This is the day that a miracle and a blessing occurred in my life at 12:09AM. Asher Ericson Herron made his appearance and I have never felt such as overwhelming of God’s presence in my life that I have that day. It has been quite a journey getting to this point in life that I will never forget nor do I ever want to dismiss. I don’t think I would appreciate the gift of life that I have been so blessed to receive.
Asher’s Birth Day~
Since I was taking Lovenox we had to plan the day that my water would break since I could bleed extensively otherwise. We decided on Friday, August 29 my water would be broken since my due date was for September 3, 2008 and they didn’t want to take any chances since I was already 1cm dilated. On Wednesday, August 28 I took my last injection of Lovenox in hopes that this would be cleared out of my system before Friday. That actually felt weird knowing that I would no longer take injections. I have gone thru 2 years of taking injections either for fertility purposes or just keep the pregnancy going.
Friday, 8/29 at 7:30AM: We went to the Hospital to get settled in and fill out the remaining paperwork.
8:30AM- Dr Forschner explained the entire process and proceeded to break my water (simple and painless procedure).
11:00AM- I was still not progressing in my contractions so they started to give me pitocin to help induce contractions.
2:00PM- Contractions were getting stronger
5:00PM- I lost “my lunch” so to speak and contractions were in full effect (every 3 minutes)
7:00PM- Epidural time
7:30PM- Still trying to get the needle in my back. The anesthesiologist had to insert the needle twice since I was bleeding quite a bit (my blood was still to thin)
8:00PM- Epidural is taking effect (they gave me the lowest dose)
8:45- Epidural is loosing its effect
10:00PM- The anesthesiologist comes back and places a manual drip that I have control over (Thank You). I got a little happy with the control button since I was in pretty bad pain.
10:30PM- Dr. Forschner comes in and let’s me know that the time has come for me to start pushing. Oh Crap…it’s going to hurt!
10:30-12:09AM- it was pretty hard for me to feel anything but I just concentrated on the feeling of pushing down there.
During this time Asher’s head was about 2 inches outside while the rest of his head and body was “stuck” in the birth canal for a bit. Eventually at 12:09 he made his appearance. The rest of the night (morning) were spent taking care of Asher (cutting the cord, getting measurements, bowel movement, and Eric learning how to wash Asher) while I was getting stitched up (tore 2 inches) and trying to gain the feeling of my legs again. It took about 3 hours for me to start feeling my legs. The nurses tried having me walk earlier to the bathroom (they require you to urinate before you can lave the birthing room) but as they helped me stand on my feet….I instantly fell. Finally at 3:30AM I was able to walk and Eric and I were moved to the maternity wing where we spent 1 night (Saturday).
On Sunday, 8/31 Asher was circumcised in the morning and that afternoon we went home…which was the scariest thing I had to face. During this time in the hospital I started relying on the nurses to help me “be a mom” since I had no idea what I was doing. During pregnancy I never ended up reading any parenting books because I was still expecting something was going to happen to Asher during birth that I couldn’t bring myself to read any books.
These days and weeks following Asher’s birth has been a growing experience for me in many ways and I feel that I’m constantly growing and at the same time I feel like I’m always failing. I know it gets easier or at least your confidence builds up as the days passes by but there’s still a part of me that is scared something is going to happen to Asher and I wont have any idea on how to make everything ok…I guess that’s my controlling nature kicking in. At any rate, I’ll stop with this long post but I wanted to give you all an update of what has occurred during these past 3 weeks. I’ve included a picture below of Asher….ENJOY!
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Yey! Details! That’s what I wanted. I think one thing we are all having to learn is to have faith and trust God. We eventually have to let go of our control and let him take it. It is so much easier said then done, but I think it is something we are all working on.
I am so happy for you Nattie! It has been so great to see the growth you have been through in all these challenges. Love you~ME
He is beautiful and perfect! Congratulations!
Here from LFCA…
Congratulations!! Asher is beautiful. Hope you’re all adjusting well.
Asher is beautiful Nathalie. It makes me so happy to see you and Eric have a happy ending, and to know that now life is about your family and watching Asher grow. Your story has given me hope and gives hope to so many others out there.
I have a radio show that focuses on supporting women /couples going through the infertility journey. When you are ready Nattie, I would love it if you, or you and Eric would talk about your experience, particularly with the MTHFR and homocysteine issue. You would help so many women out there. Let me know if you like this idea, and we can discuss a date for the show. The fertility segment is normally every second Monday at 4pm EST (New York). You can do this from home, as all you would have to do is call in and you will be live on the show. My profile and previous segments podcasts can be found on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/KeystoClarity-coach and my blog is http://www.lifebalanceinfertilitycoach.wordpress.com I look forward to hearing from you. (you can contact me on 732-291 3732 or by email on louise@keystoclarity.com )
love and best wishes to your family!
Coach Louise
Nat! We celebrate with you and will walk with you through parenthood too. God does answer prayers in spite of circumstances. We love you, Eric & Asher. It truly is a miracle!