Izabella's Birth Story

It is about time that I caught my blog up, but it has been so hard to pull myself away from my sweet baby. So here it goes!

It all started Monday October 25, 2010 @ about 6 pm I started having constant pain throughout my whole belly. I figured that it was probably false labor since the contractions that I was getting were irregular. So I waited.... and waited.... could not sleep do the fact that every time I shifted it caused a contraction. So as soon as the sun was up Diesel and I were bundled up (due to the first snow) outside walking up and down the back drive way hoping that it would trigger my body to start something substantial so I knew for sure what was going on. After about an hour of speed walking I finally gave in and woke Nate up and asked him to take me to the Doctor. We ended up going straight to the hospital because Dr. Johnson was doing surgery. After being admitted they hooked me up to all of the monitors, and checked my progress. I was told that yep your in labor but you are still only dilated to a two. After contacting Dr. J they were instructed to let my labor progress naturally because he was going to be in surgery all day and didn't want to not be available for delivery. So all day Tuesday I was in slow labor, tired, and very hungry. They would not let me have anything to eat only ice chips and Popsicles. By 7 pm October 26, 2010 Dr. J stopped by and checked me still at a two (needless to say I was very disappointed) he decided to do a cervical induction to help things progress. After that was done he left and told me he would probably see me around 3 am. So labor progressed more aggressively I was having contractions every 2 to 4 minutes (Yuck) and I still could not get the epidural since I was still at a 2. By 7 am October 27, 2010 I was done I had been in labor for 36 hours with no food, or real pain medication and still only dilated to a 2 maybe 2 1/2. The nurse came in and told me that I could take a shower and that they were going to break my water and start me on pitocin. I at that point told her to get me the epidural before any of that went down. At 8:30 am Dr. J checks me breaks my water, and tells me that it will probably still be a while. Feeling down about how slow my progress is going I am finally able to starting relaxing having finally got some real pain relief. My sweet parents showed up to give me support, and Nate a little break (he quickly fell asleep on the couch and began snoring). As time passed my parents were massaging my feet and keeping me as comfortable as I could get. At 10:10 am the nurse came in to check my progress assuming that I still had a way to go I was not prepared for her to say "Oh wow your at a ten and she is on her way. We need to get Dr. Johnson here now. Get ready." I instantly yelled at Nate to wake up and call his parents. (I wish that I caught his reaction on tape) He was still half asleep, and trying to figure out if it was for real. Being reassure by the nurses running in and out setting up he quickly made the phone calls. By 10:30 am Dr. Johnson was all geared up and telling me to push on the next contraction. After two contractions our baby girl entered this world. It was such a special moment our lives changed instantly. We realized what instant love for our child felt like.

Izabella Karma Durbano

Born October 27, 2010 @ 10:41 am

Weighing 5 lbs 14 oz & 19 1/2 inches

(Pictures are in order of occurrence)