so here's what happened, since i'm "sober" because when i posted the initial story i was still way out if it and really didn't know exactly what happen. and guys if i miss any details fill in the blanks. the dispatch from the 911 call was made at 4:20am to Station 2 on HWY 73 [beside the DMV] the guys checked in route at 4:22 thinking it was some mom that was freaking out because she was having contractions and her water just broke so they thought the call was just ehhh... not thaaaaat big of a deal. then the 911 dispatcher told them that i was presenting the head Drew was driving and he floored it. they checked on scene at 4:24 and Drew was on the radio, Chris at my car side. Drew asked for an ETA [estimated time of arrival for non medical] and ETA was 5 mins on EMS. Drew said he thought & told Chris and Daniel this baby was going to be here in 3. at 4:28am Jaxon was born and Drew notified dispatch "patient has given birth at......." and he froze he couldn't even give the time of birth. dispatch keyed & said "10-4 Congratualtions" they were searching for something to wrap him up in. at this time Daniel poked his head around the corner of my car "there is only ONE baby right?" i remember hearing him ask me that and i said yes. Chris said that when Jaxon was born he cried immediatly and that when he handed him to me he calmed down and stopped wiggling. it worried him when he stopped moving so he was playing with his feet, aggrivating him, freaking out like WTH is medic [haha] because the umbilical cord was still attached at this time. when medic arrived they asked Chris if he wanted to cut the cord and handed him the scalpel. he said he thought about it but was still so nervous that he was afraid he'd cut no tellings what. so he let medic cut the cord. the woman on the EMS had Jaxon and her & Chris were going over the details of his apgar. Chris said he was so nervous he forgot several different points on the initial apgar so his actual 5 min apgar was actual an 8, not a 6. while they were doing that, the other medic was checking me over and i actually put myself on the stretcher. i don't really remember doing that. i just knew i made it there somehow.
Chris said when he arrived & saw i still had my pants on he was saying "aw jeez we gotta cut her pants off get me something to cut them off." so Daniel's running like crazy getting something to cut them with. he said ok i have to cut your pants, you know i gotta look. i told him yes i know. [again another part i don't remember] he cut through my pants to see i had another layer of clothes and cut through them. when he looked he said he could see the top of Jax's head about to his eyebrows, not quite his eyes yet. he said that i said "her comes another one" contraction and he could see my belly wave and the motion of Jaxon coming. i asked Chris if he was out yet then i raised up in the seat, i had my right leg on the running boards of the car and all of my weight up on my left side with my arms bracing me. i almost got parrallel sitting upright in my seat. Chris turned Jax's head so he wouldn't aspirate any of the fluid. with his head turned to the side and the contraction his shoulders started to come out and one was hung a little. with a subtle downward motion by Chris on the next contraction his shoulder dislodged and the rest of Jaxon practically slid out and there was a huge gush of fluid that covered Chris' arm. he said i had a lot of power on that contraction. [i told yall when i have contractions they aren't little they are balls to the walls!!!] he said he couldn't believe the amount of pressure and power behind them and it being that fast. he said those 4 minutes seemed to play out in slow motion. i remember nothing of raising up, his shoulder lodging or him sliding the rest of the way out. i do remember the ALB cop standing at the drivers door telling me congratulations though. there's just so much to all of it that either my mind is blocking out or there was so much adrenaline pumping through me i just can't. but i'm glad the guys are able to fill me in.
when EMS arrived Drew gave them the info on what all happened, Chris was freaking out like "let's go, baby in car... hospital... momma... now... let's go" haha and that EMS said he was white as a ghost [imagine that] after i delievered Jaxon, Chris said i looked at him and said "awww goa i'm one of those moms now" he asked "what kind of mom is that" i said "the ones you only see on tv, the ones who give birth in their cars on the side of the road like rescue 911" he said when i made that comment that he relaxed to know i was ok and could be humorous about the situation. he said each time he asked me a question or talked to me that i would respond to him and look directly at him or any of the guys who talked to me. i thought i was in & out but guess not. he said i did get a glazed look over my face when i would have a contraction and that the most noise i made was a moan or groan with the contractions. i wasn't screaming. Drew remembers saying that he was amazed at how little i screamed. i always said i wasn't a pansy when it came to contractions now i really know what i can stand i guess haha. my water actually broke on city lake bridge, not in the park's drive. but Chris' comment when they loaded me on the ambulance cracked me up. they cleared and he said "we sure woulda much rather put out a fire" i remember hearing him say it and busted out laughing and said "aww gee thanks" haha. i was telling the guy where to start my IV while the other EMS was tending to Jaxon. Daniel drove us to the hospital. how awesome is this... Daniel was coming off his probation that day and what a present he got! i know his dad [& family] are so proud of him because he is a volunteer chief fireman at Station 22- Richfield.
i just can't imagine the possible what ifs if these guys hadn't been as fast as what they were. the times on the calls are just unbelievable. & guys i'm still trying to find a way to load the calls so all of you can hear them. i know you all want to. it's taking me some time to get them burned & ripped so i can find somewhere to load them but i promise as soon as i do i'll post them. i am just FOREVER thankful to these guys. they will NEVER know how much i appricate them. i can NEVER tell them thank you enough. i can NEVER talk to them enough. they just don't know how special of a place they will always have in my heart & the heart of my family. there is a bond between us that will last forever. this is the type of bond we send a Christmas card to, the pictures every couple of months of the boys growing up, invites to birthday parties, going out with each other's family on the weekend. i thin people are placed in our lives for a reason. as many troubles as i had, in & out of the hospital for as long as i was it was just fate that brought us all together. it was all suppose to happen this way. they were suppose to be there & i'm glad they were!!! i love you Chris, Daniel & Drew, thank you, thank you THANK YOU from the absolute bottom of my heart & if you could see me right now i'm bawling!!! :') you'll never know how much you mean to me and i can't wait for you all to be able to tell Jaxon this story yourselves when he gets older
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