The Campbell's: Introducing Our Miracle

Scott and I anxiously hop into our car early Sunday night along with our faithful pomeranian Lina... on our way to a totally new place in both of our lives. What am I thinking at this point? I think I was trying to numb my brain of any thought, trying to to go into auto pilot mode. Poor George is left behind with a large bowl of food and the house to himself. Little does he know that when we all return, it is not just Lina who he will be competing with. We drop Lina off with my parents, and Mom asks me if I'm worried... No I say, even though inside I have no idea what to expect and no idea what I am about to come upon. We walk into the hospital along with our bags and things to keep us busy, little did I know that I would not need anything to keep me busy during this process. We approach Labor and Delivery room 315... So this is where our lives change forever? I lay in the hospital bed and the process begins. Things seem to move along quickly from night to morning, and I am given false hope of not even having to get pitocin. Than the orders are given, and I decide I would like an epidural before any real pain starts. Why do women not get epidurals... it's like having the option of being hit by a bicycle or a bus? Anywho, the epidural makes me a happy girl and I think I have everything figured out until I remember that I hate the feeling of being numb anywhere! So, all the sudden my legs feel like an elephant's and I am sentenced to a bed for the remainer of delivery. This is okay, I think I can handle this right? Well, I move along okay until I come to a hault of Sam's heart rate raising due something with the epidural, and the nurse and doctor start to run in and out, and I'm not really told anything. My eyes begin to water and Scott puts on his strong face. Thankfully my nurse is a christian and she grabs my hand and tells me everything will be okay and smiles. Sam's heart rate returned to normal about an hour later. Scott goes to get something to eat and returns with two simple daisies, a rose, and a card saying he lo ves me, and I automatically get a boost! How thankful I am to have such a supportive wonderful husband. Something I learned was that labor and delivery nurses answers are always, "soon". Never listen to the nurses when they say soon because in all reality they don't know and they are just trying to keep you positive. Around the 24th hour of labor by epidural begins to slowly subside on my left side... Thankfully the (lets call her the epidural lady) epidural lady was able to give me some boosts. Around midnight Sam was dropping, and my back was very sore from laying in the same spot all day. There was no such thing as a comfortable spot. I turned from happy goofy patient to patient who all the nurses are talking about at the nurses station. My nurse continues to come in and tell me soon, soon, soon.... Finally I scream in tears that she keeps telling me soon but it's not soon and that she is a liar. I don't really thing this poor nurse knew what to think of my bluntness, so she smiles and walks out. After my outburst it is finally time to push. At this point I really do not care if it is going to hurt or not, and we begin to push. I am told that you can push anywhere from 5 minutes (kelli) to 3 hours (BLACH). I decide for myself that the three hour is not an option. We start to push and before you know it, fourty five minutes later Samantha Rose is finally here! All the sudden I have forgotten about all the fun I have just had and my world has been flipped. I think Scott and I were in so much shock that we did not have much to say to each other besides, "wow..." The nurse tells us that Samantha is easily an eight pound baby... Well, that's not so bad I think... But then the scale told us the truth... Samantha Rose Campbell came weighing in at 9 pounds .16 ounces! 21.5 inches long! Keep in my the I am 5'2" about 130 pounds (pre pregnancy). Can you imagine the shock on Scott and I's face? It was all worth it though. Little baby Sam is such a joy to be around and everyone has been helping us out a lot.