So I went home and did some last minute packing. Went to bed and woke up at 3am, the contractions were keeping me up by that point, just like with Hudson, so TJ dropped my dear sweet Huds off at a friends and we drove to Grand Junction to attempt a vbac, since I had a csection with Huds, they were the nearest hospital that allows such things. When we were almost to the hospital I made TJ stop at Denny's for breakfast, because I remembered starving and in turn becoming exhausted with Huds labor, (they don't feed you once your admitted as active labor). I'm sure I created quite a scene pausing every 5 mins to work through a contraction. This is us at Denny's.
We checked in the hospital around 5am and got the most amazing nurse ever, her name was Suzie, and she was a nurse, angel, doula all wrapped into one. I strongly feel without her things would not have gone so perfectly. I am praying I have Suzie for my next labor. My labor took her whole shift 12 hours bless her soul! I also had my neighbor friend who is studying to become a doula, who was great but honestly mainly acted as my photographer, because I had Suzie and TJ I didn't really feel the need for a doula, but a photographer, yes. TJ was my greatest support this time around though. I actually walked around the hospital till I was a 9. Dancing with TJ through many of my contractions, seriously, it's a great position to make it through a contraction! Then they broke my water and oh buddy things started moving and I'm pretty sure I was transitioning, but at that point I wanted to throw myself of the floor and cry, so instead I got an epidural, and I'm so glad I did! I didn't push the botton at all, and I feel like I had the perfect dose so I could still move my legs but not feel any pain! Last time I was instructed to push the button as often as I could which left me with numb legs, bad advice trust me! They let the baby descend for a couple more hours and then TJ got to help deliver the baby, I actually was afraid that the same thing was happening as with Huds, so I pushed so hard he flew out with his umbilical chord around his neck, the Dr was working on that and TJ really did catch the baby. No one told me to stop pushing. And here we have adorable and fiesty little Talmage Dean Connolly 7lbs 12 oz born at 4:12 pm on August 9th, 2013 19 1/2" long. He was 11 days early and I'm glad he was because by his 2 week appointment his head was in the 90th% which may have put me much in the same situation as Huds. The first 3 days recovery were akward, but about a week later I felt pretty much normal, unlike the c-section recovery where you feel like you have a stab wound for months. I'm so grateful it worked out for me!
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| Sunrise over Grand Junction |
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| Walking in the Peace Garden |
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| TJ and my Dr gearing up! |
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| I highly recommend having your shower right before you go into labor, your hair will look great and you will be pumped for it! |
