BIRTH STORY
On January 17th at 5am I started feeling what I thought might be labor contractions but I really didn't know and I didn't want to go into the hospital just to be sent home. So I waited until about 8:30am and then we went into the hospital because things weren't really changing much. When we got to the hospital they checked me out and I was 4cm along and things looked to be moving along nicely. We then got moved to our own room and I jumped into the shower for a hour or so. Honestly I could have had the baby in there but there were nurses and doctors that kept coming into my hospital room and checking with stuff and I felt that they were all waiting for me to get out of the shower. So I did. This was at about 11am and they checked me and I turned out to be 6cm so they broke my water. After that contractions started to get really bad so I tried to get back into the shower but I just couldn't handle standing and having contractions. So I jumped back into the bed to see how that was going to be but the contractions were just getting to be a little much. I didn't want to have any drugs and didn't want to have an epidural but I just felt that being less stressed would be better for us all. I got the epidural at about 11:30am when I was 7cm along. Then things stopped. I didn't really move along and for some reason I could still feel all my contractions. Later on we found out they put the epidural in wrong so at 4:30pm they gave me another epidural and things started to move along quickly and by 7pm I was ready to push. I started pushing with all my might and at 7:59pm Lucian Eden Balian Gear was born into the world.
He has been the greatest little gift this world could offer. It is amazing how much your view on love changes when you give birth. Right after I had him I knew he would be our everything and that I would also be always oh so worried about him and everything around him and how things will influence him in life. But we will try our best as that is all we really can do and hope that what we think is best really turns out to be best. lol and that he makes great choices in life and we can offer him everything he needs.
So our little family has started on its way in life. Lets hope the path stays full of love and promise.
