The Birth of Isaac

Isaac Christian Long

Born on May 26th 2018

He was only 8 lbs 10 oz and 21 in. long

 

He is the love of my life.

I was at work one day and just felt off. I knew something was up but jut didn’t know what. I told one of my coworkers how I felt. She instantly asked if I had taken a pregnancy test. Not even thinking that it was that I told her no way I can’t be pregnant. Later when I got off work I went to the store and got one of those cheap 99 cents tests from Walmart. Went straight home and took it. It said to wait 3 minutes but it didn’t even take a couple seconds before it instantly showed that I was pregnant. My body felt numb at first and then I just was SUPER excited. I couldn’t wait to tell Kyle we had been trying for about a month before our wedding to get pregnant. Boom there those two lines were.

Kyle finally got home and I couldn’t resist it I hardly even said hi when I handed him the test. He almost started crying and then squeezed me as tightly as he could. We waited about a month to tell the rest of the family. First was his family we went out to La Quinta to see his family. It was our nephews 1st birthday. We were only there for the day so it was the perfect time. We wanted to wait until everyone was gone and the party was over so Parker could have his time to shine. But everyone slowly started finding out. We told his dad outside Kyle couldn’t hide it from him anymore he was ecstatic. Once the party finally ended we brought out a present. It had two pairs of shoes for a baby one for a boy and one for a girl. His mom was the one to open it. They were all so excited about it. His sister found out earlier 😛 still don’t know how it’s like she’s psychic or something.

Next was my family we did the same thing. My dad didn’t get it at first but my mom knew right away. It was so cute. Both my brothers also did find out the same day. Then slowly we started making the  phone calls and appearances telling everyone about it.

Zooming to May. I went in for a regular check up and my blood pressure was very high they were really concerned not only for the baby but for me as well. So I was instantly put on bed rest and had to stay off my feet until my induction date. Everyone who knows me knows I do NOT like to sit still I have to be out and about. It made it even harder for me because I was in pain all the time from Isaac Kicking me. My hubby took the best care of me though. But he knew it was time for him to go back to work and he didn’t want me by myself all day while he was gone. So I stayed with my mom and dad for the last three weeks. My mama also took really good care of me. When the final two weeks approached we were constantly at the hospital everyday getting my blood pressure checked and the baby checked. He would always pass the exams which is good. May 24th was my original due date. So they did the induction day a day later.

My mother and I arrived at the hospital at 6 am. I was so nervous I brought my brand new stuffed animal with me ( yes I sleep with a stuffed animal it’s my pillow lol) and my new very soft, very comfy blanket. They gave me the medicine at about 7 to get things started. It honestly didn’t take long at all for me to start feeling the contractions. OMG they were not fun. I couldn’t talk at all. But apparently I did very well with them. I don’t remember. Most the day was a blur. Kyle was in and out of the room for work trying to get off things like that. Military and taking off days are very hard. I was getting impatient and tired of being in pain. They finally gave me the epidural and the pain went away. A few hours later it came back even with pressing the button. By this time it was the next day. I was ready to get this baby outttttt. Well wouldn’t you know it he was ready to. I still was pretty numb down there and couldn’t quite feel the contractions. The nurses told me to push when I did feel them…… again I couldn’t so I did the best I could. By this time though I was so exhausted. After pushing a few times my body gave up I passed out……. I don’t remember much all I do remember is my doctor telling me to push ONE MORE TIME and Isaac would be out. So I pushed as hard as I could. There he was in all his glory. It was like I was told I couldn’t miss this I had to be there to see my little man. I started crying so hard.

He was so precious. All the pressure and the feeling of being scared was gone. My blood pressure went down. He was here. The rest of the time at the hospital went by fast. All I saw was Isaac all I could think about was him and that we were both alive and he was healthy. I however still to this day have blood pressure problems but it’s not stopping me from being here with my son.

The first two weeks we stayed with my parents. Made it easy. I did have to go back to the hospital because of my blood pressure it filled up my lungs with water so it was like I was drowning. I am better from that at least. Anyways this is about Isaac not me hehe. Like I said though he is the love of my life to this day. Yes he gets on my nerves sometimes he’s not perfect but he is perfect to me.

Thanks for reading. ❤