The similarities in Nathan and Sophies births!

Weight: Nathan 8Lbs 4Ozs Sophie 8Lbs 4Ozs
Length: Nathan 21.75 Sophie 21.5
Time of Birth: Nathan 10:37 Sophie 9:22 (michigan time so they were only 15 mins. apart)
Date of Birth: Nathan 2/27/2007 Sophie 7/27/2008
Pushing Time: Nathan about 20 minutes Sophie about 20 minutes

Sophies Birth Story

I need to start by saying Sophies birth was surrounded by drama! In March of 2008 we got a notice on our front door from our landlord saying that he was selling the house we lived in and we had 30 days to move. Ricky and I had next to no money saved up and time was ticking. My family lives in Michigan and they were our only option for housing. Together we came up with the plan that Nathan and I would move to Michigan until Ricky could save up enough money to bring us home to another house or apartment. I moved with Nathan to my parents home in May 2008 and Ricky moved in with his mom and step dad. This was the toughest time in my short adult life, being away from the man you love and knowing he is missing Nathan and I so much. Being so far away put a strain on our relationship and we were always fighting about one thing or another. Time passed and being apart never got easier, Nathan was growing so much and learning words and I was getting bigger and bigger as my pregnancy was coming to a close. When my due date was about 3 weeks away I started doing everything I could think of to get labor started. I tried walking, evening primrose oil, castor oil, you name it I tried it! I had a weekly OB appointment at 39 weeks and they scheduled me to be induced at 40 weeks. I was SO ready to have this baby girl so I kept walking to see if I could just go into labor on my own. When I was 39 weeks 5 days pregnant my day went as usual nothing different or new went on that day and I went to bed around 10pm. At 2AM I woke up to a popping feeling and it jolted me awake. I went into the bathroom and thought maybe my bladder was full and I leaked a little but the rest of my water broke right there in the bathroom. I grabbed a towell and went into my moms room and woke her up. My mom already had her pink (of course) bag packed and her "cute hospital outfit" ready to go. I called the Dr. and they gave me the go ahead to proceed to Port Huron Hospital. After the call to the doctor I called Ricky in Tennessee and no one answered. After the phone calls I went and threw on some different clothes and mom and I hopped into the car and made our way to the hospital. I finally got a hold of Ricky in the car, thank God! My mom was playing a Cat Stevens CD in the car, don't ask me why because I had never even heard of him! We get to the hospital around 2:45AM and I am sent to triage and then I was checked in. My room was very nice and cozy. Well after a while I was put on pitocin to get the contractions going since I was not having any yet. I rested for a few hours waiting on things to happen. Around 7AM I started getting uncomfortable and began to ask for the epidural. When it was time for me to get the drugs it was shift change for the anesthesiologists. At a few minutes past 8AM the day shift anesthesiologist came into my room and got me all hooked up and I was out of pain!! At 9AM I was ready to push and at 9:22AM Sophie Grace Deakins made her appearance! I never thought anything would be as beautiful as Nathan was but Sophie was equally beautiful! Sophie was taken away and was cleaned up and has the cord cut off and was getting weighed and measured when the doctor showed me the placenta. I did not see the placenta after Nathan was born but I am glad I saw one in real life because it was amazing! Sophie Grace weighed in at 8 pounds and 4 ounces and was 21.5 inches long and had light brown hair and beautiful blue eyes!

Nathan's Birth Story

The miracle of my son's birth began with a routine doctors appointment on February 26th 2007. I went in to have a non stress test and to be checked for any effacement or dilation. Good news was I was at 2cm dilated, bad news was my blood pressure had skyrocketed to 189/100. My doctor was located in the physicians building of Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna, Tennessee so she let me know that sometime today or tomorrow I was going to have my baby. Since the doctors office was attached to the hospital I was allowed to walk myself to labor and delivery on the third floor. On my short walk over to L&D I made a few calls to my mom and Ricky and a few other people about the plan for me to be induced. I had already registered before hand so I just went right up to the 3rd floor and I was checked in. By 2pm I had a room and a lovely (ha ha) gown to wear. I was put on fetal monitors and hooked up to a blood pressure cuff which was set to go off every 10 minutes to closly monitor the BP situation. Around 3:30 in the afternoon Dr. Wesley sent the orders to start the oxytocin to get the labor going. From here on out it was a waiting game. I was hooked up to the IV and the drugs started flowing! I was started on the lowest dosage of oxytocin so nothing much was happening. I watched some TV, read a little and ate dinner. I finally fell asleep and every hour on the hour a nurse came in to up the oxy dosage. I woke up really early the morning of Tuesday February 27th to slight labor pains. I always wonder how long I was actually in labor because some say from the time you get labor inducing drugs you are in labor (which I slept through) but I do not think I was in labor until my water was broken. At 8:00am Dr. Wesley came in with her long and pointy instruments and let me know that she was going to break my water. Now I am getting excited because my son is going to make his appearance very soon! Since I had such a high dose of oxytocin and the water was broken things happened VERY fast from here on out. I started feeling some pain and I knew that I wanted an epidural. About 10 minutes later I am resting comfortably waiting until it is go time.About 35 minutes after I got the epidural a nurse came in to check how I was dilating, she said I was only at 3cm. I had been at 2cm for days and had been on the inducing drugs all night and now my water is broken so the info is sent to Dr. Wesley. The Dr. comes in and can't believe I have not changed at all so she rechecks me to be safe and lo and behold I am 10cm and ready to push! At a little after 9am I started the pushing and after about 5 pushes with time in between them Nathan Kendall Deakins was born at 9:22am. Nathan was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life. He weighed in at 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 21.75 inches long. I can honestly say that the labor and delivery was wonderful. The stitches and healing and breast pain was rough afterwards but it was oh so worth every second of pain for my baby boy!