Remington Colt Gale
October 27th, 2014 at 8:49am
7lb, 15oz, 20in long
On Sunday the 26th, during church I had been feeling some regular contractions. I had also thought that I might be leaking amniotic fluid the night before so Spencer and I left church early to head to the hospital. We went home first to pack our bags just in case we had to stay. They checked me and I wasn't leaking fluid so they said they would see me in a few more weeks and sent us home. Throughout that day I was having irregular contractions but we really didn't think anything of it since we still had 3 weeks till his due date. Spencer and I went to bed and Monday morning around 6:00am I woke to my water breaking. My doctor said when your water breaks it usually wont happen like it does in the movies but for me it was just like the movies. I woke Spencer and told him that I thought my water broke and he immediately jumped out of bed and turned on the light and said "yes it sure did!"Luckily our bags were already packed! Knowing Spencer and I, we procrastinate pretty much everything so I think it was a blessing that we went to the hospital the day before and had everything ready for when the time came. We grabbed our bags and were out the door in about 20 min, and headed to the hospital. I called the hospital to let them know we were coming in. The hospital is about 40 min from our house and by the time we got there I was having contractions 3 min apart. We got there at 7:15 and checked in. Spencer and I were so excited that we were going to be meeting our baby so soon. The nurse checked me and I was 7cm dilated! As she was checking me she got a confused look on her face and said she would be right back. When she came back in she told me she didn't think she was feeling a head. I was confused because he had been head down the whole time and when we went in on Sunday the nurse checked and said he was head down. Nurses were coming in and out checking, then one of them said she thought she was feeling an elbow and some fingers. The nurse that was taking care of me told me that if he was not head down we needed to do a c-section. They called someone to do an ultrasound and they found that the nurses were feeling his feet. His head was up by my ribs. I was so sad! A doctor came in to explain what was going on and as she was telling me I started to cry. I honestly never really thought that I would have a c-section. I didn't prepare for it. I had a normal pregnancy. I thought that I would be able to have him vaginally. I wanted that experience. After I had a good cry, I knew it was best. They had me lie down on my side to slow my cervix from opening. Which made my contractions even worse! I drank anti-acid to help the burning if I threw up when they did the anesthesia and about 5 min after drinking it I threw it all up. The room was ready for me and they had Spencer put on the scrubs and wait while they took me to the operating room. I was surprisingly not nervous. I got the spinal block and was totally numb from the top of my stomach to my toes. As I was lying on the table they put the sheet up but I realized I could see when I looked at one of the surgical lights. It was off and at the right angle. It was like I was looking in a mirror. I was pretty excited because I wanted to watch as he came out vaginally, but knew I wouldn't be watching anything with a c-section. As they started Spencer came in and sat by my head and held my hand. I was watching everything waiting for them to pull him out. when the nurse pulled his legs out I was so excited I said "Oh wow! He has chunky legs!" The doctor and nurses were surprised and asked if I could see and I told them I had been watching the whole time and that I could see in the light. They all said that they never had someone who watched before. After some tugging and pulling and with tears in my eyes I saw him come out. I could only see the back of him though. I was waiting to hear him cry but he never did. They whisked him away to make sure he was fine. They took him to a side area, it had glass windows and doors so I could see them. Spencer was able to go. As they stitched me back up I watched Spencer but I couldn't see Remington. Finally they brought him to me. He was so beautiful and healthy. I couldn't believe he was already here and in my arms. He just looked around and was in and out of sleep. Earlier that morning I thought we would have to wait a couple of hours before I got to meet him but it was only about an hour and a half from the time we got to the hospital. Everyone was surprised at how big he was for being 3 weeks early. He looks pretty much identical to me when I was a baby. He has my nose, mouth and cheeks but we think he might have Spencer's eyes. Remington is such a good baby. He eats and sleeps well. He hardly cries, and when he does he usually just whimpers. Spencer and I love him so much! I think we will keep him.
(Pictures are not in any particular order)
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| His first bath. I had Spencer record it for me since I couldn't get up from the bed. |
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| Snuggling with daddy |
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| Spencer changing his first of many diapers. Since I was stuck in bed Spencer had to change pretty much all of the diapers. |
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| Spencer is such a good Dad! He loves taking care of Remi. |
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| His first bath at home. It didn't go so well. But he has had another since and it went much smoother. |
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| Heading home from the hospital |
