Happy Birthday Spirit!

Today Spirit turns 8. I can't believe that 8 years ago I was becoming a mom for the first time. I remember when my water broke at 2:00 in the morning and we rushed to the hospital only to hear "Since this is your first baby we are looking at 24 hours or so. Get comfy and we'll keep an eye on you."

Get comfy? Really? Have you ever had a baby you idiot male on-call doctor!!

So anyway, my contractions were making me vomit so bad (and I HATE to throw up) so I asked for the drugs as soon as possible! I wasn't really in that much pain, but it was the throwing up I couldn't stand! LOL! So I got the drugs and was able to settle down and get somewhat comfy. Mr. Man was in a chair in the corner taking a cap-nap. At 8:30 or so in the morning I called for the nurse. When she came in I said "What are we waiting for?" (I'm sure she thought you stupid girl what do you think we are waiting for?) She told me that I would feel like I needed to have a bowel movement - I said "well, then IT'S TIME!"

Nurse didn't believe me. She said I hadn't been in labor that long and there is no way I dilated that soon. So she had me bend my knees and guess what -- -yep she could see top of Spirit's head. Mr. Man said he never saw anyone move so fast and only thought it was in the movies that they said "I need a doctor in here STAT!"

I remember the doctor casually walking in -- still not believing we were about to deliver this baby with or without him. There was a female intern doctor with him who was going to be the one to actually do the delivery. I remember him looking at me, he smiled and said "WOW! I guess we really are going to have a baby right now!"

Dah!

So the intern starts telling me to push, then the male doctor says "Whoa. You need to stop pushing for a minute."

I looked up to see everyone (the nurses, the intern, the doctor and Mr. Man) looking at the baby heart monitor. I couldn't tell what it said, but their faces told me something wasn't exactly right.

The doctor said that the baby's heart rate had dropped significantly so he was going to push the baby back in... Yes ladies he said back IN. Being in the state of mind I was, I said "Don't push him back in, I just got him out!" The doctor assured me he wasn't all the way out yet and this would help his heart rate.

Fine. (Not that I had a choice in the matter)

So doc pushes little Spirit's head back in and told me he just rubbed the top of his head and at that moment, Spirit's heart rate went back up to where it should be.

So off we were again to some pushing and at 9:10 little baby boy was born!

Then I say something that got me mother of the year award (wait til I get to the part that got Mr. Man father of the year award)...After they plopped wet, bloody, sticky baby boy on my stomach I said "Can you take him please? I'll hold him when he is clean." Isn't that just classic? But before that, Mr, Man refused to cut the umbilical cord. He was all grossed out by it! LOL!

I'm surprised they let us take the baby home! We didn't start off too great!