Sally's Grand and FAST Entrance- Part I

April 12 I was home alone for the day. I cleaned a little, napped a little, and caught up on House of Cards. Suzy was still on her same schedule even though I was officially on maternity leave. I figured it would be best if she continued doing exactly what she was used to doing in order to keep some stability in her life. She was about to have her spoiled little world rocked enough in a few weeks (or so I thought). I had been having some slight cramps that day, but just assumed it was trapped gas, constipation, Braxton Hicks, etc. I picked Suzy up from Memaw's house around 3:30 and we headed home. Scott was already home from work when we arrived home. I told him how bad I had started feeling and that I needed to lie down for a little while. He agreed and started making plans for he and Suzy to go play golf for a little while. Of course, Suzy insisted that I tag along with them.... So, I did what all mamas would do. I drug myself on the bumpy ride to the golf course. After an hour or so I had all I could stand. I came home and got in the bath tub hoping it would ease some pain. Nope. Didn't work. I called my mama to tell her my symptoms and then called the doctor's office and talked to Dr. Patton (he was the on call doctor). Within a few minutes mom was here to entertain Suzy while I contemplated what I should do. Dr. Patton assured me that I was just having BH contractions and not to come to Oxford until my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and they were hurting so bad that I couldn't talk through them. I should have told him that I lived in Senatobia and that Suzy came very, very quickly. Mom took Suzy home with her just in case things worsened. I hugged Suzy so tightly and cried like a big baby. I wasn't ready to let her go. I wanted just one more night with her being my only baby. I wanted to squeeze her tight and tell her I loved her all night long. Thankfully, Suzy didn't really understand what was going on. She just told me to quit crying because grown ups don't cry. She left around 6:30 that night and my contractions were about 5 minutes apart. I still thought they were BH contractions or that I was in false labor. Scott was ticked off at me because this routine was exactly how I ended up almost having Suzy on I-55. Bless his soul; I should probably listen to him more often. He knew in the back of his mind that I was having a baby that day, I think. He started packing bags and getting things together while I was still fiddle farting around debating on whether or not to make the humiliating trip to Oxford just to hear them tell me it was false labor and send me home. Around 7:30 my contractions started getting worse and they were about 3 minutes apart. I decided I may need to get my rear in the car and go to the hospital. I let the girls know what was going on and Scott let the family know. We were on our way to BMH around 7:45. By the time we hit Hwy 6 I thought I was going to DIE. I checked into the hospital at 8:20. The girls arrived shortly afterwards followed by the family. I went from 4 cm to 9 cm in the blink of an eye. Thankfully, I got there in time to get an epidural. Sally was coming and she was coming fast. Kalon headed to the waiting room which left Scott and Lauren to endure the madness of delivery with me. My nurses earned every dollar they made that night. One nurse, in particular, should have gotten some of Dr. Patton's pay. I had almost fully delivered Sally by the time he showed up. I think all he did was the episiotomy. I had to quit pushing for 20-30 minutes while we waited on him. After he did his part, Lauren said I pushed once or twice and she was here!!! She weighed 7 lb even and was 20 inches long. She entered the world crying a healthy beautiful cry at 10:27 pm.

7 lb of pure preciousness already wrapped around Daddy's finger

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Sally meets the grands! Memaw and Papa stayed home to take care of Sue Baby for us. Gigi kept Nanny informed by phone.

Mimi lovin'

Gigi was tickled pink.

I hope KK has baby fever after all this! She has stolen lots of kisses from that moment on.

Proud, proud Laurie. She seriously watched the whole entire thing. She's the only person I know that wants to see the whole process and loves every minute of it. She coached along with the nurses while Hubs stayed by my head the whole time :)

Daddy loving on baby girl!

 

My two very best friends and the newest addition to our crazy crew!

Her sweet little bow didn't last long at all, but it sure was cute!

 

After the family got some Sally loving they headed back to Senatobia. KK, Laurie, and Oakey stayed for a little while longer. I sent KK and Laurie to get me something to eat and the biggest Diet Coke Sonic had. They arrived back around 11:45. The nurse cut me off from all food and liquid at midnight because I was scheduled to have my tubes tied the next morning. Little did I know that being cut off from those things meant that I couldn't have any pain meds for the rest of the night or the following day. That's when MY hell started..........