I want to freeze the births of my girls into my memory so I don't forget their special days. Here's Madelyn's story...
I found out the end of September, 2004 that we would be parents 2 months before our 2nd wedding anniversary. I cannot even put my excitement into words. I could not wait to experience pregnancy and being a mommy. December 27, we found out we were having a girl....Jeff, Nana, DeeDee and cousin Madison were able to be in the room for our first ultrasound. April 16, our church had a baby shower for us...DeeDee (my sister) surprised me by coming in from Iowa (where she was living at the time). It was such an exciting time for me. I quit work a little sooner than I had planned due to major back pain. Madelyn was head down, but face up (not sure the technical term) and it felt like her spine was in my spine. My due date of June 3, 2005 came and went without a sign of labor! The doctors had already scheduled an induction for June 6. We got up bright and early on Monday, June 6 and headed to the hospital. The fluids and pitocin was started around 7:45 a.m. and the wait began. I was not allowed to get up and move around since my water had been broken and the doctor didn't want to take a chance of the cord 'falling out'. We decided to go ahead and get the epideral since we had already decided I would have one. The wait turned into hours! Visitors came in and out all day. I was not talking to anyone, just waiting and feeling the contractions somewhat. Pitocin had turned into a nasty four letter word. My body was not ready to have this baby. To make things worse, I started vomitting...and then was told that was a good sign, it meant I was coming to the end. Finally, at 9:00 p.m. I was ready to push! I remember Jeff asking the doctor how long women usually push. The doctor's answer was, "Some women push for 3 hours." I was screaming in my mind, "I am NOT going to be pushing for THREE hours!!" About 55 minutes or so later, she arrived. Madelyn Suzanne Scott weighing in at 9 pounds 12.5 ounces!! The doctor and nurses were all amazed at how big she was and took guesses as to how much she weighed...the doctor was the closest with a guess of 10 pounds.
I did it! I was FINALLY was a mommy. Madelyn took to nursing right away, as if she was an old pro. I was so thankful because it was all new to me. We stayed in the hospital for 2 nights and was finally sent home Wednesday afternoon. We were all geared up to be up all night that first night, but it was just the opposite! We went to bed around 9ish and Madelyn didn't wake up until 3:30! I nursed her and we went back to sleep for a few more hours. I thought, if she keeps this up, this will be easy! She continued to only wake up 1 time a night for the first 2 months and then I decided it was a habit and decided to break her of it. A few nights later, she was sleeping ALL night!
I found out the end of September, 2004 that we would be parents 2 months before our 2nd wedding anniversary. I cannot even put my excitement into words. I could not wait to experience pregnancy and being a mommy. December 27, we found out we were having a girl....Jeff, Nana, DeeDee and cousin Madison were able to be in the room for our first ultrasound. April 16, our church had a baby shower for us...DeeDee (my sister) surprised me by coming in from Iowa (where she was living at the time). It was such an exciting time for me. I quit work a little sooner than I had planned due to major back pain. Madelyn was head down, but face up (not sure the technical term) and it felt like her spine was in my spine. My due date of June 3, 2005 came and went without a sign of labor! The doctors had already scheduled an induction for June 6. We got up bright and early on Monday, June 6 and headed to the hospital. The fluids and pitocin was started around 7:45 a.m. and the wait began. I was not allowed to get up and move around since my water had been broken and the doctor didn't want to take a chance of the cord 'falling out'. We decided to go ahead and get the epideral since we had already decided I would have one. The wait turned into hours! Visitors came in and out all day. I was not talking to anyone, just waiting and feeling the contractions somewhat. Pitocin had turned into a nasty four letter word. My body was not ready to have this baby. To make things worse, I started vomitting...and then was told that was a good sign, it meant I was coming to the end. Finally, at 9:00 p.m. I was ready to push! I remember Jeff asking the doctor how long women usually push. The doctor's answer was, "Some women push for 3 hours." I was screaming in my mind, "I am NOT going to be pushing for THREE hours!!" About 55 minutes or so later, she arrived. Madelyn Suzanne Scott weighing in at 9 pounds 12.5 ounces!! The doctor and nurses were all amazed at how big she was and took guesses as to how much she weighed...the doctor was the closest with a guess of 10 pounds.
I did it! I was FINALLY was a mommy. Madelyn took to nursing right away, as if she was an old pro. I was so thankful because it was all new to me. We stayed in the hospital for 2 nights and was finally sent home Wednesday afternoon. We were all geared up to be up all night that first night, but it was just the opposite! We went to bed around 9ish and Madelyn didn't wake up until 3:30! I nursed her and we went back to sleep for a few more hours. I thought, if she keeps this up, this will be easy! She continued to only wake up 1 time a night for the first 2 months and then I decided it was a habit and decided to break her of it. A few nights later, she was sleeping ALL night!
Madelyn was such an easy baby for me and I enjoyed so much having her and being able to stay home with her. She is now 5 and a half and in Kindergarten. She is growing so fast and becoming a little lady. I love her so much and am proud to have her as my daughter.
