I was a little nervous going into Sunday night. It was more to do with the unknown of what this labor will entail. I did work that night and everyone at work was making fun of me. But Nana and Papa had Belle and there was not much else for me to do but stay busy and work. After work I went home and go a little nap before going to pick Blake up at work. I did drive myself to the hospital. I knew it would be a while before I could drive so I took the opportunity and drove us to the hospital. It also just sounds funny! We did pick up McD's chicken nugget meal to eat. We got there a little after midnight. By the time we got through the emergency room it was around 1a.m. before we got to our room. #527 The same exact room as we had with Belle. We were starting off with good karma! I had my friend Teri Williams as my nurse. I was really excited that it worked out that she was working that night because I was going to try and go without medicine for as long as I could handle and she would be great to talk me though a contraction. She was trying to start my IV and was having a little difficulty with finding a good vein. Let me tell you I
do not like to get my blood drawn or any needles going in me. So she took her time and made sure she would only have to stick me once. It took her a minute but she got me! I did get a little worked up and wanted to puck but I didn't. I was starting at 2cm at 1:45. Which is really nothing much when you have to get to 10. Teri got me going on Pitocin at about 2:25. Then the waiting started. You can only go up in doses in 2's every 15-30 minutes so it was a slow starting process. Blake and I got a little bit of sleep. I had to get up every hour to pee. Teri didn't realize she had my IV drip set so high so she was pumping me full of liquids really fast. By 6 or 7 my toes looked like little sausages!. But my contractions started getting stronger at around 7-7:30. Teri had to make shift change. She was going to go home and try to get some sleep and depending on how fast or slow I went she was going to come back. She also had to work the next night so I told her to not feel like she had to come back if she was still tired! She left me with another wonderful nurse, Nicole. She was great! She checked me at 8 to see what kind of progress I had made over the night and I was only a 3-4cm/60%. Dr Kindred came in around 8:30 and checked me, with nothing knew, and broke my water. That's when thing took a turn for the better. My contractions started to get consistent and stronger. I had another great girlfriend come be with me, Kami Philbee. She got there about 10:30. By that time I was in pain. I couldn't even talk when a contraction started. All I could do was focus and breath through them. That was when Nicole came in to check me again and I was up to 5cm/80%. I know things where happening and progressing 'cuz the contractions were getting to be some crazy pain! Kami and I sat and talked while Blake got caught up on more sleep. My pain was becoming a bit much there and I was going to wait till 11 (that was only a half an hour) before I called Nicole back in to check me and get the epidural. And just when I wanted her, she came in. She checked me and I was already up to 6cm/80%. But little did I know that when she was checking on my at 10:30 she also bumped up my Pitocin to my highest 16! Crazy girl! So needless to say I was ready for that Epidural. That was another twenty minutes later. I did not remember it hurting as much with Annabelle. I was giving the Anostiziologist a hard time because he asked if I remembered who gave me my other one and I told him "Not you! The other guy didn't hurt me!" He was a cool doctor and we went back and forth. Over all he did great. I got great pain relief. Nicole came back to check me about an hour later (12:35p.m.) and I was up to a 6-7cm/80%. I was getting more and more excited. Things were moving prity quickly and soon we were going to be having this baby. We started setting times when we thought the baby was going to come. I said 4:30p.m. I could feel things changing and a little more pressure so Nicole came in at 1:50p.m. to empty my bladder and check me. I was at 9-10cm/100%. Teri had just woken up to get a cookie to eat and called to check and see how I was doing. We let her know that I was 100% ready. So She came back up. Nicole was going to have me practice pushing before Dr. Kindred came, but he was at another hospital delivering another baby so I had to wait!! I wanted them to start to turn down my Epidural so I could feel things happen more naturally. I was good and numb! With Belle my medicine started to wear off on it's own so I felt the contractions and the need to push better. I wanted that same experience and feeling with this one. Teri was making fun of me 'cuz "never in her career had anyone asked to turn down their med's! I was a funny crazy girl!" But after an hour (3:25) and a mad husband later I was given the okay to practice a few pushes. Of course when my legs are in the air and we want the contractions to come, we are all twirling our thumbs waiting for one. (It was a funny and a little awkward of a moment!) But I could feel this kiddo coming, so when they told me to practice push I didn't give it my all 'cuz I could feel what they then saw. The head of hair almost out!! So we put down my legs and didn't "practice" any more. I was giving Nicole a hard time saying "How many babies have you delivered" She told me "I
don't deliver babies. I call the doctors in early so their there waiting, made at me, 'cuz I do not deliver babies!" I went through a few contractions and told Nicole "I feel something coming!" She looked and was like "Your okay". Then the next one came and I told her "Okay I feel something coming!" So she looked again with big eyes and told me "Close your legs a little bit! We don't want this baby coming!" It was to funny! Blake was getting a little upset that Dr. Kindred wasn't there. He started asking I there was any other doctors there that could deliver my baby! I told he "I was okay with waiting for Dr. Kindred." But he was not a happy camper! Finally he got there at 3:35! I pushed once and the head came out! Then pushed twice then there she was!! Blake told everyone that he wanted to be the one this time to tell me what it was. It took him a minute and Teri and me telling him to tell me what it is. Then he said a "GIRL!". So at 3:39p.m. Whitney Gayle Parker was born. She weighted in at 8 pounds 11.5 ounces and measured 19.5 inches. For those of you that don't know about the name. Blake and I both loved the name Whitney, you really don't hear it to often and her middle name is my grandmothers middle name, Gayle. I had another wonderful labor with another wonderful baby girl in the end. She was healthy, had ten fingers and ten toes, a nice head of hair and looked more beautiful then what I'd envisioned. She took to breastfeeding great. We had to show her once the proper way to suck in but after that she picked it up and was off!
Seeing Whitney for the first time!
The weather here is starting to get nice and Belle is getting stir crazy! She ALWAYS wants to go "Bye-Bye!". If you ask her where she's going she'll say "Grandma's". Whenever she find a basket or any form of a bag she says "Bye-Bye", as if she's going to leave with her purse. On this day she found a water bottle holder and was ready to go. She got her hat on ('cuz it's still cold) and went to get shoes on. Of course they were mine and a few sizes to big. They she had to give everyone a kiss, Whitney, Trigger, and Mommy (I got a hug too!). She's so cute and funny! Got to love their little imaginations! And little Whitney was just chillin' in here bouncer. 
Daddy's Shoes!
