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The Coming of Dawson Parker Hamilton

Man! The last three and a half weeks have been hectic. I finally have a chance to tell my labor story. May 18th I went to work as usual. I worked my whole twelve hour shift, but noticed I was tired more than usual. All I wanted to do when I got off was to take a bath and go to bed. So, I did just that. I didn't even eat dinner because I didn't have the energy and honestly I wasn't hungry. At 8:45pm I woke up. I had been asleep about an hour. I don't know what woke me up, but I decided I would go ahead and go to the bathroom since I was up. I noticed that there was a little more discharge fluid than normal, but didn't think anything too much about it. I laid back down and I was cramping and had to go to the bathroom again. The second time I went there was A LOT of fluid. So I go lay back down, naturally. Then, I get up to go to the bathroom again. It's not even 9:00pm yet. Finally, I decide it's time to wake Troyce up, because he had gone to bed with me. I said "Troyce, I think my water broke. I have to call my mom." He woke up and started getting dressed. My mom told me to call the on call OB and see what she said. Dr. Pinter told me that I could wait 30-45 minutes before coming in just to make sure. While I was on the phone with her I had my first small contraction. I called my mom and told her we were going. The second contraction came five minutes later. Then two minutes after that. In the short five minutes car ride to the hospital I started having back labor contractions. Anyone who ever has had it knows how painful it is. I was checked in at L&D at 9:30pm. I will never forget how angry I was because I told one person that I thought I was in labor and they told someone else who told all of Troyce's family. It was supposed to have been us who called them. We had a plan and a list of names. Anyway...I was dilated to 3cm when I got there. Then 4cm about 2 hours later. I got my epidural at 11:30pm. Man that thing is awesome. Worked right away. I will never forget. At 3:00am I was at 5cm. During that hour I felt so much pressure in my lower area. I had her come back and check me at 4:00am because I just knew something was up. I was at 8cm. At about 6:00am I was at 9cm. I just knew it was about to happen. The nurses started bringing all the equipment into the room. This is where it slowed down. I got to 9.5cm and there was just a small part of my cervix that didn't want to go down. They brought in pitocin at about 8:00am. Finally at about 9:30am it was time to push. I pushed for about 45 minutes and then my sweet baby boy was here. My mom and Troyce were there with me every step of the way cheering me on. When he was finally in this world, I immediately started crying. I don't know if it's because I was finally done or if it's because I was so excited he was here. Probably both. The rest is history. These last three and a half weeks have been a rollercoaster, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I am so excited that I was chosen to be his mommy. He is the sweetest, most precious thing in this entire world. I just love my little family that Troyce and I created.

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