Trent's Birth Story

     On Saturday January 25th, 2014, Matt and I took the boys to see the movie Frozen. We were excited to take them out and do something fun with them since we knew it was one of our last weekends as a family of four. The movie was so cute and we had a great time eating too much popcorn! During the movie, I had a few Braxton hicks contractions but they were sporadic. And at this point in my pregnancy (36 weeks, 4 days) I knew it was common to have a lot of them. After we got lunch, we came home, it was around 12:30pm when Matt and I put Landon and Oliver down for their afternoon nap.  I decided to take a shower and lay down. Once I was laying down, I realized my practice contractions (braxton hicks) were a little more painful than usual.That is when I realized the contractions were coming every 15 to 20 minutes I timed them for an hour before calling my OBGYN. The doctor on call was one I had never met but she knew from my file that with my last pregnancy I went into labor naturally early. Because of this, she wanted me to come to the hospital to get checked and monitored. I called my Mom and asked her to come over with my dad to watch the boys until we get home. I was convinced I was just being overly cautious and we would be back home in a few hours. Matt still insisted on us packing everything in the car, just in case.

       My Mom arrived around 3:10pm and by then I was contracting every 10-15 minutes and I also noticed Trent had dropped. The whole top half of my belly was empty and I was full on waddling around. We said bye to the boys and told them they might be staying at Grandma and Grandpa's house tonight, but we will see them tomorrow and off we went! I was starting to be in a lot of pain in the car and kept asking Matt to just get us there and don't talk to me. Poor Matt rushed us to the hospital in a speedy 18 minutes, when usually it would take us 25-30 minutes. We parked and quickly went up to the 3rd floor to register and get hooked up to the monitor. Once hooked up the contractions started showing up right away and that is when I knew today was going to be the day we welcomed our third son. By the time we met our Doctor they were coming every 3 to 4 minutes. She checked my cervix (which was closed but soft and short on Tuesday) and now was 4 centimeters. Our doctor said today is the day and he is ready to come. I was very scared he would be going to the NICU, like our last two did because he was so early. She reassured me that just because Oliver went at 37 weeks (because he inhaled fluid during delivery) does not mean Trent will. She could not have been more caring or reassuring! Over the next hour we were signing forms and meeting all the friendly nurses and doctors that would be in the room during the surgery. At 5:30pm while talking to one of the nurses my water broke! I had always wondered what that would feel like just a few minutes before it happened I was actually telling Matt I was disappointed that I was not going to experience it.

     After my water broke I said bye to Matt and was wheeled to the OR. I got my spinal and a few minutes later Matt showed up by my side. I remembered the feeling from my last two csections... the tingling and warmth slowly going up your legs then your stomach, it never gets less scary. It felt like it took a while for the doctor to reach Trent because of all the scar tissue. But when she finally reached him at 6:11pm the nurses said he was screaming before the Doctor had even gotten him out all the way and he kept crying the whole time he got examined and scored an awesome 9/9 on his Apgar Score! Being only 36 weeks and 4 days they had to keep a close eye on him while I got stitched up but he was perfect and didn't have to go to the NICU and went with us to recovery and stayed with Matt and I in our room the whole day and half we stayed at the hospital. It was the best experience I could have asked for even though it wasn't with the doctor I had originally wanted or the date I expected, it was one of the best days of my life and we couldn't be happier that he is here already and so healthy. Trent is the sweetest, most patient, content baby and he is the perfect addition to our family! Now we are just adjusting to having a newborn again and focusing on recovering. Thank you for all the congratulations!  I will do a postpartum update soon.