she's here!!! I went in to labor and delivery on Tuesday Feb 25 (36 weeks 6 days) because my bp was high and I had a headache that would not go away. I didn't have too much protein in my urine, but based on the symptoms they decided it was pre eclampsia and they wanted to induce me that night. They waited until 12am to start pitocin. I was 1cm when I went in. After a few hours of that they inserted a foley bulb to dilate me. That hurt so fucking bad. That brought me to 4cm within a few hours. Eventually I got a epidural, but was not getting any pain relief. When I was about 8cm, the pain got bad and they kept upping the epi dose to no avail. Eventually they checked my back and found that the epidural had not be placed correctly. All the medication they were pushing through it was pooling right under my skin. The anesthesiologist had to sit there and "milk" the fluid out of my back! He asked me if i wanted to try it again. I did, so I got a second epidural. Annnnnd that wore off within 15 minutes. I stopped responding to it. 2 epidurals and I only had a little while of pain relief. oy. I was on magnesium, pitocin, and anti biotics the entire time so i was not allowed to eat. My labor lasted 28 hours and I had not had any food for over 34 hours at the end of it. I was WEAK. I am proud to say that I did not scream throughout the whole thing. I didn't yell at Anthony and just concentrated on getting through the pain. I pushed for over 2 hours and her heart rate began to drop. They were about to get me ready for an emergency c section when I decided to power through it all and give it one last set of pushes. I was on bedrest for 24 hours and not allowed to eat or drink during that time. it was over 60 hours before I was allowed water or food (I was getting fluids). It was HORRIBLE. When I was finally allowed to eat, I didn't want to eat.
They had to use the forceps to take her out, but I was able to push her out. She didn't cry because of the magnesium and I freaked. No one would tell me if she was ok, but they were all laughing and joking. It was a huge mind fuck, but she was perfect. I have a side lateral tear, but my perineum is intact, so it really wasn't all that bad. I only tore because of the forceps, according to the doctor. She had a small bruise on her ear and head from the forceps, but that cleared up completely by day 2. She was jaundice, so we did the lights in the hospital, but her levels continued to climb so we had daily blood tests and threatened hospital admissions for more treatment. It finally peaked and is hopefully decreasing. Bryn is feeding like a champ and I'm pumping in addition to feeding her. I already have a nice little stash. My supply seems really great, but I'm going to take fenugreek to help increase it further. She left the hospital at 5lbs 2oz. We have her newborn photos tomorrow, so I'll be sure to post pictures once I get those back. She's so perfect
Bryn Aurora Bledsoe
5lbs 9oz, 17.5 inches long
3:37am February 27, 2014
how is everyone waiting holding up . The last six weeks iS torture !! Especially when you have everything ready and a just waiting and as for the last two weeks 
. I have heard so many people on bnb say the missed being pregnant , have to say I have not yet ... I much prefer having my kicks on the outside lol.... And its such a relief not to constantly worry !! 
given my age it will have to be sooner rather than later as the clock is seriously ticking 
For now I'm very content with my little bundle 
