megangrohl
Mama to Lily!
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Well I can't sleep so I figured I might as well do this! 
Saturday April 28th we got up at 6 am to go and be induced for 7 am. I was put on the NST machine to monitor Lilys heartbeat and movement to make sure all was still ok which it was great.
At 8am my OB arrived to L&D and I was put into a laboring room and homes up to the IV for my GBS antibiotics since I was GBS positive. I was also hooked up to a bag of water to keep me hydrated.
9am I was given an internal to check how much progress had happened after my sweep on 39+5. I was 1 cm dilated and 10% effaced at 39+5, 40+9 I was 2cm dilate and 25% effaced so there had been something happening although slow. I had lost my plug on my due date and bits of bloody show without going into acual labor so it goes to show you that not all women lose their show and go into labor right away.
So anyways OB decides to put in a gel right then and there which really gets the contractions going really well. They start out being 20 mins apart lasting 30 seconds at the most, then down to 15 then 7 mins apart and before you knew it I was contracting every 1.5 to 2 minutes with them lasting 2 minutes long each time. Those ones were extremely painful.
I was checked every hour to hour and a half and I was dilating 1 cm per hour on average. As of 9:45 am I believe i was 3cm dilated then at about 1pm my wate sac had ruptured from lily putting pressure. At 2pm I was at 4-5 cm and had my waters broken. She had pooped inside me so it was green and that freaked me out pretty good but apparently that happens alot in overdue babies and they just have to auction out their mouth and nose before they take their first breathe.
After my water was broken everything went so fast. My contractions were coming right on top of each other so 3pm while I was at 5 cm I decided I wanted the epidural. It was finally 3:30 when I got it put in and taken effect. Man that was a godsend! It took every pain I had away. I told the anesthesiologist how I wanted to kiss him lol
I was 6 cm dilated as of 5:55 pm. This is where it took a turn and I didn't progress any further. I was having regular contractions that were strong enough but lily was just too big to fit into my pelvis that she couldn't dilate me any further. I got up to 80% effaced.
That's when my OB decided that after 7 hours of being 6cm dilated with no progress - I was being prepped to go into to a c section delivery. Fine by me! I told hem to do whatever they had to do to get her out safe and sound.
So at 12:00 (midnight) I get rolled into the OR and get my epidural topped up even higher. Everything is being prepped and there are about 7 other nurses plus my OB in the room to do the surgery. I ended up vomiting once but I think that was from nerves about finally meeting my daughter.
7 minutes later lily heather was born. 12:51 am on Sunday April 29th. I don't have any pics I am able to upload just yet. When I'm home from the hospital I will upload a few.
I wanted to say thank you for all your support thru my pregnancy and good luck with all of your labors to come.
Saturday April 28th we got up at 6 am to go and be induced for 7 am. I was put on the NST machine to monitor Lilys heartbeat and movement to make sure all was still ok which it was great.
At 8am my OB arrived to L&D and I was put into a laboring room and homes up to the IV for my GBS antibiotics since I was GBS positive. I was also hooked up to a bag of water to keep me hydrated.
9am I was given an internal to check how much progress had happened after my sweep on 39+5. I was 1 cm dilated and 10% effaced at 39+5, 40+9 I was 2cm dilate and 25% effaced so there had been something happening although slow. I had lost my plug on my due date and bits of bloody show without going into acual labor so it goes to show you that not all women lose their show and go into labor right away.
So anyways OB decides to put in a gel right then and there which really gets the contractions going really well. They start out being 20 mins apart lasting 30 seconds at the most, then down to 15 then 7 mins apart and before you knew it I was contracting every 1.5 to 2 minutes with them lasting 2 minutes long each time. Those ones were extremely painful.
I was checked every hour to hour and a half and I was dilating 1 cm per hour on average. As of 9:45 am I believe i was 3cm dilated then at about 1pm my wate sac had ruptured from lily putting pressure. At 2pm I was at 4-5 cm and had my waters broken. She had pooped inside me so it was green and that freaked me out pretty good but apparently that happens alot in overdue babies and they just have to auction out their mouth and nose before they take their first breathe.
After my water was broken everything went so fast. My contractions were coming right on top of each other so 3pm while I was at 5 cm I decided I wanted the epidural. It was finally 3:30 when I got it put in and taken effect. Man that was a godsend! It took every pain I had away. I told the anesthesiologist how I wanted to kiss him lol
I was 6 cm dilated as of 5:55 pm. This is where it took a turn and I didn't progress any further. I was having regular contractions that were strong enough but lily was just too big to fit into my pelvis that she couldn't dilate me any further. I got up to 80% effaced.
That's when my OB decided that after 7 hours of being 6cm dilated with no progress - I was being prepped to go into to a c section delivery. Fine by me! I told hem to do whatever they had to do to get her out safe and sound.
So at 12:00 (midnight) I get rolled into the OR and get my epidural topped up even higher. Everything is being prepped and there are about 7 other nurses plus my OB in the room to do the surgery. I ended up vomiting once but I think that was from nerves about finally meeting my daughter.
7 minutes later lily heather was born. 12:51 am on Sunday April 29th. I don't have any pics I am able to upload just yet. When I'm home from the hospital I will upload a few.
I wanted to say thank you for all your support thru my pregnancy and good luck with all of your labors to come.
Cant wait to see pics! xx
