Baby Arrival - Tobin's Birth Story

Since I am miserable at updating now that I have barely enough time to upload pictures on Facebook, I thought I would put the little story I typed up for Tobin on here. My hope is to read it to him every birthday until he thinks it's too corny to do so. :)

On the day you were born, Mommy woke up at Midnight because she had to go potty. She noticed that there was a little blood, but sometimes that can happen even a few days before a baby comes. She was having some contractions but she couldn’t time them, so she went back to bed. When she tried to fall asleep again, at 12:20am, there was a sudden GUSH! Mommy’s water broke and you were on your way!

Mommy grabbed a towel to keep everything dry and woke Daddy up to say, “My water broke, we need to go to the hospital!” Daddy got a little scared and kept asking her what he was supposed to do; she told him to just stay calm and get himself and the bags ready to go. Grandma LuAnn drove over to pick them up and it was off to the hospital!

Mommy and Daddy had to go in through the ER entrance because it was so early in the morning. They had to wait and fill out some admission paperwork even though Mommy’s water was broken. As soon as that was done, they brought Mommy a wheelchair and they all went up to the Family Birthing Center floor. Once they were in the triage room, she had to put on a hospital gown, answer lots of annoying questions, and was hooked to different machines. Mommy’s favorite was the one that showed your heartbeat and her contractions. The nurses finished talking and told her that she could be moved to her own delivery room! A Delivery Nurse named Becky was with Mommy and Daddy for your whole birth – she was so very nice and helpful.

Daddy set up a CD player and put in the “Beach Sounds” disc for Mommy to help her stay calm and breathe through the contractions, which were becoming stronger and more painful. There was more paperwork to go over, but Daddy filled it all out because Mommy wasn’t able to concentrate on anything other than staying relaxed. She was dilated to 4.5cm when they got into the new room and she was getting more and more excited that you would be in the world and in her arms soon.

Once it got to the point where Mommy’s contractions were too painful for her to handle anymore, Daddy called Nurse Becky and she gave Mommy some pain medicine. It made her feel a little sleepy and it hurt less. It was a nice break. Within an hour, the contractions were back to being very painful and Mommy’s tummy felt like it was squeezing and trying to push all on it’s own. Daddy called for Nurse Becky again and she checked Mommy. They found out that she was now almost 9cm dilated; this made Mommy very happy because a lot of first babies take so much longer to be born.

Nurse Becky told Mommy that she should be on “A Baby Story” because she was doing such a good job. Daddy was so helpful, too, giving Mommy sips of ice water and letting her squeeze his hand as hard as she needed to. Nurse Becky told Mommy it was finally time to push if she wanted. Once she did, the pain went away and it felt so much better! Many pushes later, Nurse Becky called for Dr. Nash to come in because it was almost time for you to be born. After 1 hour and 7 minutes of pushing, you were born at 6:09am on Friday, November 13^th! Daddy watched the whole thing in amazement; the nurses put you on Mommy’s chest right away and she started crying because she was so happy to see you.

Daddy cut the cord and they took you over to have your first bath and get you swaddled. Mommy quickly ate her breakfast while Daddy took pictures of everything. When she saw Daddy holding you, he looked so proud and she wanted to cry all over again. Mommy had to take a bath and get a new gown on – and then it was time for you to eat. Eventually, we all got to go to our new room, where we would stay until Sunday afternoon.

All of your grandparents got to come and see you. They thought you were so perfect and cute. Mommy couldn’t stop smiling or looking at you and it was hard for her to put you down or share you. It wasn’t until the second night that she even let you go to the nursery for a few hours. The rest of the hospital stay was so busy with nurses and doctors coming In and out…it was nice when we got to go home and settle in as a new family.

Even though Mommy loved you while you were still in her tummy, it was no comparison to the love she felt the moment you were placed in her arms for the first time. Now that you are in the world, she knows that her love for you will keep growing every day. You have taught her what unconditional love truly means. Mommy and Daddy are blessed to have you in their lives and can’t wait to see all of the wonderful ways you will grow and change. XOXO