Jameson Rosell Tarroza – Born October 17, 2018
8lbs 4oz
Actual due date – October 23, 2018
Arrived 1 week early
October 16 – mid day
Noticed bloody show when going to the bathroom and contacted doctor. Was told to come in only if contractions are 5-7 minutes apart or leaking fluid, bleeding, or decreased fetal movement. Had none of these so I decided to wait.
October 17
4am
Contractions happening all night and getting closer together. I know it’s time so we call my MIL to come watch our daughter. I then start packing my daughters lunches/snacks for the next three days and planning out her dinners so the MIL won’t have a hard time feeding her since she has many food allergies. My husband is telling me to relax but I just can’t stop worrying about my daughter since we have never left her alone with my MIL overnight.
(this pic snapped right before heading out – we literally had the nurses help us decide on our baby’s name while in labor)
6am
Head out to the hospital – at this point I can barely walk, the contractions are intense and about 4-6 minutes apart. (We stopped by McDonalds drive-thru on the way there lol – insert nervous laughing emoji here)
6:30am
Nurse checks me in – monitors my contractions for about an hour, tells me I’m not dilated enough and has me walk around the labor and delivery floor. My contractions are so painful that I just can’t handle it so I go back to the room and lie down. The midwife then checks me and tells me she can move me to the delivery room and give me the epidural right away. THANK THE LORD! I was in so much pain, I kept asking myself “how could I do this again?!!”
8:30am
We get to the other room and they ask Justin to leave for about 30 minutes while they give me the epidural – I was wondering why they would ask him to leave but they told me that many dads get woozy and sometimes faint because of the size of the needle going into your spine. Well, this freaked me out because I never knew how big the needle was lol. Even with my first, it was just so chaotic that I had no idea what was going on.
The epidural kicks in and I’m straight chillin!!! (This made me realize that they had put the epidural in wrong with my first born because I was still in tremendous pain with her even after the epidural.) Justin still hadn’t come back so I just relaxed for a couple hours. The Midwife came in saying I was ready to push but Justin was nowhere to be found so we waited. (Obviously, I wanted to kill him lol) Somewhere during this time the midwife came in, broke my water for me and gave me an IV. I can’t remember exactly when.
Justin finally comes back and the midwife comes in – I tell her the epidural is no longer working because I feel pain. She takes a look under the sheets and says “Oh, wow! You’re ready!! We see his head!” He was already coming out, that’s the pain and pressure I was feeling! The staff gets everything ready and I begin to push –
2:35pm BABY IS BORN!
I honestly wish I had written this right after it happened because I cannot remember all the exact details but I think it took less than an hour and the baby was out!! The cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck and I saw the staff acting fast but with concerned looks. They unwrapped it with no problem and placed him on my chest. OOF! He was heavy!! I did not expect that, but he was also so warm and beautiful! I instantly started crying and could not stop! I was so in-love already. They did not take him away to clean him or weigh him or anything for an hour so we could bond. This is something new they said, with my daughter they took her away and did all of that immediately, then gave her back to me. I had him all to myself for a full hour and tried to nurse while being in complete awe of how perfect and beautiful he was.
He was here..he was reallyyy here! Up until this point it didn’t hit me that this baby was real. Especially arriving a week early, I just didn’t feel ready. But when I saw him and felt his soft little body on my skin, it all sank in and the hole that I never even knew I had in my heart was completed filled. How could I love another human as much as I love my daughter? It just wasn’t possible I thought …but your heart makes room and suddenly you don’t understand how you ever felt whole before this day. I truly am blessed.
This labor and deliver was absolutely different in every way from my first. I had a 32 hour labor with my first born and I was in absolute hell. This one was much quicker and less painful thanks to the epidural – I did end up having postpartum hemorrhaging after but I will save that story for another day, another post.
Thank you for reading!! I love sharing my journey with you all!
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