The Story of Kaylee's birth.
On Sunday evening, January 30th I started getting some contractions. They were different than the Braxton Hicks I'd been feeling for the past week. We walked, I ate, I went to bed....they didn't go away, so Monday morning Carlos, Orden, Beto and Bety left Boise to come down to St. George. I was pretty sure they wouldn't make it before she was born. I had contractions all day, but they were irregular. The minute Carlos walked through the front door of my parent's house....they stopped. Tuesday and Wednesday passed. Wednesday I had a giant melt down, bawled to Carlos for two hours how she was never coming out and how I wasted his trip down. Being the awesome husband he is, he just held me and told me it would be okay.
Thursday morning, February 3rd, I woke up around 4:00am to go to the bathroom. I climbed back in bed and got settled when I felt two sudden jerks down on my belly and heard two really loud pops. It kind of freaked me out, so I woke up Carlos and as I went to get out of bed the floodgates opened. My water was broke. We got me into the bath tub and there the contractions started. They were hard and about 4 minutes apart. We called Dy and Laura, and they told me that they were at another birth and that the other baby was about 20 min from being born. I sat and labored in the shower for about an hour while Carlos got showered and ready. Then my sister Shay drove us to the hospital.
My contractions were coming so fast and so hard, but I had an awesome support team and was able to breathe and relax through them. By 9:00am I was starting to feel the urge to push....by 9:45am I was getting some good pushes in. I pushed for about 40 minutes, and then my beautiful baby girl was on my chest skin-to-skin. We had them wait to cut the umbilical cord until it had quit pulsating, and we declined all medication for the baby. She latched right on and has been wide eyed for a lot of the day. She is the most beautiful little girl and I'm so happy and so thankful I did this one without any medication. I'm still a little sore, but I'm recovering quickly and feeling great. She was technically delivered by Dr. Chalmers, but really I know that it was my amazing birth team that made this possible. They kept me positive and going when I thought I couldn't do any more! We are so happy to welcome little Kaylee into our family. A perfect unmediated VBAC!!
Being new to the Southern Utah area and a first time mom, I had a lot of questions about childbirth. Going against the grain of my family and what was considered a "normal" birth really put me in a league of my own as far as birthing resources and a network of support. Thankfully a little internet research led me to the door of DyAnna Gordon for which I will be forever grateful! Immediately upon contact Dy was open minded, listened to my desire for a natural childbirth and guided me along the way. She was blunt and open when I needed her to be and she was kind and compassionate when I needed support. Dy is extremely well educated on many topics and never once made me feel like I was making a bad choice. She is the epitome of professional yet exudes a sister-like personality in telling you like it is and loving you for who you are.
The birthing class we took from Dy really helped us put into perspective what we would need to do to prepare for a natural childbirth and helped my husband understand how he could support me at birth. When it came time to birth though, I could have never replaced Dy at my side and was so grateful to have her there. Dy put us in contact with our midwife who I also could never have birthed without; they were a great team that always put our baby and us first and helped us through what could have been an emotionally draining couple of days yet turned out to be a beautiful birthing experience.
When baby number two was on the way we were anxious and excited to experience another birth. Because of the resources we gained from our first child we knew we wanted to have an un-medicated birth once again and had Dy lined up to be by our side. After laboring throughout an afternoon and evening, and multiple phone calls to Dy, we soon realized our baby was on the way and fast! We could have never replaced the peace and calm that Dy brought to us that night as our sweet baby girl was born at home in the water just minutes after Dy arrived. Dy once again turned an intense few hours of labor into a beautiful experience as she seamlessly entered the scene allowing us to feel the true joy of childbirth.
Although neither of my daughters births went quite like I expected, I would never change the way they arrived nor would I change having Dy there with us. I would highly recommend Dy as a Childbirth Educator, Doula and Midwife without hesitation; she is blessing the lives of babies and mamas every day.