IM A MOMMY NOW

[brandnumom07]

MY BABY IS HERE!!!! HER NAME IS FARRAH PRINCESS DIOR RAMSEY AND SHE WAS BORN ON 7-17-07 AT 9:33 PM. SHE'S PERFECT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, AND ITS LIKE HAVING MY HEART LAYING OUTSIDE MY BODY FOR ME TO HOLD,LOVE, COMFORT, AND CHERISH. I USED TO THINK THAT I NEVER WANTED TO BE A MOTHER, BUT NOW I REALIZE HOW FOOLISH AND SELFISH I WAS BECAUSE BEING A MOTHER IS THE GREATEST GIFT THAT GOD HAS FOR WOMEN AND IM VERY GREATFUL THAT HE CHOSE AND TRUSTED ME TO BE FARRAH'S MOTHER. MY HEAD IS SO FILLED WITH DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND MY HEART AND SOUL IS SO FULL OF EMOTION THAT I CANT TYPE FAST ENOUGH TO GET OUT ALL OF MY FEELINGS.

I WENT IN TO BE INDUCED TUESDAY MORNING AT 5:45 AM. OF COURSE I COULDNT SLEEP AT ALL THAT NIGHT BEFORE BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED, CURIOUS, OVERWHELMED AND SCARED AND ALL THESE THOUGHTS OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN ON MY BIG DAY WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD. I JUST LAID IN BED AND LOOKED AT THE CEILING AND ALARM CLOCK WAITING FOR IT TO GO OFF SO I COULD GET UP AND BE ON MY WAY. I HAD A FIGHT WITH MY FIANCE BUT THAT SEEMS SO STUPID NOW THAT IM NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAIL. HE HASNT BEEN MY FAVORITE PERSON LATELY BUT ILL GET INTO THAT LATER. SO THE TIME TO GET UP FINALLY CAME, AND I TOOK A LONG HOT SHOWER, GOT DRESSED, WOKE UP MY FAMILY AND TOOK MY LAST PREGNANCY PHOTOS OF MY STOMACH. WE FINALLY GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN WE GOT THERE I HAD TO CHECK IN AND FILL OUT FORMS FOR THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE, AND THEN SIT IN THE LOBBY AND WAIT TO BE CALLED BACK TO THE DELIVERY ROOM. MY WAIT ONLY LASTED ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND AS I SAT THERE I SAW ANOTHER GIRL WHO CAME TO BE INDUCED AND WONDERED HOW THINGS WOULD GO FOR HER. THEY FINALLY CAME TO GET ME AND TOOK ME BACK TO THE DELIVERY ROOM WHERE I OF COURSE CHANGED INTO MY HOSPITAL GOWN. MY MOM, FIANCE, HIS MOTHER, HIS GRANDMOTHER, AND MY BROTHER WERE IN THE ROOM WITH ME. THE TWINS (MY FIANCE'S KIDS) WERE ALSO IN AND OUT, WHICH WAS A LITTLE STRESSFUL AND AGGRIVATING, BUT I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON WHAT I WAS THERE FOR AND I LET OTHER PEOPLE ARGUE OVER IT. I WAS GLAD WHEN MY NURSE FINALLY TOLD MY FUTURE MIL THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THERE . AGAIN I WILL GET ON HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT LATER AS WELL.

THEY GAVE ME MY IV WHICH SUCKED BECAUSE I HAD TO BE STUCK THREE TIMES AND IT HAD TO GO IN MY HAND BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY VEIN THAT WOULDNT BLOW. ARM NOW HAS A BIG BRUISE ON IT FROM THE PRICKS. I WENT THROUGH THE ROUTINE MEDICAL QUESTIONS AND THEN WAS GIVEN PITOCIN TO SPEED UP CONTRACTIONS. I TRIED MY LONGEST TO TAKE THE PAIN BECAUSE I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LISTENING TO PEOPLE BAD TALK THE EPIDURAL. MOSTLY WOMEN WHO HAD THEIR CHILDREN BEFORE THE EPIDURAL WAS EVEN THOUGHT OF, BUT NOW I KNOW THAT ITS A TRUE BLESSING AND WANT TO KISS WHO EVER INVENTED IT. I FINALLY DECIDED TO GET IT WHEN MY CONTRACTIONS WERE COMING WAY TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, NOT GIVING ME A BREAK FROM THE PAIN BEFORE HAVING ANOTHER ONE. AND I JUST COULDNT AND CONSIDERED IT FOOLISH TO TAKE IT ANYMORE SO REQUESTED IT. THE DOC WHO WAS GIVING IT TO ME WAS ALSO TEACHING SOME STUDENTS HOW TO ADMINISTER IT SO I WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE BED BEING TREATED LIKE A LAB RAT, BUT I DIDNT CARE AT ALL. THEY PUT THE EPIDURAL ALONGSIDE MY IV AND IT HAD A BUTTON ON IT WHERE I COULD GIVE MYSELF AN EXTRA BOOST WHEN NEEDED, WHICH WAS AMAZING.

I GOT THE EPIDURAL AT ABOUT NOON AND DIDNT START PUSHING TILL 9 PM. EVERYTHING BETWEEN THEN IS KIND OF A BLUR, BECAUSE I MOSTLY NAPPED , OR DONE WHATEVER THE NURSED TOLD ME TO DO. I DO REMEMBER GETTING UP TO GO PEE BEFORE IT REALLY KICKED IN AND MY WATER RUNNING ALL DOWN MY LEG. IT WAS LIKE A SCENE FROM A MOVIE, HOW IT ALL GUSHED AND SPLATTED ON THE FLOOR.

I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THEY CAME IN AND CHECKED ME AND SAID IT WAS TIME TO PUSH BECAUSE I FELT NOTHING AT ALL. I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE I HAD REALLY NO FEELING THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO DELIVER BUT IT WASNT AND EVERYBODY SAID THAT I DID A GREAT JOB. SHE WAS OUT IN THIRTY MINUTES, AND OFFICIALLY BORN AT 9:33 PM. I INSTANTLY CRIED WHEN I HEARD HER FIRST CRY. MY FIANCE WAS VERY NERVOUS AND OVERWHELMED AS HE CUT THE CORD AND THE NEXT TIME I SAW HIM,HE HAD THIS CRAZY LOOK ON HIS FACE AND OXYGEN STRAPPED AROUND HIS HEAD!!! 

THEY FINALLY HANDED ME MY BABY GIRL. HER EYES WERE WIDE OPEN AND SHE WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND. SHE LOOKED AT ME AT SMILED FOR LIKE FIVE SECONDS AND MY HEART MELTED. IT WAS DEFINATELY THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE.  

[msjmj]

Jul. 19, 2007 at 10:09 PM Welcom to the world little one.

[mom2skye]

Jul. 19, 2007 at 10:38 PM Congrts, welcome to motherhood!!!!

[jordunmom]

Jul. 21, 2007 at 10:54 PM

SOOO very happy for you!!  Congratulations. Welcome little Farrah, you are a very lucky little girl to have a momma that loves you SO much. 

Hope to chat with you again when you have a bit more time.

Cathy

[Msgeez]

Jul. 23, 2007 at 5:41 PM Congrats!!!  Make sure you put some pictures up.  Having a baby is a very exciting thing!!!

[michelle315]

Jul. 24, 2007 at 4:34 PM Oh sweetie, I am so excited for you. I had my child with an epidural when the pain was too much to bear also...anyway,have you thought of printing this page out to put in your baby book?It would be great for Farrah to read when she gets older. I love her neme and I can't wait to see her picture. Please send some baby dust my way, we are still trying to concieve. Get all the sleep you can, my son is 16 but I remember very well how tired I was when he was a newborn...Do special things for yourself when you get a break. When we love ourselve's we can be even better moms. I neglected myself for a long time after I had my son.

[kaileighsmama]

Jul. 25, 2007 at 4:26 PM Congrats on your new baby girl!!!!!!!!

[NisaSimone]

Jul. 27, 2007 at 10:15 AM Congratulations mommy!!!!!! Welcome 2 the world Farrah Princess Dior Ramsey u have a great mom!