Everyone has their birth stories along with "things" that helped them go into labor. I had always heard my mom's story...hot & exhausted of carrying me throughout the summer months, she finally decided to take a jog around their house, which sent her into labor...thus, here I am. Sooooo, on Friday, Feb 17, 2007 as I was leaving work, I told all my co-workers that I was going to have this baby over the weekend & would not be back on Monday! Their response was...laughter? and "this is your 1st baby...don't be surprised if you're still pregnant in another 2 weeks." OH...NO!! Not this mama!
I was exhausted when I arrived home...swollen legs and all! But that didn't stop me from dustin' off that old treadmill in the basement. Yep, just a brisk walk & a little bit of a jog....NOTHING! So, on Saturday, I decided to go run a few errands with Chris...slowly starting to feel cramps in my low back...:( Finally, later that evening, they became worse & not knowing what to expect...we were scared. So Chris called to L&D dept at the hospital & they didn't think that I was in labor, but told us to come on in to get checked.
Arriving at the hospital, things seemed to subside & the verdict was...I was being too active?! REALLY?! So, they sent me home. Told me to take a warm bath, get something to eat & stay hydrated. Well, upset that we got sent home, I didn't feel like eating... Chris ended up getting me a sandwich from Sheetz anyway & took it home. After staring at my sandwich for 10mins as Chris made phone calls to the family to tell them it was a fluke, something happened!!! Oh my...thinking, Chris will NEVER let me live it down after being sent home & then this!! So, smart me...ever so subtle...DARTED to the bathroom & locked the door! Chris noticed:) And being the wonderful husband that he is...did not break the door down, but just talked me through my water breaking & MAJOR cramps! So, needless to say, after 10mins of being home, we headed back to Lewis Gale Medical Center...which only took, ummm 15mins! I think Chris was a tad bit nervous, lol!
Everything went well...according to me...the one that noone told anything to. But, apparently Hailey's heartbeat kept dropping & would not return back to normal unless they cont'd to turn me throughout the night & more frequent after 11hrs in labor....thank you Jesus for epidurals!!!
So, Hailey arrived a day before she was due, Monday morning....I told my co-workers, lol!!
Hailey Lynn Vandergrift. Born Feb 19, 2007 at 8:25am, weighing 7lbs, 20inches long
Little did she know, how much she was going to LoVe her Aunt Julie!
Hailey's 1st picture after her "display"...she was the example baby on how to give a baby a bath...loved her little ducky pj's!!
I was exhausted when I arrived home...swollen legs and all! But that didn't stop me from dustin' off that old treadmill in the basement. Yep, just a brisk walk & a little bit of a jog....NOTHING! So, on Saturday, I decided to go run a few errands with Chris...slowly starting to feel cramps in my low back...:( Finally, later that evening, they became worse & not knowing what to expect...we were scared. So Chris called to L&D dept at the hospital & they didn't think that I was in labor, but told us to come on in to get checked.
Arriving at the hospital, things seemed to subside & the verdict was...I was being too active?! REALLY?! So, they sent me home. Told me to take a warm bath, get something to eat & stay hydrated. Well, upset that we got sent home, I didn't feel like eating... Chris ended up getting me a sandwich from Sheetz anyway & took it home. After staring at my sandwich for 10mins as Chris made phone calls to the family to tell them it was a fluke, something happened!!! Oh my...thinking, Chris will NEVER let me live it down after being sent home & then this!! So, smart me...ever so subtle...DARTED to the bathroom & locked the door! Chris noticed:) And being the wonderful husband that he is...did not break the door down, but just talked me through my water breaking & MAJOR cramps! So, needless to say, after 10mins of being home, we headed back to Lewis Gale Medical Center...which only took, ummm 15mins! I think Chris was a tad bit nervous, lol!
Everything went well...according to me...the one that noone told anything to. But, apparently Hailey's heartbeat kept dropping & would not return back to normal unless they cont'd to turn me throughout the night & more frequent after 11hrs in labor....thank you Jesus for epidurals!!!
So, Hailey arrived a day before she was due, Monday morning....I told my co-workers, lol!!
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