Video Sharing at DropShots.comWell it basically started when I was about ready to walk down and check the mail. I squated to tie one of my daycare kids shoes and I felt a little gush I knew I didnt wet myself because I just went to the bathroom. So I called Kevin at work and said Honey I think the baby is going to be born sotime tonight or tommorrow. He was like why and I told him. He said call the doc. So I did. They wanted me to come in and get checked and I was like well my hubby doesn't even get done with work till 4:30 ( it was like 2:30~3) They said no we want you here at about 4 ( I was not having any contractions at all) So I called Kev back at work and said they wanted to check me and to be there by 4. I said take your time I'm not having contractions and they all said first time baby's take 12 or more hours. I said I was going to go adn walk down and check the mail. He said "NO stay home" So I did. Well in the meantime the little boy's mom came to pick up her son ( which is also a cousin to my hubby) I told her what was what. She stayed with me till Kev got home. I had one contractions which was like is that a contraction She said yeah it probally was. Anyway I kept leaking like quarter size spots so I was chaingin underwear like crazy finally she said put a pad on DUHHHH why didn't I think of that Anyway Kev got there at about 3:30 took a quick shower loaded the car with the bags and me. I had another contraction on the way there. Well get there they call me in at about 5:15. Check me I am dialted to 4 and the doc says well we are keeping ya. They help me sit up and BAMMMMM my water breaks at about 5:30 p.m. They take me to L&D. Get me in a gown and settled in bed and BAMMM contractions start. Well the blood pressure thing was annoying me. Squeezing my arm at the same time a contraction was happening I hated it. Anyway at one point I decided I was done I couldn't do it anymore. So they offred drugs and I said yes. Which my goal was no drugs. Well the nurse could not stick me she kept poking me and poking me. Finally I looked at her and said very sturn FORGET IT . At this point I felt the urge to push she checked and said no your not ready. ( Now I at this point have no drugs still all natural birth) A few miniutes later I said I have to push and she said no you don't and I said YES I DO. Well she glared at me and checked and went running for the doc. Well he came in and said push. Well the nurse was trying to tell me when to push which was not working. Finally my mom said you push when you feel like it. I did that and BAMMMMM out come Parker Alex!!! Screaming, he had a bruised face. The doc than decides to clamp the umbilical cord ard roll it and pull on it ( Kev had already cut it) well when he pulled on it it snapped in half. He than clamped it again rolled it and pulled and told me to puch. The placenta was born. Next thing I know I am being jacked up to the doc's eye level and he is litterally shoving his hands in there mannnn that hurt worse than giving birth. Well he jams a needle in my arm ( remeber I had no pain meds the nurse could stick me and I said forget it) wheels me off to surgery. My uterus was inverted. So they had to fix it. Which they said Kev could be in there than they changed there mind all together and I watched as I fell asleep two doctors carrying my struggling husband out of the operating room. Anyway I had three pints of blood transfusion and Parker did not get his name for 5 hours. I did not REALLY hold him till the next afternoon. Kev thought I didnt want to hold him because he was a boy. Because anytime they tried to give him to me I refused. Reason why is because I was laying flat on my back when the one time I did take him started choking from being layed back flat. I was seeing double and I was passing in and out. Anyway Parker was 8# 7oz 20" and was born at 10:29 p.m. So my labor was short with him being my first. He scored 8&9 on APGARThat was 8 years ago yesterday. Here he is on his birthday. He isn't sad or angry in the picture the darn sun was in his eyes...lol..... so he say's.


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Hard to beleive 8 years has gone by. Parker is by far my miracle boy. From the beginning they thought he was going to be a tubal cause they could not find the little man. Than he was born a healthy baby boy. This birthday to me is special. I am soooo thankful he is alive to see his 8th birthday. He is a spunky little boy with lots of charm, whit and courage. He is also stubborn as all get out. Ya know he is ANGRY when that little vein on his neck sticks out. Happy Birthday Little Man!!!!


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Parker rode his bike for the first time since the accident. Talk about my heart pounding on the verge of tears and really trying hard not to be a over bearing mom. Sounds sooo stupid since the kid has rode without training wheels since the summer before kindergarten. One thing they told us he may not be able to ride his bike without training wheels. His balance still is off for his age. OMG it was scary to watch. I kept saying Parker don't go fast. Just slow take it easy blah blah blah he was like I know mom Well he did just fine and great. He was sooooo good about having his helment on at all times. We were not very good about enforcing the helment rule but now we are. We went one weekend and spent 80.00 on helments for all three of them and Parker we are actually going to buy another one to keep in the van. He needs a skatboarding helment verses a bike helment it is stronger and is made for high impact's.

My poor baby girl is running a fever today. She is 102.8 she is just laying around and grunting. I gave her some tylenol and hoping it kicks in soon.
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Sat it was 58 kids were out playing with just sweatshirts/ spring coats riding bikes all of our snow melted. Sunday a little cooler kids were wearing winter coats outside riding bikes and what snow was left melted and Kevin and my brother in law put there gutters up on there house. Than last night early am I guess today it started to rain than it turned to snow and a thunderstorm. It is still snowing hard. We went to no snow on our lawn..lol...guess I should say mud to this:

That yellow house is my sisters.

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Even gotten more than since I took that picture a hour ago. They cancelled school. Don't blame them cuase under all that snow is ice from the rain than getting cold enough to freeze it and turn to snow. When it was thunderstorming it was sleeting you could hear it hitting the windows. Sooo weird.

Video Sharing at DropShots.comI was at L&D Tuesday night (3/5/02) with contraction that were not painful at all just tightening and loosening and coming often. Well, they sent me home at 3 a.m. When I woke on Wed morning at 7 I was having contractions that were cramping. I ate two pieces of toast took a hot bath and went back to bed. Kev was going to go to work late when he got up to call at 9 I told him not to go to work they were coming more frequent and strong. So he called into work. At 11:15 I started timing them and they were strong were I had to breath through them. They were coming like 2 m, 3 m, 5 m, 6 m, 2 m a pattern like that. They were strong though. So I called L&D and they said to come in and get monitored again. So off we go again. They checked me and I was a loose 5 dilated. They monitored me for a while and had me walk the halls I did this from 12:00p.m till 2:30. They checked me again at 2:30 and said I was still a loose 5 almost 6 and contraction were about every 4 1/2m apart. Kevin had them down to the sec's of when it would hit. They called my doc and he said to admit me and we were going to have a baby that night. He would come after hours and break my water. So at 2:30 I was admitted and was expecting my doc about 6:30ish to break my water. So I sat from 2:30-7:20 with contractions every 4 1/2 min apart. As it got closer to 6 and 7 they were getting stronger, but very bearable so I walked the halls sat on the labor ball sat in the waiting room and gabbed with family. I was having back labor so it hurt worse in my back. Well, at 7:20 my doc was still not there and so the doc on call broke my water. And BAM contraction were intense and hard and painful. They were coming very close together and fast. I kept telling Kev I could not do this and he said yes you can you did it before and you can do it again. He breathed with me and talked me through them and kept encouraging me. He kept reminded me I wanted no drugs and when I said I couldn't do it. I never asked but he kept reminding me. He was AWESOME much more of a coach than with Parker he knew what to expect this time I think. Anyway I don't remember the order of events lots of intense contractions, and the urge to push came fast. She was born at 8:45 so about 1 hour and 15 of hard labor she was here in my arms. I am PROUD of myself no pain meds!! The hospital followed my birth plan to a T. They never asked me if I wanted drugs. They allowed all the time possible for the placenta to deliver on it's own. With my son I ended up with a prolapsed uterus and almost died. Kev cut the cord. I got to hold her for 2 hours before they bathed her and totally looked at her. They examined her on me. OK here is the scary stuff that happened. When I was pushing her heart rate dropped dramatically and they would not let me quit pushing. They kept yelling keep pushing, keep pushing. They never had me quit to clean out her mouth and nose. She must have not been getting enough oxygen at one point when her head came out her face was as black as her hair. You could not see her hair line from her face I guess. The doc took her out and was rubbing her very fast. She wasn't crying and I asked why she wasn't and at that moment she squawked. The doc said I think this kid is 9 pounds. When they did weigh her she was 9# 11oz!!! Her collar bone broke because she was so big. I think she got stuck. Broken collar bones are common in big babies. My doc said it is good thing they broke my water if I would have went a couple more days he thinks she would have been 10# and maybe some ounces. I asked what her sex was (we had no idea what we were having, never found out) and they said I don't know you look and flashed me I said "it's a girl." I loved it this was the most wonderful birth. I am so proud of myself going all natural and no complication's I got the birth I wanted with my son in her and than some. With my son I didn't hold or really see him for 6 hours. They had to rush me in for surgery and than when I did see him I was passing in and out from a blood transfusion. Anyway hope this is understandable it is hard to write this out. Here are her stats: McKinlea Elizabeth arrived on 3/6/02 at 8:45p.m. weighing in at 9# 11oz and 20.5 inches ( although a week later the county nurse measured her hat 22 my mom thought they said 21.5 at the hospital but they told me 20.5) Her apgars were 8&9!!That was 4 years ago today!! Look at my baby girl now today

Video Sharing at DropShots.comLast week I went and got her all registered for 4 year old Kindergarten. She is a such a big girl. She is full of energy. She is a very loving child. She is so mothering to Easton and Easton alot of times will go to her after I scold him to get comfort she will hold him and kiss him. She has seen things most kids her age has not. Like both her brothers in seriously condition and she held there hands and talked to them. Like she did in this clip well she did prior to this by herself and in the clip I asked her to say it again. **If you look please be aware it is a graphic picture of my son.**

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Her giggle makes you just laugh with her and her tears make you want to cry too. She will out of the blue say mommy lets pray. She has the biggest heart. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BABY GIRL!!!!!!

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