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I got pregnant with Christian really fast, his father and I had been dating a mere 2 months when I concieved. We didnt find out till June, after a doc's blood test confirmed it. Since I was still living at home, I didnt tell my parents till September. When they found out, they were very shocked, but were understanding and happy about the baby. The pregancy was soo wonderful, I never experienced an ounce of discomfort, except for a lil heartburn. My due date was Dec 17th. I had a wonderful baby shower on Nov 30th, I recieved many very wonderful gifts. We had a major loss that yr, My boyfriend's grandma died before coming here and meeting me and the baby. It was soo sad, and his mother was soo sad, Christian made her year, when he was born. On December 14th, a Thursday, Carlos and I went to Dadeland Mall, to walk around and for my sake induce labor, well it did it's job, because that night I lost what was left of my mucus plug. Early Friday morning, around 9 am, I felt my first twinge of a CONTRACTION, and to be honest withyou it wasn't as bad as I had imagined. My brother Armando called CArlos (my boyfriend) at work and let him know, my contractions had started, and he began to freak out. The contractions varied from 8 mins apart to 10 mins to 6 mins. I waited till Carlos came over at 6 pm, and we headed for Jackson Memorial which was an hr from my parents house. We signed in at 7 pm, and I was put in an observation room all by myself, and was left there till about 8:45pm. My water broke and then is when my contraction got closer and way stronger. I was really mad because I was left unattended for so long, and by the time the nurse came, I was in severe, extreme pain.I went in the observation room 2 cm dialatred, and when I was transferred to a room I was close to 6. I was then given an epidural, which was wonderful!! And my contractions got close and closer together. My whole hospital experience was way sour, cos only one person was allowed with me, and my poor mom who wanted to be in there with me, had to wait in the waiting room. My boyfriend was awesome, he held my hand, made jokes to make me laugh basically was his loving wonderful self. Around 3 in the morning after about 18 hr of labor, I felt the need to push, I was quite numb, all I felt was some slight pressure, I think I pushed like 4 or 5 times, and out came Christian Armando Waller. Born exactly at 3:03 am, on Dec 16th 2000. He weighed 7 lbs 3.4 ozs and measure 19 1/2 inches long. We were kept in the hospital a week more than the normal 2 days,because I got a really nasty vaginal infection in the delivery and was on antibiotics for a solid week. My veins are way more broken then they were before. Christian also had some health issues, he was born with a hypospadias (which is a curvuture of the penis) some kidney stones and a heart murmur. The kidney stones/heart murmur dissaperaed after his one month after birth. And his hypospadia's was repaied in June of 01. He is a healthy and vibrant soon to be 5 yr old, who started Pre-K this year. I can't believe all this time has passed by since I gave birth to him, and it is still so fresh in my mind. Like if it happenned yesterday. |
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