Reminiscing

Finally getting started

Cameron enjoying MY robe

MISERABLE!!

My amazing nurse, I'm seriously thinking about going back to Mesa's Banner Dessert for the next one

At last, my Angel is here!

These Pictures are for the sake of the story ONLY, I'm not proud of how UNcute i was but, o well.

So lately, because i have SOOOOO many pregnant friends, I've been thinking alot about my own experience of becoming a Mom. Some day I want to print all my blogs and keep them as a Journal since I'm not to good at keeping a real journal. So here's my story....

My friend Bobbi was in labor on a VERY rainy night on June 31 2007 (this might be TMI but it was also the last day I was ovulating!) and I was determined to get there to be a supportive friend, normally the hospital is only 30-45 mins away but since Phoenix was not designed to handle alot of rain alot of the freeways were flooded and it took me 3 hours to get there! When i got there I found a Super drugged Bobbi and realized she probley wouldn't even remember I was there. So I stayed and chatted with family for a little while and them dashed home to make the most of my cycle!

I found out I was pregnant mid August 2007 while Cameron was on a Scouting trip with our branch. So by some miracle I reached him on his cell phone to tell him the good news. Then the excitement was over and the anxiety filled in. After coming off progesterone in my first trimester (which makes you EXTRA sleepy) I couldn't sleep or eat much! I was put on a sleeping pill and didn't gain any weight til about 6 months in. I worried about EVERYTHING.... leaking fluid, too much sugar ( I had gestational Diabetes), baby not gaining enough weight, money, yada yada....

So I'm 39 weeks pregnant and I've been having some really bad headaches and high blood pressure so the doc does some blood work and I wait anxiously for the nurse to call me with results and she says everything is normal except your plaitlet count is low, so i ask her what that means and she says... "I don't know!"... "what do you mean you don't know!" ... "Well you have a regular appt tomorrow, just let the doc know".... Ok thats odd. So I go in for my appt 3 days away from my due date.. Sure the doc is going to say "your fine and you'll probley go over your due date."Boy was I wrong. Jake had been sitting really low for a couple weeks but I was only 1 cen. so it didn't expect what happened next.... The doc looks over my lab results after doing an exam and says... "I think its time to have a baby, I'm going to call the hospital to see if we can induce you today! I'll be right back. HOLY CRAP... TODAY... NO WAY!! Cameron and I stare at each other in shock. The nurse walks in with a slip of paper and says.. "they are expecting you at 10pm tonight. OH BOY

SO.... I get all settled in my hospital bed and get examined way more than I care to be..(OUCH by the way!) And they give me a few options as to how I want to get started. I opt for the sleeping pill and an oral med that starts contractions and helps dilate you.. So I get an hour or so of sleep and they come in to do some more blood work (Turns out I have H.E.L.P syndrome, don't ask) and turns out my plaitlet count is still going down and all I know is that if it gets below a certain point they can't give you an epidural.. AHHHH... and I'm borderline. So they hook me up to potocin and really get things going!! lets just says Owww!! Man that hurts. I'm pretty proud of myself for going 6 hours hard labor before I beg for mercy. In the mean time the only thing that takes the slightest bit of edge off is breathing really deeply. But it hurts SO bad that I breath really deeply too fast and start to feel tingly. While the amazing epidural man in saving my life I feel like my scalp is going to slide off and I feel the need to touch my head and make sure its still there because off hyperventilating! Anyhow... I finally feel relief... only its only on one side..Yikes, I start hyperventilating again... ahh the amazing man is back and fixes it. So Cam and I get some more sleep and the wonderful nurse check my every so often and surprisingly It goes pretty quick after that. Before I know it I'm fully dilated (My water still hasn't broken! but no biggy) I get a HUGE adrenaline rush (looking back pushing is the most exciting part, and I would do it again in a heart beat!) and start pushing, Cam and the nurse can see the sack and all the fun stuff swirling around....Anyhow, after 20 mins of pushing the doc comes in (who I've never met in my life, man what an introduction.."hey, I've never met you but could you please take the baby out of my vagina!!!) He was amazing, he was a big word for high risk doc and I loved him... anyhow 20 more minutes and out comes Jacob Chris Johnson. Born at 2pm April 19 2008 and I can finally breath for the first time in 9 months! I'm a little in shock, Cameron watched everything and I'm amazed, he almost pasted out during the birthing class but he was amazing! Best coach ever!They put Jacob on my chest and Cam starts crying and my first thought is "he is so tiny! and he looks like my dad and I love him SO much!"

So thats my story and I love it. One of my favorite memories/experiences.