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Kristal Rose Crabtree

Born 02-09-2001 at 6:36 AM

birth wieght 6lbs 0.6 onz

Birth lingth 19 inchs

Birth place- Radcliffe IA.

The Pregnancy

Home Birth, or I realy dislike blizzards!!

This pregnancy was a lot easer then the past two, so I knew that this little one was probly going to be Rh-. After having to Rh + children and, because of the close proxsimity to the birth of her sister Amber, I knew that I would have had definat dificulties resulting from the Rh incompatability had she been Rh +. Morning sickness was limited though I did develop a bothersome UTI about six weaks befor she was born. At the time it first showed up I was also severly dehidrated. The dehidration was do to having the well pump break down.*grrr* At that time I was givin intravienus antibiotics along with Iv fluids. When I went to my next apointment a week later the infection was still present so the docter prescribed a three day round of microbid. Not cheap even with insurance. Another week went by and I still had the infection so he did a ten day round of eurethomiacin. Two weeks (and two apointments) later the infection was still present so he prescribed a seven day round of the microbid, Kristal was born on the last day of that prescription.

During this pregnancy I craved chocolet (I'm not normaly a big chocolet eater, the alcolods tend to make me ill)

Ahh, the wonders of an Iowa winter. They predict limited snow fall with only febuary having normal or near normal precipitation. So what do we get? Blizzards to left of us, blizzards to the right. Snow every time we turn around. By January we had gotten more snow then the last three years combined. Something that is very noticable when you live at the end of a long (around the equivalint of over one city block) driveway out in the country. The first two weeks of Febuary we had a blizzard every two or three days it seems like, and the 9^th was no exception.

The weather took its turn for the worst on the 8^th when the storm frunt moved in in the form of a drizzil. The drizzil became freazing rain which in turn turned to heavy snow and blizzard conditions. Even the main roads got closed that day. The perfect time to go into laber, in the very wee hours of the morning with fluctuating power. Light going on and off.

Randy called 911 for an ambulance, which had to roust road maitanance for a plow so that they could get threw. Mean while, Little Kristal was not going to wait for a couple of slow moving vehicals hindered by storm and I was not going to fight laber. With my husband bouncing back and forth acrost the room I dilivered her at about 6:36 am with my husbands aid. Now every body is buying him drinks. Funny, but all he did was catch. On the brighter, lighter side I learned that screaming like a banshee is a lot more effective then going "whoo whoo hee hee" duiring the contractions.