Birth Story of Rocco Bear Feliccia

My last post was 11 months ago which is a clear picture of how hard my pregnancy was and what a huge transition it has been going from 2 to 3 kids.  I want to make sure and get Rocco's birth story posted while I can still remember it so clearly.

On February 24th  @ 1:45pm I texted my doula Jenna that I was having some cramping and it felt very familiar but was still unsure if this was it.

3:20 pm I told her I was relaxing upstairs in the tub and that we were supposed to go to Frank's parents for dinner but they brought dinner over to us intstead. Everyone was downstairs and I was relaxing, doing my hypnobirth breathing and doing fine.

3:50 pm I got into bed and texted Jenna that I was now resting in bed and she asked if I could see a pattern.

4:35pm I told her they were 5-6 minutes apart but did not last for a full minute.

5:00pm - I felt super hungry so I got up and ate a big meal. Then I sat on the couch visited with my mom and in-laws for a while.

7:00pm My in-laws left to go home

7:15pm I went to sit on the toilet to deal with the surges and I told Frank we needed to go to the hospital. Frank called his parents who had not even gotten out of their car and they turned around to come back to our house to watch the kids.

7:35 Frank and I were on our way to Pomerado Hospital. Surges were intense but I listened to my rainbow relaxation and forced myself to relax and breath through them knowing that if I tensed up I would experience pain.

8:00pm we arrived, Frank got me a wheelchair and I continued to breath through each surge.

8:15pm we got in our room and I headed straight to the toilet to breath through another surge, got up for the nurse to check me and had to sit back down as another one was on the way. My water broke right after that one finished up. She checked me and I was 7cm. I then got into the tub and labored for a bit.

8:40pm I hit the wall and asked for an epidural. The crying began along with complete panic all I could think is why did I do this again. Jenna suggested I let the nurse check me again.

8:45pm The nurse checked me and I was complete - no epidural for me. I managed to get out of the tub and stand at the side of the hospital bed. I was crying, shaking and sweating from head to toe.  My mom and sister arrived right then. My mom started crying seeing me in such pain and I told her I would be ok.

Three intense double pushes and at 9:02 Rocco Bear Feliccia arrived. All I could say after he was out was, "holy cow that really hurt!" I will spare you the details of what I shouted out during each of the pushes.

I held Rocco on my chest for the next two hours and then got up to use the bathroom and he got his little bath and had his measurements done.  He weighed in at 7lbs 9oz and 20" long.

Rocco is the first baby I have successfully been able to nurse and let me tell you the bond I have with him is amazing. I am so in love with this kid:)