The long awaited and much anticipated birth story of Drake Simeon McIntier!
I've been dying to share my story and we finally have a new computer so I can type it all out to share. So here I go. My due date was Feb 2nd and ever
since I hit 36 weeks I was just sure I was going to go into labor at any
time and was hoping for the end of January to keep up my trend of birthdays in our family being every other month Zeke in march Lee in May Landon in July Myself in September buuuut that didn't happen. I went in for my 40 week appointment (Friday) and got my membranes stripped I'd already had two instances of false labor the previous week and was getting sick of just not BEING in labor already so my midwife stripped my membranes and I went home hopeful having contractions just like every other day but nothing serious. My mom and sister decided to come up that weekend because we were all so sure I was going to go into labor over the weekend since my due date was Saturday (Feb 2nd) and really how late could I be?! HA! Well they arrived Saturday night and we waited all weekend I went on long walks (I'd been doing that for weeks now) and I bounced on my yoga ball and ate spicy food I did it all but the weekend and my due date came and went.
Monday we were all sitting around deciding what to do for the day and I had been talking to my sister in law and realized I hadn't really felt the baby move much at all that day and it was almost 11am so just to be safe I called up the midwives and they had me come in to get hooked up to the machines for a stress test and what not so we came and I drank a soda on the way to try and wake up the baby from being lazy. Of course as soon as I had all the belly monitoring stuff on and laid there he started kicking around and moving like crazy which was a huge relief! So when Rachel the midwife came in to talk she asked me if I wanted to get induced or just wait it out some more and I told her I'm done I don't want anymore scares I just want him here so she went to call the hospital to set up an induction but they were booked solid until Saturday! Yes Saturday! an entire week after my due date. My mom wasn't happy to hear that news since she only had a week off work and was already here. So we did our best to get that baby out and here to meet everyone but the week drug on and still no baby :( I walked and walked and walked until I literally couldn't walk anymore and he still did not want to come out. So Saturday morning day of my induction I called the hospital right away around 5:30am I couldn't wait any longer to call I wanted this baby out! haha And they got me in right away they said come in at 6:30am so we got ready and I was freaking out. I'd never been induced before and I was planning on doing this naturally and I dunno just something about knowing your going to be in labor soon really freaked me out don't ask me why but my stomach was in knots. Lee gave me a blessing before we left the house and I felt so much better and we left the house a little before 6am and drove to Rexburg. It was still dark out and so quiet.
My last prego picture! 41weeks prego... that's right a WHOLE week late! He was just too comfy in there!
We got to the hospital and got all checked in at the front desk and as we were signing stuff and getting checked in this little prego girl my height and size came in and announced to everyone in the middle of us talking with the only guy at the desk "I'm here to be induced!" we all just looked at her like yeah get in line lol
So we got upstairs and I got changed and on the bed and they asked a million and one more questions (annoying) and entered them into the computer and I got hooked up for an IV and they finally started the pitocin probably around 7:30ish they cam in every 30mins to up the dosage they started it out at a 1 and then came in later upped it to 3 I was finally starting to have contractions at that point but I wasn't really feeling them I could just tell when my stomach was hard and contracting so they came in a little later and upped it again to a 5 half hour later still no real pain i was a little uncomfortable sitting when i'd have a contraction but nothing serious so my wonderful nurse Michelle (easy name to remember) went and talked to my midwife and they came back in and talked with me and we decided it was time to break my water.
So my water was broke a little after 9am I was still 4cm like I had been since 2weeks ago but once my water was broke it only took a couple of contractions before I started feeling them. Everytime I had a contraction it just felt like I was peeing myself with all the water that was coming out! haha I was flooding the place I swear! They just came in and would throw more towels down and I just kept rocking around on the yoga ball. My midwife went to check on some other moms who had just had there babies the day before and told me when I was ready to get in the tub or if i needed her to just send the nurse and she'd come back sooner but she'd be in to check on me in an hour. Well she came back a lot sooner cuz it got intense fast. I was still determined to try naturally so I started out on the yoga ball and and soon I didn't want to sit at all so I was standing and crying to Lee "I don't care I just want the epidural! I don't care that I wanted to do it with out! I'm just done and this sucks!" He's such a good husband to listen to me cry to him like a baby. He kept reminding me this is what you wanted you'll be dissappointed if you get the epidural now and he came over and just let me lean on him and held me up and let me sweat all over him through every contraction (I found out later that he was getting teary eyed and crying at this point cuz I was in so much pain and the contractions were almost constant with no break....so sweet.) So by this point the contractions really were constant and their was brief talk of getting in the tub but I was hurting so much and not getting really any break I didn't know how I would get myself in the tub cuz I didn't want to move at all during a contraction and there was hardly anytime between them so I said screw it! I want the epidural I don't want to get in the tub ( it was going to take 20-30mins or so to fill up! so my midwife came back and would rub my back while Lee held me up and she told me are you sure I really think your in transition and your close and i just said i don't care i just want it and she said ok thats just fine and sent for the epidural (it was going to take 15mins...really? come on! I'm dying!!!) My midwife decided while we were waiting to check my cervix because she didn't think i was going to be able to hold still long enough for the epidural so they lowered the bed for me to lay down on and they lowered the pitocin some more (not that it made a difference) and told me to get on the bed and all I could say was I can't! I can't! but somehow I got on the bed during the constant contractions and as soon as I laid down my whole body contracted I was pushing! weirdest feeling ever! Well needless to say the epidural guy didn't make it in time. my midwife did manage to check my cervix and I just had a little bit of a lip left but was pretty much fully dialated and my body was pushing! So the next like ten minutes or however long it was I just closed my eyes and screamed and pushed my way through those contractions! I laid on my side and was either holding on to lee or the side of the bed....I think I was mostly grabbing the bed and screaming and pushing. And pushing felt good sooo weird but it did and I loved being able to feel when to push and when I could stop and let the baby stretch me a little bit before pushing more. And then all of a sudden Drake was out! Such a huge relief and sense of accomplishment! I literally smiled and laughed after he was out. He had the cord wrapped up around his shoulder and around his body. My midwife untangled him and said "Don't give me that help me look" then cut the cord and handed him to the other nurse in the room to wipe him off and get him breathing....He didn't cry for what seemed liked FOREVER but I was strangely calm and didn't panic I just knew he was ok and it was all alright. He was born at 10:21am! I had a baby in just a little over an hour! CRAZY! And I didn't tear at all!!! He finally did cry and they didn't even have to give him oxygen they brought him back over to me and he opened his eyes and I couldn't believe how blue they were! I couldn't hold him very long because just the weight of him on my stomach killed from all the cramping and just ya know having a baby! I was too tired to hold him up off my stomach so I had them wrap him up and give him to daddy :) Lee was crying and the first thing he said to me was "hun you just had a baby in 15mins! lol From the time I laid down to when he came was only 15mins sooo crazy and so wonderful! Then he kissed me on the forehead and told me how proud he was of me! Best moment ever. I did it! And strangely enough I would do it again. I just wish I could get an epidural for afterward for those cramps! Man! They really do get worse with every kid! I sat in the shower with the hot water on my stomach for so long I finally just got out cuz i felt bad for the nurse waiting to help me out haha she was nice enough to get me a heating pad and meds pronto! lol Oh and funny little fact after Drake came out he pooped ALL OVER ME! I of course didn't notice i was kinda busy but afterwards they told me he had pooped when he came out all over me and were trying to get it off of me the best they could It's just so sticky it doesn't wipe off very well. I was able to get in the shower pretty much right away after i had him though so that was good. They gave him a bath and weighed him before we switched rooms and he weighed 8lbs 8oz! 21inches long and 14in head and chest! Our biggest baby so far (Landon was 8lbs 7oz and Zeke was 7lbs 14oz.)
My mom and sister brought Landon and Zeke up to meet their new brother it was probably around 11ish when we got into our new room and they came to see him.
Here they are meeting him for the first time! They were so excited!
(These are the first pictures we have of Drake we didn't get any up in the delivery room just cuz everything happened so fast and I forgot to remind lee to get it out when they were weighing him oh well)
Landon just kept asking "We take baby home now?" he didn't want to leave him there for the night haha So cute. He would've stayed and held him all day.
GG and Drake
Auntie Stephie and Drake
Big Brother and Little Brother!
Lee the next morning all ready to go home so he could get dressed go to church and give his talk haha :)
So excited baby was home!
Mommy and baby already to go! I love how squished he looks in his warm little bear suit!
Yay!!!!
Tired!
First days home....First bath...he did not like it!
Brothers!
I absolutely love being the mommy of 3 sweet boys! It's the best ever I hope we get to add lots more boys to the mix and get my girl at the end :) We're just breeding future missionaries here haha!
Drake is such a good baby ever since he's arrived he's been a good sleeper and eater! He slept 4hrs at night for me the first week and now he sleeps 6-8hrs for me it's great! He grew an inch and a half at his two week appt and weighed 9lbs 1oz he went down to 7lb 14oz so he's a porker lol he never got jaundice and was wearing 3month clothes at 4weeks! He's been smiling (on purpose) since 4 weeks as well so crazy to see such a tiny baby looking up at you and smiling and it wasn't gas! He laughed for the first time at me yesterday! He is such an alert happy baby he loves to be up right and looking around and is really good at holding up his head! He doesn't like his swing cuz he'd rather be held and walking around seeing things which makes it hard for me at dinner time but I don't mind I just wish he would slow down on getting big so fast! :)
