Campbell Birth Story

Nate & I went out for our sixth anniversary which is on Dec 3rd. We did some shopping and then went out to dinner to Texas Roadhouse. When we got to the restaurant I was feeling sick to my stomach. I only had a few bites of my dinner and Nate hurried to finish his meal. We headed home because I wasn’t feeling very well.


That night from 11pm to 2am I started having really bad diarrhea. I didn’t think much of it except that I was probably just getting a stomach bug. At 2:15 I had a really bad stomach cramp and then “pop”. My water broke! Nate had fallen asleep on the couch since I wasn’t feeling good. I ran in and told him that my water had broken. He hurried and put Rem in the car. As we were driving to the hospital I started throwing up. I walked into the ER with throw up on my shirt and wet pants. I was quite a sight to see.

I told the people at the ER that I was 35 weeks and that my water had broke. Once I got changed into a hospital gown they checked me. I was 3 ½ cm dilated, completely effaced, and his head was right there. Right then is when I started to freak out because I was worried that the baby was coming too quickly. My OB told us it would be best if I was transferred to a different hospital that had a NICU. So my OB didn’t even deliver me. They sent me by ambulance (my first ride ever in one) to another hospital 20 minutes away. In the ambulance my contractions were 2 ½ minutes apart.

Once I got to the other hospital I was dilated to an 8! At an 8 I was feeling like I needed to push. I was so scared that he was coming! I was telling everyone to hurry because I NEEDED my c-section. By the time I was prepped for surgery I had reached 9 cm.

Campbell Allen was born on December 4th at 4:35 am. He was 4 lbs 14 oz and 17.5 inches. He is currently in the NICU and will be there for a few weeks.