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9 months
October 30, 2008 little Braeden Lucas Parker was born. After several long weeks on bedrest, he decided enough was enough and it was time to go! Earlier that morning I had gone to see Dr. Fielder for our last OB check before the big "scheduled" day (Nov. 3). After calming my fears of the impending day I went home. A few hours later, around 11:30 am, my back started hurting. So I laid down. Well after an hour the pain hadn't gone away, so I called Dr. Fielder and they told me to go to the hospital for monitoring.
I get to the hospital, get hooked up and it was determined that I was in labor. An hour later, my water broke and then it really started to hurt. Due to the fact that my labor progressed fairly quickly, I had to wait for my epidural. After about 2 hours of intense pain, my friend, the anesthesiologist came to give me a gift. Wow! I am definitely a fan of epidurals. Its not like they give you metal for having babies au naturale. So, once the drugs kicked in the party began. I think at one time there were 12 people in my room.
Around 9:00pm, I was fully dialated and ready to push. So the room cleared out and the work began. After 48 minutes of pushing our little man made it into the world. It was amazing.
Screaming, kicking and peeing all at the same time, he was perfect! Daddy did a fantastic job of supporting me through the big pushes and cutting the cord. After cleaning him off they weighed and measured him, which was challenging because he was so wiggly. They finally got him to hold still long enough to get 6lbs 7oz and 18inches long.
Everything was perfect. Braeden was completely healthy! His lungs were definitely well developed, and his blood sugars were perfect. So, all the possible complications that could have occurred due to my diabetes never happened. Praise God!
