IT'S A GIRL!

Keith, Khyri, and I welcomed Kielle Elaine Mosley into our family on Thursday January 13, 2011 at 5:40pm! She is absolutely perfect! Khyri is a big brother, and now the 'vote' in the house is tied 2 boys to 2 girls.

I went to my ObGyn appointment on Thursday morning at 9:30. She checked me and said that I was 3c dilated - I guess the pineapples kicked in a little bit. Doc told me that I definitely wouldn't make it to next week, she was thinking maybe Thursday maybe Friday. She told me to help bring the contractions on to go walking. So I drove home and went outside and just walked up and down the block for about 45 minutes.

After the walk I felt the contractions strengthening, but nothing serious. I called Vonetta to see if she was on her way from Augusta to watch Khyri. Everything was set. Now I just needed to relax at home and let nature take its course. I knew this time around that I didn't want to do a lot of laboring a the hospital, so I purposely was waiting at home until the contractions got heavy and were 7 to 8 minutes apart. While at home I took warm showers, Keith rubbed my back, and I walked through some of my contractions. It really wasn't that bad and all those birthing class techniques were put to the test.

Vonetta got to the house around 4:00pm and around 4:30pm I told Keith its time to go. Normally it takes 10 minutes to get to the hospital. Normally. It took us 45 minutes instead of 10! But let me back up... so we're on the East-West connector literally crawling through traffic. The roads were still a little icy so everything was extra slow. I think it was the position I was in once in the car and the slow moving that made my contractions speed up.. Now they're coming every 5 to 6 minutes... Now y'all know Dr Heathcliff Huxtable clearly says "head to the hospital when your contractions are 5 minutes apart"... I start to get concerned. As we continue crawling...

My water breaks. Yup in the car... at 5:15pm on the East-West. Now with Khyri I had a nice slow trickle... not this time - full on warm gush... All over the Camry... Now I'm panicking. Everyone warned me that with your second child after your water breaks labor can progress quickly... and that it did! Mind you.. WE ARE STILL ON THE EAST-WEST. Now the contractions are extra strong and steady... Plus I'm losing my mind. We get stopped at a light and I tell Keith " I have to get out of the car" That's right OUT - on the East-West... I pop open the door and am on the side of the road on all fours with a big ole wet stain on my butt rocking back and forth moaning. I definitely gave the people driving behind us a story to tell the families at dinner. Out of control.Traffic starts moving... but not the Camry. Keith says we have to go but I don't care I'm not going anywhere until this contraction passes. He turns on the hazards and we wait. Once the contraction passes I'm back in the wet car seat and we get back to our crawl.

Luckily Keith remembered a short cut to the hospital. I think his quick thinking shaved a good 3 minutes of the ride!! Two more lights.. we can see the hospital signs. Red light on Austell Road.. are you kidding me!?!?!? Out pops Kahlillah for the second time onto the side of the road... rocking like a madwoman. I labor through the contraction and jump back in the car...

We screech into Labor and Delivery. I fall out the car again on all fours. Two random men leaving the hospital see me in pain on the floor and come running. They ask Keith whats going on.. did I fall? Nope. she's in labor... These two men went to NUT CITY!! They start hollering "she's going into labor!... get a wheel chair!... she's pregnant!.. she's having a baby!" Now I start balling. I think I was so overwhelmed that we actually made it to the hospital and that no matter what we would be alright... Keith runs inside to get a wheelchair. Trust me when I say it is NOT like the movies... No nurses came running out.. nobody yelled STAT.. nothing... Just Keith with a wheelchair. The two men literally hoisted me into the chair wet bootie and all and off we go inside.

We roll past registration at 5:30pm where at some point I yell out Mosley and my social security number and we go up to the second floor. When we get there everyone is too calm. No one was sensing the urgency. They take me to triage. I tell them " I don't need to be in here - This baby is coming now" no one listens. Ok y'all want me to show out... One nurse is like let me take your temperature - woman we don't have time for that!!! So I jump on the table and they want to check my cervix. They're like "wow mommy you really know you're body - you're 10 cm dilated and at 0 station!" WHAT!??!?!?! Wait.. so here I go - "um I want an epidural" Y'all they ignored me! I think they said let's not tell her she can't get one its waaay to late. So they roll me into the delivery room I have another contraction. Mind you... they still don't even know my name.

My doctor is not here... She's stuck in traffic. So a midwife is on call. I don't even know his name. I have another contraction and they keep telling me don't push... uh yeah right... so I push and poop comes out. once I get through that contraction the midwife says you have two options "We can wait for your Ob or we can go ahead now"... I'm sorry!!?... I don't see where there is a question!??! Wait!!? Um no. I don't roll with Dr. fine like that - Let's get this baby out. On the next contraction he says "Mommy you can push" (cuz he STILL doesn't' know my name)

It was THE WORST PAIN I have ever felt in my life. Seriously. I was screaming at the top of my lungs. I pushed once and the ring of fire burned through my body. The head was through. Next soft push and pop - Bmo had arrived. It was 5:40pm. The nursing staff didn't realize that Keith and I did not know what we were having, so we had to ask what sex the baby was! LOL. I really think the staff thought that I was trying to go for a natural birth... The kept saying stuff like "you know your body.. and you did good" I don't think they realized I was in shock. The midwife asked Keith if he wanted to cut the umbilical cord, and he was like "uh no - you got that" and then they tried to give Kielle to me right after delivery... um not the kid... I need for y'all to clean her up a bit please Thanks! We are not crunchy!! This was not planned! I wanted the drip drip drugs... hahahahah

I completed all of my 'pre-admission' paperwork after Kielle's birth LOL. They took my blood after Kielle's birth LOL. We told them our names - finally. It was crazy.

My friend Danielle has welcomed me into the elite club :
The few... The proud.. the strong.. The Naturals!

I didn't want to be part of this club, but looking at Kielle's beautiful face I wouldn't have had it any other way --well... maybe a little different LOL :-)

 

Little Miss Kielle - 6lbs 5oz.