Happy Birthday Dawson Gerald Gray

The day before Dawson was born was a normal Sunday. We had gone to church and gone to Blackfoot to have dinner with Logan's family, but apparently I like to go into labor on Sundays. I had just laid down on my air mattress which was the only place I was able to get comfortable for the past couple weeks. The Walking Dead had just come on and on the commercial I was planning on getting back up to find a snack and a drink, which an hour later I will have wished I had just gotten it before I laid down because there would be no getting up to get a snack, instead I would be on my way to the hospital.

10:50 p.m.- Moments after laying down my water broke. At first I thought what most think at this moment. "HOLY CRAP WHY AM I PEEING MYSELF?!" But after trying, there is no stopping. I yelled for Logan as quietly as I could so Emmy wouldn't wake up but making sure he knew I meant business. He came running out of the bedroom and I told him my water broke. He must have thought it was a joke considering I was only 34 weeks pregnant but there was no denying the steady flow of water. This was no trickling!

11:00 p.m.- Luckily I had just been texting my friend in the neighborhood so I knew she was still awake. Ingrid came over to stay with Emmy and we rushed to the hospital, unlike when I was in labor with Emmy and we just took our time. Whether because I was nervous or because it was cold outside, I couldn't stop shaking.

11:15 p.m.- After standing in the check in area of the hospital leaking amniotic fluid for everyone to see, they finally get me to Labor and Delivery.

11:30 p.m.- My awesome doctor, Leavitt, shows up. They start to monitor contractions and baby Dawson's heart rate.

11:45 p.m.- They realize Dawson is not doing well with my contractions. They are causing his heart rate to fall and it is continuously getting worse. At this point they start telling me it would be best for him if we do a c-section, but it needs to be immediate with how his heart rate is falling.

12:00 a.m. December 1, 2014- I am getting ready for surgery and Logan is also getting suited up. Luckily I didn't have to be put under because of the position of Dawson so Logan is able to also be in the room.

Since you receive an epidural during a c-section, you aren't able to feel anything, just pressure. However, this pressure was not fun. There were times I felt like my insides were being squished and like I couldn't breathe. All of this was making me hot, so I had Logan fanning me. Well, he was so intrigued with watching them rip out my insides that he wasn't paying attention and kept wapping me in the face. Also, all of the movement of my insides and being hot started to make me shake uncontrollably and nauseous. If I could pick whether to have another c-section or normal delivery, I would have to say a normal delivery is way more fun! This was plain torture! haha.

12:30 a.m.- Our precious Dawson Gerald Gray was born. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see him yet because he decided to give his mom quite the scare and wasn't crying yet and had to go straight to the NICU.

Logan was able to go see him and take his first picture so I could see him.