BaBy RaFe!

Hello Blog World - I am so sorry I have neglected you for 9 long months now. It's just... well if you met my baby you would understand that he doesn't rest. He is so crazy wild and busy I am lucky to sneak a shower in the day. HONESTLY!!! I love my little guy to pieces but man he keeps me on my toes. So here is the story of Rafe being born -

Where to begin. I guess it all started the Wednesday before my due date so on December 2nd I went with my mom up to Logan to do some Christmas shopping. We were joking in the car about me going into labor that day but we both knew it would never happen. Well we were driving home and my back started to hurt really really bad, so I told my mom and she started to drive a little faster just in case. Well then I started to feel contractions in the front along with the pain in my back, it was not a pleasant combination. So we got to my parents house in Ogden and Crey met us there and he rushed me up to the hospital which is also located in Ogden. Well they had me change into a robe and then checked me to see if I was dilated and in labor. I wasn't... they told me I was just in early labor and to go and walk around for a bit. I could barely breathe at this point because the pain was so bad. So me and Crey walked around for an hour and I didn't make any progress so they sent us home. Well that following monday the pain doubled. It got so bad I literally couldn't walk. So again, Crey rushed me up to the hospital because of the pain in my back. Well the nurse we had was AWFUL! she was so mean to me and at one point I heard her tell another nurse outside of my curtain that she was going to give me a Loritab to get rid of me. I was literally grasping for air and sobbing at this point because of the pain. She was a terrible nurse to say the least. So she prescribed me some Ambien to help me sleep but forgot to approve the generic version on the medicine so when I got to the pharmacy they couldn't fill the prescription or do anything for me. Well that night was the longest most painful night of my life. Neither me nor Crey slept a wink because I was in so much pain. So when my Dr.'s office opened I called them immediately and explained the type of pain and amount of pain that I was enduring and they told me to come to their office immediately so we did.

Once I got to my Dr.'s office they took one look at me and told me to go back to Labor and Delivery because there was something else wrong, it wasn't just early labor. So we drove to the hospital but I didn't want to go into labor and delivery for the 3rd time just to be sent home. Crey finally talked me into going in the hospital so we did the whole procedure again. This time when my nurse took one look at me she knew something was wrong. She immediately gave me some pain medication through an IV and I dilated from a 1 to a 3 in less than 5 minutes. They told my Dr. this and decided to do some tests on my kidneys. Come to find out, I was suffering from hydronephrosis which basically means because he was such a big baby he was squishing my kidney's to the point that they couldn't function properly and weren't releasing the toxins like they needed to. So after they discovered this they decided to give me the epidural and get me started. I was so relieved. Before any of this painful back stuff started I was scared to death of getting the epidural, at this point I literally cried tears of joy when they said that I could have one soon.

So they gave me the epidural which was nothing... really... in fact Crey was super impressed because I didn't flinch or anything. So then my "labor" began. Everything was going smooth until my water broke and Rafe's heart started to do all sorts of crazy things. They had to give me oxygen, made me roll over in the bed and then at one point his heart rate was so irregular they had to give me a shot to stop all contractions. It was really scary. So I finally reached a 10 at 9:00 A.M. on December 9th ... my due date. My Dr. walked in and told me pushing can take anywhere from 1 - 3 hours. I looked at the clock on the wall and told Crey he would be here in 27 minutes.... Well I was 2 minutes off. He was born at 9:29 A.M. He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz. He was a big BIG baby! Once he was born they weighed him and cleaned him and Crey cut the umbilical cord and then I held him for the first time! It was awesome. There's not another feeling in the world that compares to holding your first child for the first time.

Then they took me to post partum for the recovery and parenthood began. He had a little jaundice so we had to use heating lights and they found a small heart murmur which scared us to death but they are pretty sure he will just grow out of it. We are super hopeful of that. Then we brought him home and it feels surreal. I love being a mom. It's hard and a lot of work but i LOVE it!