I can remember this day as it has played out in my mind over and over again. I didn't know when I walked into the hospital that day that this would be the last time I would experience giving birth. But that is whole other blog post....today I am focusing on Shaylee and her birth story. Before I got pregnant with Shaylee I went through a very painful miscarriage so when I found out I was pregnant again just 6 months later scared me to death. I was on edge with the whole pregnancy but at 6 months along I felt as though something was wrong. I went to my dr. and insisted that they check me for dilation: they didnt want to do this as it can cause problems. After checking me (I wasn't going to ignore my gut) they found that I was not only dilating but funneling as well. They decided to put me on bed rest and then check me again in 2 weeks. After two weeks things seemed to stay the same so I was allowed to return to work on light duty.
My first day back to work and I ended up at the hospital with early labor so they gave me a shot and got the contractions to stop and sent me home. Back to the Dr. the next day for steroid shots and on best rest for the rest of my pregnancy. I had an amazing mid wife!!!! At this point they were checking me every 2 weeks until I reached 30 weeks then every weeks. My mid wife called me on Sunday June 30th and had me meet her at the clinic so she could check me one more time before her vacation. I was now dilated to a 3 and she felt confident that at this point I was only 5 weeks early and it would be safe for me to deliver anytime.
June 3: I woke up with a horrible feeling like something was wrong. I kept being told over and over again that I needed to deliver this baby today!!! I prayed and prayed and googled and googled how to induce labor. I got some special oil and sunny D and chugged it and then went for a walk....yup it worked! I felt her drop....at this point it was now 7 at night by the time we made it to the hospital. They hooked me up to all the machines and checked my contractions which were coming along but because I was early they made me walk laps around the ward floor to prove I was in labor...I went from a 3-5 in 15 minutes. Since my Dr. was gone the on call mid wife was back and forth between 3 hospitals and since I was early they decided to give me a shot to slow the delivery process....GRRRRR!!! I didn't want a Fourth of July baby!!
11:50 the Dr. made her way back to Ogden Regional after being paged and told that I was at an 9. She had enough time to scrub in and get ready and at 12:10 am Shaylee Elizabeth was born weighing in at 5lbs 9 oz. The mid wife gasped: I started to panic.....what was wrong? The sac had completely decalciphied and was gone...if it had been even 5 more hours I would have delivered a still born. I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father and that I listened to those promptings as that joyous day would have been very different. Happy Birthday to the amazing Shaylee Barber!!!!
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