Luckily, the anesthesiologist was on his way to a c-section and came within 10 minutes of me requesting it. After, I got the epidural, it was
BLESSED RELIEF!!!! I felt like I could fly and dance and kiss everybody!! AAAAmazing!
After that, things sped up rather quickly. I got checked at 11:20 and was 6 cm. I had a few friends and family there so we just kicked it, played games, talked etc. At 12:18 I was checked and was 8 cm. We got really excited because she said that he was also really low! My sister had left earlier to run an errand, and I wanted her in the room with Daniel and I since my mom wasnt able to make it. I called her and told her that I was 8 cm and she said she would be there asap. The nurse came in around and to check on me at and I made mention of the fact that I felt sort of nauseous. She asked me if I felt any pressure, and I told her no real pressure like I had to poop but I did feel something down there. She decided to check me to see if anything had changed. This was at 12:48, 30 minutes after my last check where I was an 8. She gasped and said, "OMG, he is right there! Its time to have a baby! AAAAAAAAH
She rushed everyone except Daniel out the room and paged the doctor. The nurses all came in to get ready for the delivery. As they were doing so, my sister came in and I got on to her for barely making it! I wanted to see the birth throught the mirror so they brought one out. The nurse pulled my left leg up on the stirrup, then started to do the same thing with my right leg, but immediately put it back down on the bed. "Omg, his head is right there!! Where the heck is the doctor!!" My doctor finally came running in at 12:58. She threw her stuff on pulled my leg up on the stirrup and told me to look at my baby's head. I looked in the mirror and saw the top of his head! At 1:00 on the dot, I started pushing. I pushed three times during the first contraction. We waited for the next one. My doctor joked that she saw blond hair and told Daniel that he was not the father!! At the beginning of the next contraction, she told me to push just a little bit, I did and she told me to look in the mirror. I looked and what I saw, I will never forget! I saw my son emerge slowly with the help of the doctor! (I didnt tear or need to be cut!) It seemed like everything was in slow motion until he popped out! My son was born at 1:04 Nov 10th! He came out screaming. He was placed on my chest immediately and Daniel cut the cord. I cant even describe the emotions running through me! It was everything I could have ever imagined and more! I couldnt stop crying! I was listening to my son cry for the first time. I had looked forward to this moment since I found out I was pregnant with Jarrett. He didnt cry at birth, so it was such a longing to hear this baby cry. It was beautiful! I am sooooooo happy!!!! The past few days have been like a dream! I dont ever want to wake up!
Thanks for reading and sorry so long lol. Here are some pics
Tre' Brownn
Nov 10, 2011 1:04pm
6lbs 12 oz 19in
And here is his birth video
