TriChick
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Our little boy arrived on Jan 23rd at 38+6
My water began steadily flowwing the night before, at first I thought I had just peed myself (after weeks of ball bouncing, long walks, EPO, and a sweep I was maybe in a little denial that he actually WAS getting ready to meet the world!). I called my OH into the room calmly, his first question was if it could wait until the end of the football quarter (bless his heart, was not expecting the news he got. He quickly called L&D to see if we should wait, they told us to go ahead and come on in.
Once we arrived and they confirmed it was my water and got us comfy and cozy in a delivery room. Luckily for OH, there was a TV in there so he was able to catch the end of the football game I hadn't had a contraction yet, so they offered me Cytotek to help start contractions, as I was 3cm and 60% effaced. They also offered me a mild sleep aid to try and catch a nap, explaining that Cytotek often takes a while to kick in. I was planning on getting an epidural, however was undecided about additional meds. I took the sleep aid, completely forgetting that I took Ambien a year ago and it made me sick the whole time. Naturally, I remembered that as OH was handing me my first of many vomit bags that night!
The contractions started about an hour later. We kept an eye on the monitor, in order to anticipate the next wave. I remember comparing my mine to the contractions of other women on the monitor. Mine looked much more subtle, I wondered how those women were surviving! Turns out the sensor on mine was off, which is why when the nurses came back to check my progress for an epidural, I was almost 6cm. The nurse asked "aww sweetie, why didn't you call for us when the pain got strong enough?? You could have gotten your epidural about an hour ago!" Haha maybe because, according to your monitor, my contractions looked like a case of the hiccups! My epidural arrived, and I was able to concentrate more on throwing up than anything else. The nurses offered my some anti nausea meds, however at that point I was over having any more medication in my system. Famous last words At about 5am, the epi stopped working so they called the doc in to give it a little boost. At 9am (14 hours after checking in) the doc came in to check my dilation, stating that she expected it to be about 7-8. We were all quite surprised when she said that I was fully dilated and she could see his head! She had my OH take a peek, and said that once contractions were a little closer together I could start pushing. At that point, the epi was so strong that it stalled contractions. We waited about an hour for them to pick up, at which point we decided to stop the epidural and start Pitocin. Lol it was like a whole different world at that point, one extreme to the other! Finally, at about 1230, I started pushing. At 1256, 7lbs. 12oz. Harrison Edward Knox Nolin entered the world with a big wail. It was the single most amazing moment of my life.
As he was being looked over and bathed, I recieved about an hour's worth of stitching (yikes!). The nurses became a little concerned when they couldn't find the top of my uterus, which resulted in 2 nurses and a doctor vigorously massaging my stomach with no results
Over the next few hours, they continued to massage yet could not find anything. It wasn't until the next morning that everything worked itself out, thank God it did!
If there is one lesson I learned, it's that I would love to try a natural birth next time. Although the contractions were painful, the only part of labor I truly found uncomfortable was the amount of medication that was ultimately needed, many to cancel out the effects of others. I feel as though they did more harm than good in my case, evident by the fact that LO spent 4 hours in the birth canal wanting to greet the world.
Since the moment he came into the world, he has been a complete angel! We feel so blessed that the labor itself went relatively easy all things considered, and that our little man is healthy and happy. Thank you to all the women on here who offered me support and a few good laughs while on my pregnancy journey!! I hope you all have a wonderful delivery and healthy, happy LOs!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65500481@N07/6806815471/
My water began steadily flowwing the night before, at first I thought I had just peed myself (after weeks of ball bouncing, long walks, EPO, and a sweep I was maybe in a little denial that he actually WAS getting ready to meet the world!). I called my OH into the room calmly, his first question was if it could wait until the end of the football quarter (bless his heart, was not expecting the news he got. He quickly called L&D to see if we should wait, they told us to go ahead and come on in. Once we arrived and they confirmed it was my water and got us comfy and cozy in a delivery room. Luckily for OH, there was a TV in there so he was able to catch the end of the football game
I hadn't had a contraction yet, so they offered me Cytotek to help start contractions, as I was 3cm and 60% effaced. They also offered me a mild sleep aid to try and catch a nap, explaining that Cytotek often takes a while to kick in. I was planning on getting an epidural, however was undecided about additional meds. I took the sleep aid, completely forgetting that I took Ambien a year ago and it made me sick the whole time. Naturally, I remembered that as OH was handing me my first of many vomit bags that night! The contractions started about an hour later. We kept an eye on the monitor, in order to anticipate the next wave. I remember comparing my mine to the contractions of other women on the monitor. Mine looked much more subtle, I wondered how those women were surviving! Turns out the sensor on mine was off, which is why when the nurses came back to check my progress for an epidural, I was almost 6cm. The nurse asked "aww sweetie, why didn't you call for us when the pain got strong enough?? You could have gotten your epidural about an hour ago!" Haha maybe because, according to your monitor, my contractions looked like a case of the hiccups!
My epidural arrived, and I was able to concentrate more on throwing up than anything else. The nurses offered my some anti nausea meds, however at that point I was over having any more medication in my system. Famous last words At about 5am, the epi stopped working so they called the doc in to give it a little boost. At 9am (14 hours after checking in) the doc came in to check my dilation, stating that she expected it to be about 7-8. We were all quite surprised when she said that I was fully dilated and she could see his head! She had my OH take a peek, and said that once contractions were a little closer together I could start pushing. At that point, the epi was so strong that it stalled contractions. We waited about an hour for them to pick up, at which point we decided to stop the epidural and start Pitocin. Lol it was like a whole different world at that point, one extreme to the other! Finally, at about 1230, I started pushing. At 1256, 7lbs. 12oz. Harrison Edward Knox Nolin entered the world with a big wail. It was the single most amazing moment of my life. As he was being looked over and bathed, I recieved about an hour's worth of stitching (yikes!). The nurses became a little concerned when they couldn't find the top of my uterus, which resulted in 2 nurses and a doctor vigorously massaging my stomach with no results
Over the next few hours, they continued to massage yet could not find anything. It wasn't until the next morning that everything worked itself out, thank God it did!If there is one lesson I learned, it's that I would love to try a natural birth next time. Although the contractions were painful, the only part of labor I truly found uncomfortable was the amount of medication that was ultimately needed, many to cancel out the effects of others. I feel as though they did more harm than good in my case, evident by the fact that LO spent 4 hours in the birth canal wanting to greet the world.
Since the moment he came into the world, he has been a complete angel! We feel so blessed that the labor itself went relatively easy all things considered, and that our little man is healthy and happy. Thank you to all the women on here who offered me support and a few good laughs while on my pregnancy journey!! I hope you all have a wonderful delivery and healthy, happy LOs!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65500481@N07/6806815471/
He's utterly gorgeous xxx
Congratulations 
