Wow...where to even start? This past week and a half, Denver and I celebrated the 4th of July, got to fly to Phoenix, and had a baby! It was Sunday, July 4th, and Denver and I were sitting in Sacrament meeting with his family when I thought I felt a contraction. I had Denver and Kayden feel the top of my tummy when it would get hard. We weren't sure at first but when they kept coming every 3 mins Denver and I knew they were true contractions. They started in Sacrament and never let up.
Denver and I went back to his parents house and I drank a bunch of water and put my feet up. The crontractions still weren't letting up. So Denver and I decided we better head up to Greer to visit with my family and see if they get any worse. When we got up there...they started hurting. So we called the doctor on call and asked what she thought we should do and immediately she told us to go to Show Low. Denver and immediately jumped in the car and headed to Show Low and the contractions hurt worse and worse.
When we finally got to the ER and they got me right in to get checked. I was dialated to a 3 and the nurse thought I was completely ephased! When she left the room she started getting a flight arranged for us to go to Phoenix. The nurse came back and gave me a catheder for the flight. After a few minutes of having the catheder in, I felt a little trickle of something. I told the nurse that I thought the catheder was leaking....and she said "Honey I'm pretty sure the catheder isn't leaking.." Then she got a strip to test the fluid to see if my water had broke. Sure enough, the test came back positive and my water was leaking. I was going to have to fly in a helicopter and Denver probably wouldn't be able to fly with me, which was not going to be acceptable. Denver remembered in the nick of time my Uncle Jim who is a flight nurse. His company flies patients off the mountain to better help elsewhere. We gave him a call and he was there in 15 mins to pick Denver and I up to fly to Sky Harbor where an ambulence would pick us up to take us to St. Joseph's Hospital. Thank you so much Jim! It meant a lot to us!
As soon as we got there a team of doctors and nurses assessed me. I was dialated to a 4 but only 50% ephased. (I think the nurse in Show Low miss diagnosed me.) The doctors were convinced that my water hadn't broke because they didn't see any more evidence of any amniotic fluid. Since my water wasn't broke in their opinion the decided to take me off the magnisium and wait to see what happens. They weren't to worried if we had the baby because we were at 34 weeks and the baby pretty much had a 100% chance of survival. But since I was only at 34 weeks they didn't want to induce me and break my water. We waited all day Monday in the Labor and Delivery room for my water to break. The doctors were going to let me walk around to do a blood pressure test but my blood pressure stablized so they changed their minds. I asked my nurse if I could just walk around my room and she said that would be fine. I was really nice to be able to sit in a regular chair and walk around. Then the nurse let me get in the shower. After the shower, I sat back down in bed getting ready to go to sleep when I felt something leak again.
We called the nurse in and they checked it and sure enough it was amniotic fluid! My water officially broke 12:00 AM Tuesday morning. So they hooked up the pitosin and told Denver and I to get some sleep because it was going to be a long day ahead of us. Denver and I slept pretty well all night and woke up around 7:00. That was when my contractions started hurting again. So I let the nurse know that I was ready for my epidural. Thirty mins later, I was in heaven! So for the rest of the day I was in and out of sleep until I dialated to a 10 and I was ready to push at 3:15. I pushed for a full hour before our little Daley came. Daley Finch was born July 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM weighing 5 lbs. 8 oz. , 19 inches long, and absolutley gorgeous!
Because Daley was born 6 weeks early, her lungs haven't completely developed which required her to be admitted into the NyICU to help strengthen her lungs. She is doing great and progressing everyday! The doctors and nurses have all had a hard time finding good veins for her IV's so she has had them everywhere because of complications. Her latest one is in her forehead which is so sad. She is still cute as can be and Denver and I call her our little baby tin girl! My computer is taking extra long to upload photos so I can only get two in....but don't worry we will post soon when Denver and I get our little bundle of joy home with more pictures! Denver and I have been so blessed during this exciting and trying time with so many acts of service from everyone. Thank you so much for everything, it meant more than you will ever know. Denver and I can't wait until we can bring out sweet, little Daley home!
