Brodie is 1!

Well it is that time of year for us! Brodie's first birthday... wow! i honestly can't believe how fast this year has gone bye! just a year ago i was in the hospital having this sweet little boy! and in one of my last post i said i will tell my birth story. so here we go!

so being pregnant wasn't easy for me i had morning sickness until i was 34 weeks and i had it so bad i ended up getting a iv in my arm to do at home fluids. yup i hated being pregnant at the beginning. i am pretty sure the first 7 months i just stayed in bed hoping i wouldn't throw up but it never worked. i must say my first trimester i was terrified to feel the baby move in side me. i kept asking myself would him moving make me throw up?!  well when i was 14 weeks i went to the Dr and after i called Sam and said "do you want to go to the mall and see if we can find out the gender?" he was so excited!!! the whole way there he kept saying it better be a boy! well sure enough it was definitely a boy! 

i remember the week before our anniversary i finally felt him really kick!!! and i wasn't scared anymore. feeling a little baby inside you is the best feeling in the whole world!

 well the weeks went on and it was about a week before Christmas. i was 29 weeks and i remember one night feeling strange and the next morning i was driving to go and get Sam from work and i got thinking that i haven't felt Brodie move since the night before and i was having some pains. so i called my Dr. they wanted me to go in and get checked out. well come to find out i was having actual contractions and they found Brodie was staring to push down. the Dr was a little worried said i was border line to having him come soon. so he told me the signs of labor and wanted me to be resting alot more. well great just what i wanted after being sick all the time. well it was worrying enough for all of us that i asked my dad and uncle Kerry to give me a blessing. well a few more weeks went on and still kept having pains but not as bad. i made it to my baby shower and i thought to myself that i really didn't think i was going to make it this far. i remember my mom saying to me "just watch after all this your going to go over your due date" thanks mom! sure enough we were getting closer to the due date and i was actually kind of angry cause how could i be so sick and have these problems and i am almost to my due date? sure enough Brodie is a little trickster just like he is now days. well it finally hit march and i am pretty sure i was at the hospital at least once a day! (yes i was for sure a first time mom) my dad wanted Brodie to come on his birthday so bad which the day after (march 5) was my due date. well i went in so much they decided they were going to induce me on the 8th. and we all just knew Brodie was going to come on my sister Josie's birthday March 7! well on the 6th i was bleeding and having contractions and of coarse went into the hospital. the nurse checked me and nothing i was still at a 1 just like the last 2 weeks! so they sent me home on morphine. grrr i was so mad! why wouldn't he just come already? why am i being put threw all this? 

so that night i told Sam to go spend time with his friends why i sleep nothing is going to happen anyway. well around 8pm my contractions were 7 minutes apart and really strong! i was still on morphine and it wasn't doing anything! so around 11pm they were still 7 minutes. so i called Sam to let him know what was going on and asked him to bring me food cause i knew this was it! so he brought me food. i ate and went and got in the shower to see if it would help with these contractions. it was almost instint! my body being in the hot water my contractions went for 7 minutes to 3! i got out and told Sam i am not waiting anymore they hurt so bad we are going! 

so they got me a room and got me all hooked up. well the hour after waiting if my body did anything they came in and my Dr was there! on call! what a relief that was he said that if my body didn't do anything to induce me anyways! the words i have been waiting weeks to hear! well sure enough my body was ready i went from a 1 to a 3 and a half! no need for the medicine to help me all i wanted was a epidural! bring it on! 

so the guy came in and gave it to me and i remember alot of people saying how bad it hurts. well i didn't even feel it i was so happy to get it! after he gave me this lovely shot Brodie's monitors went crazy! his heart rate started dropping and before i could think every single nurse on duty came running in! they were turning me all kinds of ways trying to get Brodie's heart rate back up. finally it did. i have never been so scared!  

half hour after i got the shot of heaven my water broke! i felt tons of pressure and boom i was so excited that my body was doing everything by its self! so we called the nurse in and she checked me. i was now at a 5! wahooo we are getting there! but of coarse with my luck something else was wrong. when the nurse changed my sheets she noticed there was tons of baby poop from my water (i don't know the right term) so she explains to us that they will have a NICU team in the room and as soon as he is born they will take him and check to see if he has an infection from swallowing his poop. great can this go any worse? so now i start worrying. lovely. its around 4 am and so much has already happened and he wasn't even here yet. i just started praying like crazy. 

well soon enough my right leg started getting feeling. i didn't like this feeling at all. it was the worst pain! there was only 45 seconds between each contraction now and i had no time to rest or catch my breath! so once again they called the heaven dude in to look at my epidural and he decided to try and do it again. well round 2 for this so called shot of heaven! 

so he gets it in and once again Brodie's heart rate started dropping again! and here comes all the nurses rolling me all kinds of ways and finally it goes up for a little bit. well they decided they are going to find his head and stick a monitor on it instead of using the one that goes on my tummy. so they find his head and stick in on there. well i guess they poke it on his head. anyway. so they decided to watch him. a c-section is what is going threw my mind. i don't want one. i didn't plan for this. why is all this happening?!!!!! around 7 my epidural started wearing off again on my right side and i was mad! it hurts! and they cant have anyone come in for awhile cause they were in the middle of a shift change. he comes in around 8 and he decided he was going to do a different kind of epidural. by this time i have a new nurse and she has a student nurse with her. were all talking and getting to know each other and as the heaven dude is giving me my 3rd epidural the student nurse passes out!!! yes i just said that! Sam didn't know what to do cause if he let go of me i would fall. so luckily the other nurse was there and caught him as he was falling. honestly that helped me keep my mind off thinking if Brodie's heart rate was going to drop again. and to our surprise it didn't! wow it was a miracle! 

the student nurse was sitting on the floor eating pudding and my mom came in. it was around 9 am and she was thinking how laid back the hospital is. well we told her what happened and she laughed. finally i was feeling better and actually enjoying my epidural, my shot of heaven! the Dr came in to check me and i was at a 9! finally i am so close! and he told the nurse he wanted me to start pushing. so as my mom is leaving the room she made a joke about Brodie being blond. i laughed saying ya right hes going to have jet black hair! 

so i start pushing. i have now pushed 15 times and the nurse has me stop! i was wondering what was going on cause i was expecting to push for hours! well she had gotten the Dr and he tells me Brodie is almost here! WHAT???!!!! i am not even a full 10 yet! well i pushed 4 more times and Brodie had entered the world at 9:59 am on March 7, 2012! the NICU team took him and checked him over. before they were done both of my parents came back in and finally i got to see my perfect baby boy! he was fine! no infection! what a relief! finally something went right!

 he was so tiny! weigh only 5 lbs. 15 oz and 19 inches long! and guess what?! 

HE WAS BLOND!!!!

 

                                                    (Josie and Brodie share their birthday)

                                                     (first time they met when he was 2 weeks)

i honestly cant believe how fast this year has gone! so many emotions this week! i cant believe how much he has learned and grown. he is perfectly healthy and getting so big. he loves my dad more then anyone! they are best buds for sure! i love watching his personality grow and see the little boy he is becoming. it was a hard long journey to get him here and i am one lucky mom! he is always so happy! he loves food. he gets made when i go to McDonald's and get a drink and not get him fries or chicken. 

i cant wait for this summer to take him swimming and boating! 

                        happy 1st birthday Brodie Ray! 

we love you so much!