My Amazing Pregnancy Experience!

Just over 10 months ago, I found out that I was going to be having a baby. Scary, yes.. but as time went on I found myself getting use to the idea that my life would never be the same again. My selfishness could no longer be a part of me. On December 30th 2009 at 8:30 am I was induced, The nurses monitored me to make sure little Bradley was doing okay then I was discharged until the next day. On December 31st I went back in early morning because I was experiencing contractions. Let me tell you they are SO painful. The doctor checked me and I was 3cm dilated. They showed me to my room. I was in a lot of pain. I asked if i could have a shot of morphine ha ha. I felt so sleepy and happy, so I decided to turn on the food network and what do I see, My all time favorite show, Dinner Impossible. Guess what? It was a marathon.. could I have gotten any luckier? Anyways back to the contractions.. They weren't getting any closer or stronger so the doctor broke my water. Not too long after that they injected me with this thing called oxytosen ( I'm not sure how to spell that one) This is a drug that replicates the hormones in your body that makes you have strong contractions. No longer than a few minutes later I was experiencing very very strong contractions. This lasted for about 4 hrs. During that time my mom, Patrick and my dula Beth were at my side. At 10:50 the nurse came in to check how far along I was, I was 6 cm dilated. Fifteen minutes later I started screaming my head off asking for the epidural, the nurse came in to check how many centimetres I was so that she could give me the injection. I was fully dilated. I had no choice but to do this all natural. I pushed for 30 minutes, wow did it ever hurt. Finally Bradley came out at 12:02 am January 1st 2010, he was the first baby of all Durham!Sadly he wasn't breathing at all, his umbilical cord got pinched by his head so he wasn't getting enough oxygen. After a few minutes the nurses got him breathing. While that was happening I was being operated on, I was hemorrhaging, that's when you loose a lot of blood, I needed to be stitched up and all that good stuff. It was really scary because you don't expect these things to happen to you. I'm glad we both made it through labor safe and sound. After a 5 day stay at the Oshawa hospital I was finally able to take him home. Being a new mom is hard work, the little guy gets up to feed every 2 hours. I wouldn't change it for the world. I love my son and I can't wait to watch him grow up. I find he looks a lot like me.. What a lucky guy eh? Anyways thats pretty much it. I'm so blessed to have a healthy baby. I can't wait to go visit my friends at school. I really do miss everybody, i hope they miss me ha ha.