Cavin Marcus Bruce

Cavin's Story.......
It all started Monday night, Marcus and I went to Avengers with my mom, it was a great movie, but I was really uncomfortable the whole time it was kind of normal but I didn't feel normal.  After the movie we went back to my mom's to get our car and Marcus rode the scooter from work.  So we had to drive home separate, Marcus stopped off to get gas. I went straight home about half way home, I about lost it and just felt so yuck and I started to get a little tear and said a pray and begged Heavenly Father to help me feel better (all while driving!) while about 30 seconds later my water broke!  I wasn't sure at that time but felt something and actually just thought I had a little gas. I pulled the car into the garage and stood up and the a large flood of water dripping to my ankles, I ran inside and dripped from the kitchen to the bathroom then sat down and a large flow again!  I started to get really excited and nervous! "Where's Marcus??!" I hurried and called him and started to cry cause it finally time!! I just was so excited and couldn't believe it!!
I called my mom and told her, and then they started contractions that hurt really bad, i had to get off the phone and focus, Marcus finally got home and helped me get into the shower and get new clothes!  he did a great job of getting all our stuff into the car and ready to go.
by the time I had 5 Contractions they hurt so bad and where only 3 minutes apart from the beginning!  I thought I was going to pass out.  We left the house about 10:30pm, one hour after my water broke.
At the hospital things got worse really fast.  I couldn't re leave the pain at all, my back hips and stomach just hurt!  No one can prepare you for that.  I tried to breath through them but just felt so sick and horrible, I told Marcus, "I don't feel good."  before he could answer I just throw up ALL over.  It was sooooooo horrible, my amazing Husband just loved me and rubbed my back, but here's the thing I throw up all over him, from head to toe!  I got his face, glasses, shirt, shorts, legs, and even his shoes..... oh boy!  Marcus just focused on me and was truly my hero through this whole thing.
The checked my and I hadn't really dilated so I wasn't sure what to do about an epidural or what... Marcus showed and my mom showed up just in time to hold my hand through the next few contractions while he regrouped!
At 2 am they finally decided I was in true labor, not knowing for sure if my water broke, I don't know why, but they couldn't get a good test of it.  Anyways 2 am I was dilated to a 3, so they saw enough to know I was truly in labor they started my IV and antibiotics.  after about 5 hours of labor I was ready for an epidural.
I got the epidural and they checked me a little bit later and was dilated to a 5+ at 3:30!!!  I then rested as much as I could, Marcus and my mom slept.  I was a little uncomfortable just feeling like my bum was a sleep from sitting for so long.  I just wanted to move and couldn't really move.
5 am they came back in to check me and I was a 9+ so 4 cm in just and hour and a half!!  great news!  I was ready to be done sitting and ready to push!
They checked me again at 530 and I was fulling dilated, they said in an hour we'll start pushing so get your rest now, but as soon as they left I started to get really nervous,  I didn't know how pushing would feel and I just didn't know,  well I had my Super Amazing Husband Marcus give me a blessing and I felt sooo much better and was able to sit with him and laugh together, I can't say it enough how my husband should have been in the Movie the Avengers cause he is truly my super HERO!!  there is no way I could have done it without him.  I'm grateful for my mom and grateful she had been through it to clam me down also.
630 came and they started to set up they taught me how to push and told me a few tricks.  so we practiced a few time and the did their thing and Marcus helped me count out pushes.
7 Dr. Kirkman came in to check me and said he had a C-section at 730 but would be back at 8 and thought I'd take that long anyways, so he left and I kept pushing.  It wasn't painful at all just got tired and didn't really feel any progress til about 730 and I felt a lot more pressure down there and so they checked me and said, "oh wow you're crowning."  so this part was the worse they told me NOT to push but I had that I HAVE to push feeling.  it was so much harder to not push then to push!
They told dr kirkman, he came at 8 am like promised I pushed 4 times and at 8:06 am Cavin Marcus Bruce out screaming his lungs out!!
I did have the mirror to watch him come and I LOVED it I loved seeing his head and I just had to push so I could hold him!!  I got to hold him right away and I just couldn't believe what had just happened!!  a baby a real life baby just come out of my belly!!  I just had to shed a tear because I couldn't believe it finally happened!!
Marcus cut the cord and they took him and washed him up.  I was left to do the hard dirty work.  Marcus was back and forth holding our hands.  The placenta was harder to deliver then I thought it would be, harder then Cavin, believe it or not.  but it was over not too much later.
so 10 hours of Labor and I had the cutest little boy that was worth every second of it.  For me I have to say being Pregnant was harder then Labor and delivery.  (with an epidural)
It was almost an hour before I could hold my baby for real and it was hard I just wanted him!!!
Cavin was 6 lbs 7 ozs 20 inches long 13 cm head, just a perfect little guy!
 So that's our story!!  Next will be our first could days together!  another nap time to come!!  I LOVE HIM AND MARCUS SOOO MUCH!!