Birth Story:
So on August 10 we spent the day getting all ready for the big day. Pete was leaving for the road the following week and so we had to unfortunately be induced. We wanted to make sure he would get lots of time to help me and be with Bennet before he left. We left our house early to grab a bit to eat and get one more free froyo at Sweet CeCes. Got to the hospital at 9 and we were all set at 10 in our room. My midwife Erin was with me through the night. She started me with Curtitek(spelling?) to soften my cervix. I was still only dilated at 1cm and my cervix was not very soft at all. She wanted me to progress some before she started the pitocin. As soon as she put it in I started having contractions. They were not super painful but enough to keep me up all night. My contractions the whole night were 2 -3 mins apart. I couldn't get up while the curitek was in so that stunk. All i wanted to do was to move and get out of the bed. She checked me around 6am and decided to start the pit in an hour. They allowed me to get up and move (PTL!) I choose to hop in the shower. OMG! It felt so great to be in there. If i could've labored in there the whole time it would've been so lovely. But of course with the pit they have to monitor baby and i was hooked up to so many cords and IV. So they started the pit and I got a new nurse and midwife. Midwife Allison was on and it was so great to have her there that day. Also the best nurse EVER was with me all day. Darlene was the best. She allowed me to sit in the rocking chair and rock through my contractions. My goal at this time was to still go natural and I knew this would be difficult to do with the pitocin. My contractions were SUPER SUPER intense. Pete and my doula Angel were so great. They massaged me and helped me breath. We were able to try different positions bc Bennet was awesome and monitored well. My favorite was rocking (although i wouldve done anything to get in the shower again) Pretty soon I was in the most horrible pain. We decided to try a side lying position in the bed (i swear the bed was the worst! so uncomfy!) That is when the pain spiked! My contractions this whole time were about 2 min apart so i couldn't just relax. As soon as one was done another one was preparing to kick me in the butt. I asked Allison to check me thinking okay I have been laboring for 17 hours i am def close to 10cm. Plus my contractions we intense and so close. I was devastated to hear I was only 3 1/2 cm?!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! That is when the tears started flowing. I knew I needed some pain meds. But was so terrified of an epidural. Needles are not my thing and I literally hyperventilate when I hear the word. After consulting with Pete and everyone I decided to get one. They came in and gave me anxiety med to calm me down. I held onto Pete and Darlene for dear life. He got it in and then the fun started. It took 40 mins to take! They thought they didn't get it in right and they wanted to do it again. WHAT?!?!?! Finally though it started working. AHHH! I was able to get about 30 mins sleep (kinda) and then felt a ton of pressure. Got checked and in that short amount of time I got to 6 1/2 cm and 90% effaced! Score! I was going to have a baby! And soon. The epidural was def what my body needed to relax and progress. I was excited. My water broke on its own around 7pm. Everything was just moving along...and then...my epidural wore off. Sucks!!! I was immediatly in pain. We are talking transition contraction pain! UGGGG! They came in to redose but didn't want to give me too much bc they knew I would be pushing soon and they wanted me to work with the contractions. I was in super pain again for 40 mins till it kinda took. I could still feel a ton but was trying to breath through them. Shift change happened and I got a new midwife and nurse. Elaine and Athena. I had never meet Elaine at any midwife appt but she was great. She has been doing it for 28 years! I pushed and pushed and pushed for what seemed like forever (about an hour and half) They brought a mirror over so I could see her hear. I started getting so mad bc her head was just there poking out forever. I couldn't see and progression and so I covered my eyes with a cold washcloth and just invisioned her coming out. Finally everyone started saying Her heads out!! Her shoulders are out!! She is here!!!
Finally.
Finally...
They put her on my chest and I just staired and cried. Pete and I just looked at each other through our many tears. Such a powerful moment. She was absolutely perfect. At 11:10pm on 8/11/10 8lbs and 20.5 inches. Beautiful!
Of course I tore. Not fun. But I am feeling totally fine now. The first week was painful but after that I feel totally normal again.
Bennet had many visitors and we def felt so loved by all our friends and family. They sent us home on friday at 8pm which was a bummer (i wanted to stay another night!) the reason it was so late was bc they couldn't decide if they wanted to keep her another night bc of her jaundice levels were a little high. Thankfully they sent us all home. We had to go the 2 following mornings to check the bilirubin level. It leveled out at 14 so she never had to be under light treatments. The first week was surreal. I def felt the baby blues and I missed the hospital (weird) But the blues didn't last too long. We had fun just being a family of 3. Lots of friends brought dinner and food and that was awesome!! Such a wonderful time!
next post i will talk about our health scare and our emergency room visit and another hospital stay. that is not a fun post so i am not looking forward to writing.
but for now a pic...
well a few...
1 comment:
adorable! you are so blessed.
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