The Hyde Family: September 2011

Parker Nathan Hyde

Sep. 6th, 2011

6:26pm

7 lbs 0 oz

21.5 in

And here is the birth story. Monday afternoon Kris, Mike and I decided to go to the Bodies Exhibit at the Museum since it was the last day and while we were there i started having contractions which were pretty regular but they were not that bad i just figured that it was the contractions i have been having for months! Well when we got home Josh was there and we decided to take it easy for awhile. We ended up going to his dads house that night to see them and while we were there i sat on the tramp while josh jumped i didn't think it would do anything we went home and later that night i decided to time my contractions while we watched the season finale of Secret Life of the American Teenager!!! They were 8 min apart but at the end of the show they had stopped so we decided to just go to bed well Josh fell asleep but i couldn't cause they started again and they had intensified. I went out and slept on the floor of the living room where it was colder i got a lil bit of sleep but was woke up around 6am with horrible contractions and noticed that i had lost my mucus plug. I walked upstairs and asked Kris what she thought and she told me to go into labor and delivery to be checked so we decided that Kris would drive me there on her way to work at the hospital anyways while Josh stayed at home with Hunter since we were not sure if i would be staying there to have him or not. Well i got there around 7am and they hooked me up and checked me and i was only at a 2 and effaced to 50% they said they would watch me and that Dr. Isbell said if I don't progress any to send me home. Well they checked on me and H=hour later and nothing had happened except for painful contractions that were kind of sporadic. They said he wants us to send you home so i asked for some pain medicine to help me sleep and they decided to keep me for a few more hours since i was in so much pain they checked me again at 11am and i was still at a 2 but i was effaced to 75% so the doc said to keep me and start me on pit. so at noon i was admitted and started on pit. My contractions got worse so they gave me some state all and then dr. Isbell came and broke my water and i was at a 3 so they gave me my epidural which was a total lifesaver. Everything else went pretty smoothly and i started pushing at 6:17pm and after a very long 9 min (haha) of pushing Parker Nathan Hyde was born at 6:26pm. We got to see him for a little and while i was feeding him for the first time he started going blue so they took him away and took him to the NICU where he ended up having to stay overnight which was not fun at all. Parker ended up having fluid in his lungs and so his stats would drop down. around 1am i went in there to hold him for a bit and while i was holding him his oxygen levels went up and stayed up all night long and the rest of the time. Parker has been such a blessing to our lil family and we could not be any happier!!!