The Perrys: February 2009

It all started at 5:30 in the morning. I woke up to a sharp pain as I turned on my side and then felt a gush of water in my bed. I woke up Ty, telling him I wasn't sure if my water had just broke or if I had wet the bed. I then got up and ran to the bathroom with water gushing the whole time. At this point Ty was out of his bed gathering everything we were going to need. Ty's claim to fame is that he had followed the doc's directions and had had his bag packed for three days. However, I hadn't packed one thing thinking that it might jinx us and she would never come. So I was trying to get all my stuff together as I changed my clothes into some dry ones. However, after changing 3 times I realized I would be going to the hospital in wet ones. As we drove to the Intermountain Medical Center the contractions began. The were getting harder and closer together every minute. (I think Ty ran 3 red lights.) After we got checked in things went quickly. I was at a four when they first checked me but after the next contraction I was at a six. This is when the nurse decided she would go find the anesthesiologists herself rather than paging him because I REALLY needed to get the epidural before it was too late. After the epidural they put the catheter in and that moved me to an 8. When I was at a 9 1/2 Dr. Terry got there. I was so glad he got there in time! I knew if he was there everything would go okay. At this point he put me on oxygen because (I didn't know this at the time) the umbilical chord was wrapped around Kate's neck two times and her heart rate was going down. After everything was set up I pushed for 14 minutes and our baby girl was here! She weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and was 19 in. with a full head of hair! It really was the most amazing experience of my life and I will never forget it! The nurses were shocked at how fast she came especially for my first baby. They said on my next one I better fly to the hospital or else we could be delivering in the car! Here are some pictures of the special day:

This is two days before Kate was born- about to explode!

My three sister were there the whole time with my mom and dad on the phone who were in Mexico! (Kate wasn't supposed to come for two more weeks)

This is where Ty stayed the whole time. Ty gets very woozy with blood, needles, or anything medical. He had also taken Nyquil before we went to bed because he felt a cold coming on. Trying to counteract the Nyquil we were feeding him Coke along with granola bars. I think that Dr. Terry was more worried about Ty than he was me. In between contractions he was talking to Ty about his latest stories and movies they had seen just to make sure that Ty was still with us. He did pull through and cut the chord though! Nice Job Ty!