The Birth of Brynley Sage Canady

On August 12, 2010 at 4:15 P.M. the most miraculous and unbelievable little girl came into our lives! Dr. Woods decided to induce me so we had to be at the hospital at 5:30 A.M. We woke up, got ready, and were headed on our way. We stopped at Burger King across from the hospital to get Robyn something to eat , then headed for the 3rd floor. When we arrived we were told we weren't suppose to arrive until 6:00 A.M. , but we were shown to our room, Room 329. I got dressed in my hospital gown and waited for a nurse to arrive. The nurse came in and started my IV, and around 7 A.M. Dr. Woods came in and broke my water. He said my name was not put on the earlier list, so he was the one who did it. (Thank God because I do not like seeing other doctors.)

Soon after pitocin was started. Around 9:30 my contractions were getting strong so I asked for some pain meds. I never really felt any pain, just a lot of tightening. After feeling these I know that I never had any contractions at all before. This relaxed me completely. I was able to lay down and rest. When I woke up I felt a lot of pressure and asked the nurse to check me. I was at 4 and was able to get my epidural!!!!

I received the epidural around 11:10 A.M. and it went great! I was relaxed and it felt a little like a bee sting. Robyn said he felt very comfortable with the annesthesiologist because he was so professional. After this I was again able to relax. Around 3 o'clock I told my nurse I was feeling tons of pressure. She just brushed it off. I told her 2 more times, and finally she checked me after I was practically begging. She told me I was 7 CM dialated. About that time Dr. Woods walked in and checked me again and said I was 10 CM and efaced 1 and was ready to push. Strange to me since I had been telling her , but then she said I was only at 7.

I pushed from 3:00- 4:15. I was a lot of work, and I was so tired. At first I was fine, Robyn was feeding me ice chips, I was laughing, cutting up. But when I got really tired I got mad. The last 15 minutes were the worst because I was exhausted. I would look up at Robyn and he would have his eyes closed and his head down. I would ask him what he was doing and he would say he was just praying..that moment is so precious to me.

Finally the nurse called the Dr. and in 2 pushes after he walked in Brynley Sage Canady came into this world! It was the most amazing moment of my entire life. The nurse handed her to me and said she was over 9lbs, but she ended up being 8 lbs 9 oz to all of our surprise. I let mom watch , which I still can't believe. We finally got to hold her after she was cleaned up and we just couldnt believe what God had given us, and we still can't.

My child birth experience was absolutely wonderful. It is amazing to me how God created us so that it comes so natural. It was so amazing to experience such a miracle. We are so thankful for our blessing from above!