Now that Kameron is growing faster than I could ever expect I want to go back a few years and try to remember each moment before he heads off to kindergarten. (oh man I am about to have a child in kindergarten!!)
Kameron Jon Lindberg was born 8/1/2007 at 9:16pm. He was 7lbs 10.3 ounces and 21 inches long. Perfect baby!
Never in my life could I ever imagine it was possible to love someone more than yourself.
Here is where the story begins.
Kolby and I started dating when I was 16. I met him my junior year of high school and we were together every day. Two years later, only 3 days late on my period, and 6 yes 6 pregnancy tests later we discovered that our lives would change forever.
Being only 18 at the time I couldn't help but think my life was over.... Little did I know.
This is no story book pregnancy, I would be lying if I said for the first 3 months I was feeling anything but scared out of my mind. Actually, I was scared right up until I met Kameron.
I was 7 weeks along when I found out. A few days after I found out I had some bad spotting and had to go into the emergency room, they found out Kameron was not attached all the way and that I would have to take extra good care of myself and light duty at work.
At 26 weeks along working at Fred Meyer just my luck I got hit in the stomach with a shopping cart and it sent me into labor. Thankfully they stopped it but I was in and out of the hospital until I gave birth.
July 30th I went in for one of my last few check ups. That day we found out some pretty discouraging news (since my due date was Aug 12th we were getting pretty close), we found out that Kameron was breached. My doctor wanted me to come in the next morning and try to "turn him" which could lead to either an emergency c-section or worse.
So that night my mom, Kolby, and I, were packing up the rest of my things (my mom and I were moving out of our apartment and I was moving in with Kolby's family until our apartment was finished) never being pregnant before I didn't think it would be a big deal to bend down over and over to pick up and move boxes.. at the end of the night I felt Kameron move in a way I never had before.
July 31st at 6:00am I went into Legacy Salmon Creek so we could "turn" Kameron. I was really nervous to do this because I DID NOT want a c-section. The doctor came in to do my ultrasound, waved his hands over my stomach (literally) like a magician would do and said "hahah I just walk into the room and the baby is in the right position" (i didn't ruin his excitement by telling him that weird feeling i had the night before was probably Kameron turning over). They had me hooked up to the contracting monitors to make sure Kameron was ok. After an hour or so goes by they decide to tell me that they are going to induce me because I was contracting AHHHH!
They had me in this tiny room until probably 4 or 5:00pm. Thankfully my best friend Christina showed up before Kolby was off work to keep me company.
Thats when the real excitement started!
Finally they placed me in a "birthing room". They told me there were going to begin to induce me at 9:00pm. Mind you this was my doctors orders because she was on call and wanted to deliver Kameron (my doctor was amazing)
So 9:00pm roles around and they start the induction, I can't remember what it was called but it was something placed in my cervix. Apparently this was causing me to contract to fast and Kameron was having a hard time breathing. About an hour after nurses and doctors rushed into my room put an oxygen mask on me and gave me a shot in my arm to stop me from contracting.
They told me that they would be back at 3:00am to try it again. So 3:00am roles around and they try to insert whatever it was again but at this time it hurt really bad and ended up falling out. The nurses told me to get some rest and they would be back at 9:00am.
Well rise and shine 9:00am approaches and I get ready for the pitocin. (OUCH)
My poor arm.
The contractions were crazy! I have never felt that pain and I wouldn't even know how to describe it. They actually took a picture of my contractions because they would go off the chart, half way down, then back up again. I never got a break.
My doctor broke my water at about 12:00pm, (which I told her that she shouldn't break my water because I wasn't ready yet and I still had two weeks to prepare lol). I did not get my epidural until about 5:00pm I tried to go as a long as a I could without it.
After they finished I finally had some relief and fell asleep until 7:56pm. At 7:56pm (how i remember these times i have NO clue) i woke up and looked at my mom and said "i have to start pushing" she got our nurse to check me and yes I was definitely ready. My doctor was at home eating dinner so thankfully she lived close by. With Jack Johnson playing in the background and CSI Miami on the TV the pushing began.
They rolled in a huge mirror so I could watch. ( I suggest watching, it helped) less than an hour later my little Kameron was born into this world.
I love you Kameron more than anything in this world! You are the greatest gift I could have ever gotten and I am so happy to be your mom!
Well there is my first post. Sorry it was so long! :) Hope you enjoy.
