Patrick decided that he wanted to be very punctual and arrive on his due date, March 23rd. Born at 2:24 am at 7lbs 3oz and 19 inches.

Kinda a long story but the Saturday before today, just noticed I was feeling off. Felt nauseous, just different. Occasionally had a Braxton hick contraction but like twice a day. Then came Sunday afternoon and they were still Braxton Hicks but getting more of them. Ended up staying up literally all night and couldn’t sleep. Monday afternoon they were keeping up and decided to call dr. She said if contractions were that unbearable, go to L&D. End up going at 4:30pm this Monday. Sitting in triage and I’m still at a 1 from three weeks ago. I was so mad. Contractions were three mins apart and I wasn’t dilating. Nurse said I might have to go back home. I started to cry to my husband because I knew I couldn’t go through another whole day of these contractions. They then decided to put me on fentanyl and Benadryl. It helped me sleep a little bit but the contractions were still awful. She checked me and I was at 5! She said it was because I would clench up at every contraction and I needed to relax. Waaay easier said then done. I was finally admitted.

I asked for an epidural right away. Only worked on the left side so had to lay on right and they gave me medicine to boost the epidural. Worked like a charm. It was heavenly. Was at a 7 now. Then nurses said my labor was going so fast for being a first time mom. Then, it was time to push! I felt sooo much pressure. They popped my water which the dr said was a really strong bag because it was hanging out and not breaking at all. What scared me is that there was meconium leaking out so they called for nicu just he case he swallowed it. When I was pushing I had to push at every other contraction because my body naturally wanted to push him out and I was pushing at the same time which caused his heart rate to drop significantly. I wanted this boy out for his safety so I freakin pushed hard. Everyone was amazed he came in in 12 pushes. I was too. He never ended up going to nicu because he cried super hard when he came out and didn’t swallow anything. I’m so proud of myself.

I hope all the March mamas have their babies soon! Best of luck to the new, second third, etc moms and moms still waiting.