Sawyer Travis Barry
Born Wednesday, February 24 2:44 P.M.
6lb 11 oz 19 3/4 in
It's hard to believe I've officially been a mom for a whole week. I know the expression "It just goes so fast" couldn't be more true. Now that we are settled in at home I found some time to write the beautiful story of how my son came into this world.
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| The last pregnancy picture |
Tuesday, February 23: I had a 39 week appointment. I knew going in that day that there was a good chance we would be scheduling an induction. My BP had been getting a little higher at the end. I just remember going in praying and hoping we had progressed even more. I just wanted him to be safe. Luckily I indeed did progress. I had dropped and we were dilated from 1 to a 2. My doctor gave me options to either come in that evening or the next. Travis and I opted for that evening. Thank goodness we did because there was a snow storm the next morning. We arrived at St. Mary's at 7:00 P.M. to start antibiotics since I was GBS+ and I was also given cervdyl just to help speed up the process overnight. That night was pretty relaxed. Both our moms had came for the night not knowing if my body would go into labor on its own. I was having decent contractions but nothing too painful. Apparently I kept telling them I wasn't tired and then I would be snoring 2 minutes later (typical Lewis).
Wednesday, February 24: The next morning my doctor arrived and broke my water at 7 A.M. At this point I was at a 4. He let me know I could get an epidural whenever I needed. I decided to hold off for an hour since I wasn't having much pain. In that hour is when things really got started. My contractions crept up quickly and steadily. Around 8 A.M. I called for my epidural knowing it could be awhile before they made it to the room. Thank goodness for those. It wasn't the most pleasant thing in the world but it was totally worth it. I was relieved instantly. Shortly after I started to feel very light headed causing me to black out a bit. My mom had given me a wash rag and a nurse had rushed in turning me from side to side. I was terrified not knowing what was was going on. I was given an oxygen mask and kept asking for reassurance. It turns out Sawyer's heart rate had gone down to 30bpm. They decided to insert a fetal monitor for a more accurate reading and kept a very close eye. The next few hours I was in and out of sleep. My contractions fizzled out for a bit so they gave me a low dose of pitocin to speed things up around 11 A.M. At 12 P.M. they upped the pitocin. Then around 1 P.M. I started to feel an immense amount of pressure. A nurse came in to check me and asked when the last time I had been checked. I told her it was around 9 A.M after my epidural. The nurse let me know that I was dilated at a 10 and the head was very low. He was making his way down. She told me I probably wouldn't need to push for very long. In the next hour nurses were rushing in and out setting up for the arrival of our little boy. He was coming! Sawyer was going to be born! My midwife came in and let me know my doctor was on his way in. I let her know that I really needed to push but I kept breathing as the pressure escalated. After my doctor arrived he joked about why I wasn't pushing already. That's when things really took off. This is when God blessed us. I started pushing as the doctor and midwife laughed about which contraction you would come out in. They made me feel more comfortable and we had such a great experience. It was about 6-8 contractions and a total of 20 minutes before you were born. Our perfect little prince had made it into this world. I cried and we all fell in love! You were absolutely perfect in every way. God gave us you.
I may be a little biased but you are the most beautiful baby boy. You are everything we prayed and could have asked for.
XOXO (love you so much)
A new mommy (:
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