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ction i didn t think much of it because i d been having these types of contractions off and on for days i started to go back to sleep when i had another one i looked at my clock and noticed it had been about 5 minutes since the last contraction then 5 minutes later i had another one i started getting excited thinking active labor may have started unfortunately i didn t have another one after that throughout the rest of the day thursday i was having contractions every 30 minutes to an hour some of them became strong enough that i had to stop what i was doing to breathe through them i kept thinking they would eventually become closer together and active labor would begin but they stayed at 30 minutes to an hour apart that day my mom and i searched all over town to find the movie father of the bride part 2 and finally found a store that had it we enjoyed lunch on the couch while watching the movie and got some good laughs in it made me even more excited to go into labor and finally meet my daughter for the first time my mom had been staying at a nearby friend s house since our condo is only two bedrooms she decided to stay at our place that night because we were all thinking i would be going into labor very soon i was hoping my contractions would either putter out so i could get some sleep or get a lot stronger so i could have a baby soon neither happened i continued to have contractions every 30 minutes all night long i tried to sleep in between them but most of the time i would just be falling asleep when another one would hit and wake me up at 3am i finally got out of bed and had a bowl of cereal then watched an episode of the bachelor i had on my dvr during the bachelor my contractions started getting closer together at about 7 10 minutes apart around 5am my mom woke up and we started playing skip bo at this point the contractions completely stopped i didn t have a single one for an hour i was extremely frustrated to say the least i began considering taking some castor oil to kick start labor since i d already been up all night and i was ready to evict baby girl then around 7 30 i started noticing a regular pattern to my contractions they were 7 8 minutes apart this time i knew i was finally in real labor my mom took dax my 6 year old to school and i called my neighbor to see if she could watch everett for us i continued to walk up and down the stairs of our house while we got everything ready to go i didn t want to take any chances that labor might stop we left the house around 9 15 am dropped everett off and then headed to the hospital i called my midwife on the way and let her know we were headed in my contractions slowed way down on our drive i only had 1 during the 25 minute drive to the university of utah hospital since my contractions had slowed down i knew we had plenty of time so we parked the car and walked into the hospital when we walked into the lobby i asked a volunteer where labor and delivery was and she kindly escorted us all the way there i had to stop once to breathe through a contraction on our way up the contractions are hurting a bit but still very manageable at this point we were immediately put in a triage room where they hooked me up to some monitors and checked my progress i was at a four and the baby s heartbeat looked great we were told that i could either be checked in and head to a regular labor room i wanted the room with the tub because i was planning to have a water birth or we could walk around the hospital a bit and help things move along i opted to walk around because they told us the water birth room would be cleaned and ready to go in another hour or so we left triage around 10 30 with specific instructions to return immediately if the contractions became stronger or if my water broke we decided to head to the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat i hadn t eaten much that day and i figured i would need the energy the cafeteria had 5 or 6 different stations of food to choose from it took me a while but i finally decided i would go to the salad bar i grabbed my plate and just as i was about to get some lettuce i felt a huge pop and then a massive gush of fluids fell to the floor i looked up at my mom with a stunned look on my face i couldn t believe my water had broken all over the cafeteria floor i was wearing a hospital gown but i had my own sweat pants on underneath i was soaking wet so i wanted to go to the bathroom to take my pants off kelly came with me while my mom found a custodian to clean up the mess from the floor i got my pants off and into a plastic bag but now every step i took came with another gush of water i was super worried about the hospital floor being wet i didn t want anyone to fall but at this point we had to get back up to labor and delivery it took us a while to get back my mom had already been there for 5 minutes or so the nurse started to worry that i might be delivering the baby somewhere in the hospital so she came out to look for us she found us right as we were getting off the elevator as we walked back to the room she told us how she had helped deliver a baby in the hospital starbucks just the week before we went back to the triage room because the birth tub still wasn t ready yet and the midwife confirmed that yes my water did break duh my contractions were quite regular and becoming stronger coming every 3 5 minutes and i was still handling them well at this point it was about 11 30 kelly was applying very strong counter pressure on my back during every contraction this was extremely helpful as the back labor was the worst part about the contractions half an hour later the midwife came in again to check on me and during a contraction she applied upward pressure on my knees while kelly did my back and it almost took the pain away completely it was fantastic so my mom started pressing my knees while kelly pressed my back until we were ready to head to the birth room at about 12 30 we got to my labor room and i immediately got into the tub it felt amazing i m pretty sure i started transition at this point because i started moaning during the contractions i remember thinking this is really freaking painful and i don t want to do it anymore during each contraction i would lean forward onto all fours and moan through it and once it was over i immediately leaned back on the tub and closed my eyes i had been awake for 36 hours at this point and i was really tired i remember looking at the clock and it said 12 45 i don t know why but i wanted to know how long i was in this kind of pain for weird the nurse had been intermittently monitoring the baby s heartbeat and it was decelerating with each contraction and then coming right back up the midwife explained to me that the baby was fine but this meant i would no longer qualify for a water birth if her heart rate didn t normalize for at least 20 minutes i was really hoping this whole thing would be over in 20 minutes the midwife said she thought i might be ready to push and wanted to check and see if my cervix was fully dilated truth be told i was already pushing a little bit as each contraction came it just felt right she checked and said i was ready to go she informed me that i could either get out of the tub and deliver on the floor next to it or hop on the bed or i could just stand up and deliver the baby while hovering above the water i heard everything she said but i was so tired i didn t think i had the strength to move my next contraction came and i started pushing as hard as i could while the midwife kindly asked me to stop pushing she said i know it s hard brittany but please try not to push don t push right now i heard her and made the decision to completely ignore her i was in pain and i wanted this baby out now i don t remember a lot of what happened next but kelly told me that she looked at him and the nurse and very firmly said stand her up the next thing i knew i was being held up above the water and my legs were violently shaking the next contraction came and the midwife told me to give a small push now stop now a big push good the head is out now one more big push brittany grab your baby i looked down and picked up my baby girl it was 1 04 pm i sat back down in the water and cradled her in my arms and we locked eyes it was love at first sight i couldn t believe she was here it was such an incredible feeling to be completely out of pain and holding my daughter in my arms it was definitely a moment i will never forget i looked up because i wanted to see kelly and that was when i realized i had quite the audience there were a lot of people staring at me i had my midwife the student midwife my nurse someone from pediatrics just in case she was needed the hospital photographer i consented to having pictures and videos taken for the hospital s website my mom and kelly all looking at me i found kelly and we just smiled at each other our little girl was here when baby s cord stopped pulsing kelly cut it and then he took her and did skin to skin while i got out of the tub to deliver the placenta and get stitched up once i got out of the tub i was freezing so my whole body started shaking again the nurse covered me in warm towels and i took my wet bikini top off i couldn t stop shaking and i remember thinking the midwife might make a mistake during the stitching since i was moving so much once i was finally done with all the clinical stuff i was aching to have my baby back she was placed on my chest and she immediately started looking to something to eat she was licking every piece of skin she could find i latched her on and she ate like a champ while i ate an apple off the lunch tray there was also a cold hamburger that i had no desire to eat so my mom went down to the cafeteria to get me a sandwich kelly and i talked about how cute she was and how big she seemed and how much she liked to eat when she finished her meal she was weighed and measured 21 inches long and 8 pounds 1 ounce after a few hours of snuggles we were transferred over to the mother baby unit where we began our lives as a family of five with little savannah mae allred posted by brittany at 10 32 am no comments labels baby birth family natural childbirth water birth monday september 17 2012 new blog hey everyone if anyone still looks at this blog i wanted to let you know that i have started a new blog berries and barbells is a healthy lifestyle blog with sweaty workout ideas delicious recipes and pictures and stories about my cute kids please stop on over and take a look and tell your friends posted by brittany at 3 13 pm no comments saturday may 12 2012 potty training today is day 3 it s going much better than day 1 and 2 only 1 accident today dax has stayed dry for naps and bedtime we are so proud of our big boy posted by brittany at 5 22 pm 1 comment monday february 20 2012 red shoes grandma was here a few weeks ago and bought dax some red shoes he s obsessed with them they ve been worn to parties play groups around the house to bed and even church he throws a fit when we make him take them off thanks grandma posted by brittany at 10 44 am 3 comments friday january 27 2012 so cute i could watch these video of my two boys laughing 1000 times and not get sick of it posted by brittany at 2 28 pm no comments thursday january 19 2012 thanksgiving thanksgiving was non traditional this year we went to disneyland with my side of the family for thanksgiving we had an awesome time even with all the crowds disneyland is so magical at christmas time on our way the boys were great on the flight everett and nicholas were best buds we had thanksgiving dinner at goofey s kitchen among many of the disney characters on the last day in socal we exchanged christmas presents the cousins got to wear their matching pj s posted by brittany at 11 32 am no comments wednesday january 18 2012 logan canyon just before the snow fell we found this awesome walking trail in logan canyon we really enjoyed getting out in the fresh air and went 3 or 4 times before it got too cold dax loved all the leaves and rocks and had a great time walking all by himself posted by brittany at 12 40 pm 1 comment halloween clearly i m behind but i have been feeling all sorts of anxiety about not posting our adventures dax was a puppy for halloween everett was a chargers fan we had our neighbors over for pizza and then we all went trick or treating we finished off the night watching the chargers on monday night football posted by brittany at 12 21 pm no comments dax turns 2 dax turned 2 on october 5 grandma cordon was in town and we had a great day dax woke up to balloons and streamers and immediately opened his presents he played with his new trucks and trains all morning long we all went to texas roadhouse for an early dinner dax was the star of the show and got to sit on the big saddle while everyone in the restaurant wished him a happy birthday we came home and had wheat free dairy free egg free pumpkin cupcakes with 2 candles it was a perfect day he loves his new garbage truck not sure what to think about all these people yelling it doesn t get much better than applesauce and fall off the bone ribs he had no trouble opening his presents this year posted by brittany at 12 03 pm no comments thursday december 22 2011 seasons greetings this greeting card customized with smilebox you don t need to click the play button it doesn t do anything special posted by brittany at 10 34 am no comments thursday november 17 2011 fyi my super talented and stylish sister in law has started a new blog that everyone needs to subscribe to its a fashion blog and full of great style advice she is doing an awesome giveaway right now so head on over and check it out posted by brittany at 2 10 pm no comments tuesday november 15 2011 family pictures the amazing sami jo took some family photos for us yesterday it was cold up in the mountains but we managed to get some great shots posted by brittany at 6 41 pm 2 comments wednesday august 17 2011 bff s these two are already best friends dax has adjusted really well and loves his baby brother he gives everett hugs and kisses and becomes very concerned when he cries i m hoping dax will still like his brother when he starts moving and competing for toys posted by brittany at 11 12 am no comments sunday august 7 2011 everett s birthday i had a doctors appointment on monday july 25th where i was told the midwife would strip my membranes to try and start labor this was 6 days before my due date at the appointment that morning the midwife was unable to strip my membranes and i was really disappointed and discouraged i was huge sore unable to walk normally and darn right tired of being pregnant and most of all ready to meet my son i had asked my midwife about taking castor oil i did it with dax and i went into labor 5 hours later she said there is no evidence that it works and it makes you really sick but that there is no danger associated with taking it i was desp...