Afton Irene McOmber

(So I never finished this post, so I'm just going to post it now. Better late than never)

Afton Irene McOmber was born on Saturday February 13th, 2016 at 7:44pm. This is the story of our week.

The week before Feb. 7th, I was going to be induced because my Dr. was working that Sunday. He let me know a few days before that he wasn't working now, and gave me the choice to go ahead and be induced or not. I chose not too. And I'm thankful I didn't because some of the kids came down with a bad cough on Monday. So I just waited. We set up an induction for Saturday the 13th if I didn't have her by that day. I was due on the 12th and my Dr. didn't want me going over too far because I've had large babies in the past. We didn't think she was that big, but he knew that I was struggling with my sciatic nerve and morning sickness and thought she was about 8lbs, so we went ahead to do it. All week long I worked my head off at trying to get the house ready and get on top of my laundry. My mom came to help me because I was sorting and going through clothes like crazy! It was a crazy week!

Friday came along and no baby. But I was busy getting Isaiah off to his camp out for scouts and trying to finish up last minute things. It was strange though, because I started having Braxton Hicks contractions at 22 weeks and had them the whole pregnancy until the last week. The last week absolutely nothing was happening.  I just didn't understand it. Oh well.

Saturday morning came along and we left at 6:30am. It's always a weird ride when you go to the hospital to have a baby. So many emotions! I always get nervous when I go to have a baby because you never know what's going to happen. And anticipating the pain is not fun at all! So we got to the hospital and it took forever to get admitted and everything. Finally at 10:30am they gave me the miso pill. We had to wait for 4 hours to see if it was going to work or not. In the meantime, I told Jason to leave to go get something to eat so I could get some sleep. He left and as I was falling asleep, a visitor came. Then Jason came back. At 2:30pm, they started me on pitocin. Oh pitocin.... blah! I started progressing pretty fast. And the pain started. Ohhh.... the pain! I usually do ok with the pain, but this time I was just kinda thrashing around and having a hard time just calming myself down and focusing. I was just tired! Then I was checked at about 6:30pm and I was a 6/7. At 7pm I got the epidural and everyone left the room. At that same moment, my mom and Maci and my friend Joalea showed up. Everyone waited out in the waiting room. I got the epidural and it took the edge off of the contractions, but I could still feel them a lot. I told the nurse I felt a lot of pressure and she checked me and I was at a 10. She said, "Let's have this baby." All of my family and friends were out in the lobby still. The nurses got the room set up. And everyone finally came back in. When they came in, I didn't really want to talk with any of them because I was still going through the contractions. Jason wasn't with them though and I was like... where the heck is he? Well, my mom forgot the plant that she got us in the lobby and he went back to get it. I remember when he walked in with the plant and had this smile on his face and I just was like... stop smiling. haha! It's amazing what pain can do to a person. Well, everyone was there that was supposed to be there. So they told me it was time to have the baby. It's been 3 years since I've had one and I didn't really remember what to do. But after 1 and a half pushes, Afton was born! It was the easiest pushing delivery I had ever had. I also instantly felt my sciatic nerve pain go away. But there was no tearing or anything... she just came out. Her little head was perfectly round, since she wasn't in the birth canal for very long. I saw her and thought she weighed about 6lbs. She looked so tiny. But she was 8lbs. 1oz. We were all shocked! 20 1/2 inches long. Born at 7:44 pm. She of course looked like Jason and the rest of the kids. She had such petite features with a ton of hair! She was just so perfect!