Presley's Birth Story

Presley Bree Daines was born on November 1, 2013 at Logan Regional Hospital. It was quite the experience getting her here, but everything turned out great and we couldn’t be more blessed.

During my entire pregnancy my biggest fear was going past my due date with our little girl. I heard so many horror stories of babies being born too late and having complications. At Logan Regional Hospital they have a policy where they won’t induce you until at least a week past your due date with your first baby, unless you have complications that require it. My due date was October 28^th and my second biggest fear was having our baby girl on my best friend’s wedding, November 2^nd. I have been best friends with Danielle Croft since we were freshmen in high school and I could not imagine, at the time, missing her wedding.

On Halloween, October 31^st, Corey and I were hanging out with my family when I started to get pretty bad pains in my back. I thought it could be labor, but I was in denial because Danielle was getting married in 2 days! That night when I went to bed I was still in pain but I was able to sleep most of the night. In the morning around 6:00 am was when my pain got a lot worse and I couldn’t sleep. I was having aching and sharp pains in my lower back every four to seven minutes. I got in the tub, which helped a lot, and I still was still in denial that I was in labor because I was NOT going to miss Danielle’s wedding! I called my mom explaining my pain to her because all of her contractions when she was in labor were in her back as well. My mom told me to go to the hospital immediately but I didn’t want to because I was expecting my pain to be a lot worse than it was and I just still wasn’t quite sure if I was in labor yet. Five hours later at 11:00 am when Corey got home from school I finally decided to face the facts and to go to the hospital to get checked.

When we got to the hospital and the nurse checked me I was dilated to a 3 and my cervix was paper thin. My contractions were registering every two to four minute so sure enough I was in labor! I was just expecting it to be a lot worse than it was. Around 1:00 pm I got my epidural and everything was going great. I was dilating a centimeter every hour so I was making great progress on my own. I told my nurse I was determined to have my baby by 6:00 pm that night because I had a wedding to make the next day. Everyone kept laughing and telling me there was no way I would make her wedding, but in my mind, at that time, there was no way I was missing Danielle’s wedding. At 5:00 pm I was dilated to a 10 and ready to push. Once I started pushing I got a high fever which made me sick to my stomach and caused me to start throwing up. Having a fever can be very dangerous for your baby so the nurse gave me an anti-biotic just in case. After pushing for almost two hours and being sick to my stomach, my Doctor came in to check me and informed me that the baby was stuck and there was no way she could pull her out. My doctor was also worried about my fever getting to the baby and affecting her. So my Doctor told me that they were going to have to take her with a C section. There was a part of me that was relieved because I was so sick at this point that there was no way I could push any longer, but there was a part of me that was devastated because having a C section for sure meant that I was going to have to miss Danielle’s wedding.

I was so worried about our little girl at this point and wanting her to be healthy that nothing else mattered. Corey gave me a priesthood blessing before my C section, which took a lot of weight off my shoulders and helped my nerves. Everyone that saw me before my C section thought I was having seizures because I was shaking uncontrollably. The epidural and my fever caused me to shake so bad, it was exhausting.

The C section went very well and our little Presley came out healthy and strong! It is such an amazing moment the first time you hear your baby cry. I was so overwhelmed with the spirit when I saw our sweet little girl for the first time. When I saw Presley and held her, I had a strong feeling that I had known her before. She seemed so familiar to me and Corey and we were instantly head over hills in love with our precious little girl. My arms were shaking and hurting so bad that I could barely hold Presley for very long, so Corey had to take her for me. It made me so sad because I just wanted to snuggle her.

Because I had a high fever, Presley had to go to the NCU to make sure she didn’t get my infection (luckily she did not get it). It was so hard for me not having her in our room with us for the first couple of days because it was really hard to move after my C section that it just wiped me out going down to the NCU to see our sweet little girl. I didn’t want to leave Presley’s side!

I missed Danielle’s wedding but I was there for her in spirit! I think my Nurse thought I was crazy because I cried the day of Danielle’s wedding. I wanted to be there so bad. I was heartbroken but I was feeling so blessed to have a healthy and sweet little girl, and I wouldn’t change that for the world! 

After 4 days in the hospital we were able to go home with a happy and healthy little girl! J