Caleb's Birth Story

I went to a doctors appointment on Monday morning and my blood pressure was still high so they were planning the induction for Friday or Saturday. they told me i should rest as much as possible but with a two year old at home who are they kidding. On Wednesday I noticed I kinda had a lot of contractions and I was a little uncomfortable and i really wasn't feeling well but I wrote it off. I decided not to cook dinner so we went out to dinner at McDonald's and i came home and rested. At around 7 that night I noticed I was having consistent contractions and they were coming what felt like consistently so I watched the clock and by 9pm the contractions were 6 minutes apart but I was still really comfortable so I went to bed. The pain of the contractions woke me up at midnight and they were still 6 minutes apart. So we decided to go to the hospital and when they checked me i was still 50% Effaced and 2 cm dilated. they told me I could walk for two hours or so and I decided to give that a try. After an hour or so I was exhausted and had no desire to continue walking and we headed back to labor and delivery and nothing had changed so they sent us home with instructions to see the Dr. First thing in the morning. I tossed and turned most of the night but the pain wasn't any-worse than regular cramps and they had spread further apart and were more like 8-10 minutes apart. Anthony went to work and so did my mom so i took Madison to a friends house while i was at my Dr's appointment. I was still having decent contractions, and my blood pressure was still high so the doc did an ultrasound and didn't like what he saw. he left the room and came back in about 5 minutes and instructed me to go straight to the hospital but to keep as calm as possible because he didn't want my blood pressure to go up any higher. I went to the car and called Anthony and my mom and we all decided that I would go pick up Madison and then we would all meet back at my house. I beat them both back to our house and finally had to call them both and find out how much longer.. I was admitted at 11:00 and was still feeling pretty comfortable and I was starving. I unwisely decided to not eat on the way there. They got the IV hooked up and started pitocin around 12:00 or so. the contractions got stronger pretty quick but i was progressing really slowly. i asked for some pain medication around 3:00 and the stuff they gave me knocked me out. which was good because i was exhausted anyway.  They broke my water around 4:00 and I don't remember this but I do remember waking up at 4:30 and no one was there and my contractions were unbearable. finally Anthony came into the room, he had decided that since i was sleeping that he would run and get some lunch and who could blame the guy, i was starving. I asked for my epidural but they said i wasn't dilated enough ( which I have decided is stupid) so I went through 2 1/2 hours of incredibly painful labor and Finally the anesthesiologist walked in! I was finally dilated to 4 cm and could have my epidural which was around 7:00pm. shortly after Dr. Lopez came in and let me know he was going home to eat dinner and would only be 10 minutes away. by 8:30pm i was fully dilated and the doctor was on his way back. I only pushed for a very short time and Caleb was born at 9:15pm. I had a little problem so they rushed him away from me. they had a lot of trouble removing the placenta from the uterine wall. Caleb was also struggling to breath a little but not like Madison. they watched him for a while and decided to just keep us in the delivery room with an oxygen monitor on him. they kept us in the delivery room with him until 1am and then they decided he was totally fine and was keeping his oxygen saturation up just fine. they gave him a bath wrapped him up and moved us up to the postpartum area. I sent Anthony home so he could get some rest. Caleb was eating, sleeping, and pooping well enough for us to go home early Saturday morning.

 Caleb Ryan Dayton Thursday March 28, 2013 9:15 pm 7lbs 7oz 19 in

March 2013

At the beginning of march a friend invited us to Disneyland and yes I really did walk all of sea world at 35 weeks pregnant but it sure was Fun and Madison had a great time!

Ready to go inside

Checking out the touch tank and she even touched the little animals

Shamu's new baby ( 6 weeks old)

Watching shamu

Feeding the seals

Went on a ride with Kim ( I was too pregnant to ride)

She loved the dolphin show

Every year I organize a large Easter egg hunt. This year I did it a little early because I was due with my 2nd baby only 7 days after Easter. Thankfully I did it early this year because the doctor put me on modified bed rest because I have very high blood pressure. Most doctors visits I'm running about 130/90

Off to hunt for eggs

This way grandma

My mom came to help me out since I'm suppose to do a lot of sitting

Proud of finding all her eggs

Madison and Kylie (best friends)

I mentioned that I had high blood pressure and because of that we welcomed Caleb Ryan Dayton to out family on march 28th 2013 at 9:01 pm (8 days early)

The proud big sister

Kisses for her new brother

With gramie

Boy did I miss her while I was gone

Oma Dayton 

Great grandparents and auntie Kelly came to visit

I made it home the night before Easter a d was able to die Easter eggs with my baby girl

Practicing what she sees

Hearing test

First bath at home with daddy

Time to go home