The Birth Story of Mr. Carson

On Sunday, December 19th we went to a family Christmas party and then headed to Zoo Lights. We had an absolute blast and got home pretty late. As I was getting into bed I noticed I was having consistent contractions. I started timing them and I soon noticed they were 5 minutes apart. They slowly started getting closer together between 3-5 minutes apart and they lasted anywhere from 1 -1.5 minutes. They were not too painful, but the pain that I did feel was different than the contractions I have had in the past. It was more of a burning feeling. After a few hours and we couldn't sleep and the contractions were not letting up we decided to head into the hospital. We took all our bags, but I was just sure they would be sending us back home. I didn't think the pain was bad enough and I thought they would want me to progress more at home.

So finally at 2am we called our mothers. My mom headed to work to get everything done so she could take a few days off to watch Laney and Jordan's mom headed over here to stay with Laney. We arrived at about 3:00 in the morning. While we were there the monitored Carson and found that I was having very consistent, yet weak, contractions every 4 minutes. They were very concerned with the burning I was having, because it was located at the scar of my old C-section. Having had a previous C-section they were worried I could have a uterine rupture and so we all decided to just go in for a C-section. At first they thought it would be a few hours, but before we knew it I was walking into the surgery room at 8am. It was PEFECT, because I didn't have anytime to really think about having surgery and the Lord totally gave me a sense of peace about the whole situation. We were also blessed to have my OB do the C-section.

While it was 8am and everyone was starting a new shift with smiles on their faces telling us good morning it felt like 3am to us, because we had never gone to bed. I walked into the surgery room at 8am by myself. At first you sit on the table and they give you a spinal. I wish Jordan was there for that, but I survived and it wasn't bad at all. When they are placing it you feel the weirdest tingling sensation going down your spine. It wasn't painful at all, but just really weird. Before I knew it I was was getting REALLY numb and it felt good! :) I was in there for about 50 minutes by myself. Jordan came in after I was all numb and they were pretty much ready to start. I was SOOOOO nervous when I had a c-section with Laney, but this time around I felt much more calm and I had an AWESOME anesthesiologist! His name was Mike Theisen (Mike Tyson) he had so many jokes to tell and was singing lines from different songs the entire time. In fact they had music playing in the room, which I found relaxing, and when he was giving me the spinal the song was playing, "Hit me with your best shot" we all found this quite ironic. I started to get nervous when they took my gown and put it in front of my face to block the surgery area. It made me feel a bit claustrophobic and I was wanting Jordan at that point. I started to get dizzy, have cold sweats, and was tempted to untie my hands and rip my gown down and take a few deep breaths. I could almost feel like I was going to panic and I had to concentrate on my breathing. I told Dr. Theisen that I thought I was starting to get nervous and I was getting dizzy and stuff. He made a joke and in under a minuteI was feeling MUCH better. Not sure if he just got my mind off of it or if he gave me something to calm me, but whatever he did it worked. I was completely relaxed again.

Just as the surgery was beginning Dr. Park asked Jordan to say a prayer. So Jordan prayed for the surgery staff, myself, and Carson. It seemed like FOREVER until Carson was born, but from the time surgery started until he was out was about 3o minutes. I didn't feel much pain, but I could feel just the pressure of them working and I could hear them talking quite a bit. Jordan kept talking to me about Laney and Carson trying to distract me, but it worked. Finally they had Jordan stand up and he watched Carson come into this world. He even got a few pictures! We heard him cry and of course there was tears of joy, a wonderful, beautiful, and healthy baby boy. They weighed him in at 7 pounds 12 ounces and he was measured at 18.5 inches long, but at his first appointment when he was 3 days old he was measured at 19.25 inches so we are thinking they didn't measure him correctly the first time. It then took about at least 30 more minutes to sew me back up. Again I didn't feel any pain, I just enjoyed watching Carson get his footprints done and have all of the newborn evaluations done. Jordan held him next to me so I got to talk to him and kiss him. A precious moment I will never forget. The second I heard that cry I was head over heals in love with him and that is the story of how Mr. Carson entered this world :)