Camden’s Birth Story

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With Camden’s 1st Birthday this Saturday, I decided I would take a step back in time and remember his birth.  So here it is!

February 26th has come and gone and no baby.  As I entered into week 40th I knew there was a possibility that I would have a Leap Year Baby, but then that day came and again no baby.  As we talked with Dr. Pena we had 2 options either induce on Friday, March 2nd or Monday, March 5th with a different doctor.  So we chose March 2nd.  I had a very difficult time with the fact that we just picked your birthday, but I knew it was the best scenario for us.  Then on Thursday night I turned to Mike and said “I think I’m having contractions, but I’m not sure.”  We called the doctor and she said to keep monitoring them and to come in if they got worse.  I decided to not fret and just go to bed and while I woke a few times feeling them, they weren’t bad and I was able to go back to sleep so I thought it’s just my body getting ready.

When I said goodbye to Eleanor that morning I knew our family of 3 was going to be a family of 4 soon and cried with excitement thinking of how things were changing.  We were scheduled to go into the hospital at 11am and be induced at 1pm.  As we got in the car service to head to the hospital I had my last meal, a Boston Creme Doughnut, and talked to Mike about all the emotions I was feeling, happy, sad, scared, excited and nervous.  As we were getting out of the car at the hospital a stranger on the street yelled out “Good luck” to me and it put a smile on my face and gave me a little more pep in my step.  I was going to meet the baby I’ve been carrying for the past 9 months.

Once we were checked in and all hooked up we realized how different this hospital was then the one we delivered Eleanor in.  The birth room was huge, and had a couch for Mike to either lay or sit on.  He only had a hard chair at the other place.  When the doctor came in to check me at 12:50pm, I was excited to hear that I was 4-5cm dialated.  So my body was ready and the contractions were real.  It was then that they started the pitocin, to get things moving a little faster.  As I laid in the bed I would feel contractions, but they weren’t bad, more like little cramps that would come and go.  When the doctor came in to check on me at 3pm, she said that I should probably make the decision if I wanted to get the epidural soon, since she didn’t want me to wait till the last moment.  So around 3:30 I decided I should get it, buy 4pm the epidural was done and I was 6 cm dialated.  The doctor decided to break my water at 5pm so from 4pm-5pm I tried to close my eyes and rest.

When she broke my water, I could feel the baby slide down and from there things started to move quickly.  Around 5:30 I could feel some pressure and the need to push, so I told the nurse and the next thing we knew the doctors were coming in, and they had the table prepped and it was go time.  Mike and I looked at each other thinking, what’s going on, this is going to take a while.  Then at either 5:50 or 6pm it was time to push.  The 1st push was remembering what to do, the 2nd push I had to stop and tell Mike not to push on me, as he was taking the breath and pushing right along with me.  The 3rd push I was crowing and I’ll never forget Mike saying “oh my god, that’s amazing” and I asked the question “does the baby have red hair?” where they told me no 🙁  By the 4th push I was ready for the baby to be out and even told the doctor do whatever you have to and with a big 5th push at 6:16pm the baby was out.

The first thing I heard was Dr. Pena say “Look at her fat, cheeks” so I did and they were beautiful, then I asked “Is it a girl?”.  Dr. Pena said “Oh, I didn’t even look, it’s actually a boy!”  We immediately looked at him and said this is Camden Reed, with tears in our eyes and joy in our heart.  He rested on my chest while Mike cut the umbilical cord and I kissed the top of his head.  That moment will forever be in my mind, since it was the moment I fell in love with Camden.

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