Birth Story: Isaiah

I woke up early in the morning on May 2nd, 2009 feeling a little twinges in my belly. I watched the morning news, and laughed quietly as I realized the pattern of contractions. Each time it went to commercial I would get a little contraction. It was like clockwork. I tried to avoid getting excited but it was pretty hard not to as I was 41 weeks and 2 days along at the time. I contacted one of my midwives and we decided to just wait it out since things weren't too eventful at the time. The day progressed and things started to slow down so I figured it was probably a false alarm. Brandie stopped by our apartment later that night to check my vitals and go through a couple contractions with me to see how things were going.

At that point we decided it would be best to rest and wait things out more. About an hour later, I lost my plug and there was a huge feeling of nervousness and excitement that had overcome me. Even though I had given birth before, it was a new experience and I was anxiously waiting to meet our second son. After I lost my plug, the contractions REALLY started coming on. They were strong, they were close together and suddenly I wasn't able to really talk through them very well. Brandie and I decided it would be best for us to head to the birth center!

My husband Chris, our son Hayden and I got into our car and headed to Alma where there was already a tub of nice warm water waiting for me. Things were moving very quickly, and I was checked to find out that I was over 7cm dialated shortly after we arrived. I spent a bit of time in the tub, and it felt amazing. The contractions hurt considerably but the water really helped with easing the pain, and helping me relax most of all.

I got out of the tub for a little break and remember laying on my right side on the bed. I was at a point where the pain had really taken over and I was saying, "I can't do this." I had my amazing midwives Melissa and Brandie there though to support me, and during the break between my next contraction I realized that I was not thinking the way I needed to be, I took a deep breath and said, "I can do this." Almost immediately my body started pushing on it's own. It was pretty amazing to feel my body doing this, and I got back in the tub and pushed some more.

After about 11 minutes of pushing, deep breathing, and motivation from the amazing people surrounding me, I (very loudly) gave birth to our second son who we named Isaiah Kingsley. He was beautiful and he was big! He was 9 lbs 8 oz! I couldn't have been more thankful to have the amazing midwives I did during my pregnancy and the birth of our son.

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