Birth Story

I can not believe how long it has been since I have blogged! So much has happened since the last time I wrote, I mean, I had a baby! I do have to warn that this may be an extraordinarily long post! There is so much to fill in on how my pregnancy went but I will just skip to the good stuff and talk about the birth story! SO, I was 4 days past due my due date, which was killer! I seriously thought I was going to be prego FOREVER! I loved being pregnant, and sometimes I miss it, but I really wanted to meet my baby girl! And to make things more frustrating was that my Mom, and Grandma were in town from Colorado to be here in the labor room with us when Madison was born, they arrived here tuesday the 22nd which was Madi's original due date and she didn't come until the 26th of May! So it was a close call because that was the day they left, so they only got a few hours with her. Everyday we thought was the day, I thought what I had been experiencing were contractions, but those were only minor ones to prepare me for what was to come! On Friday morning at 3:45 am I woke up with a sharp pain, one that I have felt before several days before,so not being able to go back to sleep, I came into the living room and sat on the couch, then I got another really sharp pain! So I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen in excitement and starting timing the pains! I had never been so excited to be in so much pain in my life! I soon started to realize these are contractions, and I knew then what everyone meant when they said "when you know, you'll know". The contractions were 6 min apart and it was the kind where you have to stop, hold on to something and take deep breaths because you feel like youre going to fall over when you walk. After about an hour of 6 min apart contractions I called my mom and grandma at the hotel (this was all while Chad was still sleeping, I mentioned I thought I might be having contractions, but he had heard me say that everyday for a week so he wasn't too concerned) and I went over and hung out with them while Chad caught up on sleep since he had to work super early. So after running on 3 hours of sleep, and obviously being in too much pain to go back to sleep we all decided to go on a walk, a very long walk that took up the day! We went to victorias secret, where every woman would ask when I was due, and I really did not want to have any conversations because of how much I was hurting. We also went to the pond and walked, and then my mom made me pace around our apartments lap after lap. So for about 17 hours I had contractions every 6 minutes, and finally at 7:30 pm they were 3-5 min apart! I was in tears by this point, so I called Chad and told him to get his butt home from work and he came racing home! Him and I drove to the hospital and my mom and grandmas were to meet us there after I called them when I was done getting hooked up to Iv's and everything. When I got there they had told me that I was already dilated to 5 cm and 90% effaced! So after that I got my Iv's and epidural, which I must add the IV hurt WAY more than the epidural! Then..I took a nap and waited until it was 4 a.m, the whole family was there and doctor said I was ready to push, and thankfully enough it took only 20 min to push! At 4:21 a.m Saturday May 26th, Madison Belle Bartholomew Was born. She was pink, clean and beautiful when she came into this world, absolutely nothing was wrong, she was perfect. The Nurse said she could tell Madi knew my voice because I was the only one able to calm her down in the hospital when she would cry, she just listened to my voice.

I can not explain the feeling of holding my angel in my arms for the first time, and even now still. I just can't stop staring at her, and it makes me cry happy tears when I imagine how she would be when she grows up. Though I do not want her to grow up, I can not wait for the fun times that I share with her and her daddy!