The Clawsons: September 2012

Well my sweet little Channing just turned 2 a couple days ago (I will do a post on his birthday party another day) and I don't think I have his birth story written down anywhere. So I decided now would be a good time.
Channing was due on Aug 23, 2010 and on that day I really thought I was going to have Channing. I had been taking blue cohosh (natural labor starter) the whole day and I went to turbo kick with Linzie to see if jumping around would start my labor. On the way home from the gym I had been feeling contractions very regular about every 6-10 mins they weren't painful though. I kept track for a couple of hours and thought okay this is it he is coming tonight. We walked for hours, I did jumping jacks, played basket ball, and walked up and down stairs, We called family members and my family drove up from Logandale. We did all that till about 2 in the morning and I just needed to lay down. Once I relaxed my body everything stopped.
Nothing happened for another 9 days. My doctor stripped my membranes a couple times and that hurts like crazy! On Tuesday night I remember taking a bath and getting very emotional thinking that Chad and I weren't going to be all alone anymore and our lives were about to change and I was as big as a whale so that made me cry a lot too. Once I got out of the bath at about midnight Chad and I spent some time together and I started feeling painful contractions. I couldn't even lay in bed, I had to get an exercise ball and bounce on that. After about an hour I told Chad it was time and I really wanted a blessing so we asked Dallan to give a blessing with Chad. After that we started walking around the neighborhood till 2am and we decided to call his mom. We drove to her house and she helped massage my back and she walked with us around the temple until 4am we decided to go to the hospital. My parents got to the hospital right when we did and we walked into labor and delivery. They put me in a room and said if you progress from 4 centimeters to 5 in an hour you can stay. Luckily I was at a 5 by the time she came in next. So we went to the delivery room and tried to get a little sleep but that didn't happen contractions where getting stronger. At 8am Dr. Rogers came in and broke my water and that is when I start to forget because I was in a different place with the pain being so bad! I remember going to take a shower so I could have hot water on me but it hurt so bad to be standing during a contraction. I think I was at a 6 we he broke my water and it seemed like every hour I dilated another centimeter. The contractions were SO SO painful! I screamed at the top of my lungs and felt like I never got a break from them. Everything went so fast! When it was time to push Chad was on one side holding a leg and a nurse was on the other. Pushing was the hardest thing I had ever done in my life. I felt like I was pushing harder then I even thought I could. The doctor called in code blue which was the respiratory team because Channing's heartbeat kept getting slower he even threatened a c-section if I didn't get him out soon. I thought I had been pushing for hours but I only remember them telling me 45 mins. Once he came out and laid on my chest skin to skin all of the pain disappeared and it was the best feeling in the world! I kept saying "he's so cute! he's so cute!" and he really was. He was born and 11:21 am on September 1st. He weighed 8lbs 14oz and was 21 inches long! Talk about huge baby! No wonder I gained 40 pounds and looked like a hippo. But I would do it all over again for that little man. Chad and I both cried when he came out. It was a pretty traumatizing experience for him because he saw how much pain I was in and couldn't do anything about it. It made me fall in love with Chad even more just knowing this was our family that we created! I cant wait until all of our children are here on earth with us.
Here are some pictures from the day Channing Eric Clawson was born.