Landyn Aurielle Yates

Landyn Aurielle Yates

December 4,2008 6:42 am

Virginia Baptist Hospital

7 lbs 2 oz, 20.5 in

The Birth Story

Well, let me say that Landyn's birth was a whirlwind of activity and we weren't able to document it like Jordyn's, although there isn't much to document. While Jordyn's labor was about 16 hours, Landyn's was a total of 4, with only one hour spent in the hospital! Thankfully, we're alive to talk about it as I thought I wouldn't survive.

I woke up at 2:30 am in the middle of a contraction but since I had been having them for a couple of days I didn't think much of it. After laying in bed for an hour and experiencing contractions every 5-7 minutes I was pretty sure this was the real thing. There was only one problem, I was experiencing all the labor in my back and that had me so confused. I wasn't sure if it was real or just false because none of it seemed to be radiating to the front.

Around 4:15 I woke up Wayne and let him know I was pretty sure this was the real thing. After a shower and a call to the hospital I was now having contractions about every 3 minutes. Of course, both Cassandra and Aaron, who assured me they would answer their phones in the middle of the night, didn't. I called Cassandra almost 8 times before I got her on the phone to tell her "Come right away!"

We were checked into the hospital at 5:40 and by then my contractions were about every 90 seconds and I was already 7-8 centimeters dilated. All I could say the entire time was to beg the nurses to hurry up and give me the epidural before it was to late. They had three nurses working on me to get finished quickly, in time for an epidural, but I was to have no such relief. At about 6:20 I was ready to push and couldn't wait any more for the epidural to come. During the pushing Landyn's heart rate dropped dramatically and they ended up having to perform an episiotomy and use suction to help me push her out quickly. At 6:42 she was here and I was still medication free.

Come to find out Landyn was facing the wrong way and came out face up, instead of face down, which caused the back labor. She also had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck which caused the problems with her heart rate. She was very healthy though and started screaming almost immediatly. To add to the excitement, about 5 minutes before Landyn was born Wayne blacked out and almost fainted. He stopped helping me push even though I was yelling at him and had to be seated by nurses after not sitting on his own. It was pretty scary for me to see him like that but he got over it fast and is now back to normal!

So now we are just resting in our mother baby room and I'm actually feeling great. I've been up to walk around some and have fed Landyn twice already. She's a hungry girl! Hopefully we will have more pictures and info up soon. We love you all and thanks for your prayers and calls.