So I guess I should start off with Dexter's Birth Story. We went down south to visit my parents for reading week and on February 15th at 3:00am in the morning my water broke. At first I just thought I wet my pants until I stood up and a HUGE gush of water went everywhere. I snuck out of the room in shock. I couldn't believe what had just happened. All I could keep thinking was ofcourse we didn't bring the car seat or my overnight bag because who has their baby 3 1/2 weeks early. Anyways I woke Nick up and I had him go and wake my parents. I guess we were being really loud and woke the girls. I couldn't stop laughing I think it was to keep from crying. As soon as I saw Kinzee I ws apologizing because my water had broke all over her bed and floor. So here we are at 3:00 in the morning driving to the lethbridge hospital. Once we got there the nurses checked me out and it was going to be awhile. They told me I could deliver my baby there but that they would have to do all my blood work again which could take quite awhile or I could get in the car and drive to Edmonton. Since we didn't have ANYTHING in Magrath we decided to get in the car and drive. Kinzee met us at the hospital and brought pillows and blankets to make me more comfortable. My mom went back to Magrath with Kinzee to pack up all there things and Nick and I's things too. My dad took us in their car and Nick and I were in the backseat. My mom, Kinzee and Hallie were about an 1 1/2 behind us in our car. My contractions were very minor just some cramping so it wasn't to bad until we hit Red Deer and then I was in HARD labor. I literally thought I was going to have my baby on the side of the road. My dad was driving pretty fast so we got pulled over by the cops. My dad jumped out of the car to tell the cop what was going on. The cop wasn't to happy about that but once he found out what was happening he escorted us to the Wetaskiwin Hospital. Once we got there the nurses checked me out and they told me it was still going to be awhile. I really wanted my doctor to deliver my baby so we decided to get back in the car again and drive to The Grey Nun's Hospital. We finally got there and I was admited. I was so happy to be out of that car. Once I was settled in to my delivery room the nurse broke the bad news to me that my Doctor was on vacation until tomorrow so the on call doctor was going to deliver my baby. I was a little bummed out but at this point I didn't care I just wanted that baby to come out. I decided to get in the shower to relieve some of the pain and I stayed in there for a really long time. At this point I had been in labor for 11 hours and I was ready for that epidural. The epidural didn't hurt at all and as soon as it kicked in I was feeling much better. Finally around 6:00pm it was time for me to push and after a LONG hour of pushing the on call doctor came in and Dex was born 5 minutes later. As soon as he was born we still couldn't tell if he was a girl or boy. He was facing down. The doctor had Nick cut the umbilical cord and then placed Dex on my chest and I was the first one to see that he was a boy. It was the most amazing experiene and Nick and I both instantly fell in love. We feel so blessed to have Dex in our lives and we love him very much. He is already 5 weeks old and the time is flying by. We both love being parents and wouldn't change a thing.
