My name is Jasmine and I am 21 years old as of June 28, 2011. I moved to Florida in April of 2011 and immediately jumped into work, selling kirby vacuums, door to door. I worked six days a week, Monday through Saturday, and I worked anywhere between 12 -18 hours a day. Crazy Right?
So, it was no surprise when I realized that I hadn't had a menstrual cycle in forever! I immediately went into denial, even though my mother was telling me daily that there was no way in hell I wasn't pregnant. Finally, she convinced me and I went to the doctor and HELLO! I'm pregnant. Not only did I find out I was pregnant, I found out I was pregnant ON my 21st birthday. Of course, I was so busy with moving, settling in and working 18 hours a day, that I probably didn't notice. It definitely was a shock and took some getting used to, but I did it and started going on a baby frenzy.
Within three weeks only my closest friend and my immediate family knew. We purposely wanted it that way because we wanted it to be a huge surprise. We started putting our nursery together and collecting baby clothes (our son has enough clothes to supply 30 children with complete wardrobes.)
We had the baby shower in August.
Where I spent hours opening gifts.
We waited patiently for 5 more months to come and we passed the time with humor.
When finally I went into labor.
We weren't done yet, little did I know I had just a little bit longer. I started losing my mucus plug and was filling up a maxi pad within 3 hours. So, what do we do? We go to the hospital! Well, we get there, they check me and then inform that I have lost my mucus plug (Already knew that >.<) They also tell me that I am not ready and for me to go home.
My mother and sister-in-law decide that they want this baby and they want it now. So they decided to kick start my labor and we do some walking around the block (hell) and some accupressure (hell) and some home remedies (hell). FINALLY, seven o'clock rolls around and I am having some pretty steady contractions. By 1 a.m I was ready to go and fast. So, we leave for the hospital and find out that I am 3 1/2 cm and they are admitting me! I cried for mommy, like most women, and just gritted my teeth until my epidural.
I finally got it at 4 1/2 cm and it was all a haze from there.
I slept from 4 1/2 to 9 1/2!
The nurses woke me up at 5:20 am and told me to start pushing. I pushed for an hour and at 6:20 am I delivered healthy baby Ryker. He was born 6ibs 10oz and 21 1/2 in long!
