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This took me a little while to get to as I have a very needy booby boy. 
To start! I was scheduled to be induced on May 21st at 5am, they were just going to start me on pitocin as I was already 3cm and 50% effaced at my appointment the Thursday prior. I had gotten my membranes stripped that Thursday as well (last week feels like forever ago already!). I had contractions off and on throughout the day, or so I thought. I lost lots of bloody mucus Saturday morning, and Sunday at 4:30pm my stomach started going hard every 4-5 min lasting a minute. They didn't hurt, but didn't go away, so I was able to sleep through it. At around 12:45am I felt a gush of fluid, so I THOUGHT my water had broke. I stood up and more came out with blood. Called in, and they told me to head to the hospital to get checked out. I was super excited, as I was sure that meant I could actually go naturally, 4 hours before induction!! When I got there they told me that my water had not broke, but that it was my bloody show, which I thought I had had on Saturday morning.
And the fun starts! I was contracting and progressing without anything after the 'bloody show', progressed to 4cm/80% effaced in less than an hour. Since I was scheduled to be induced anyway that morning, they decided to admit me and not send me home. It took about 6 hours to actually get a room in labor and delivery, and by that time I was in agony from the contractions. I now know the difference between BH and real contractions, and it's a big one! When we got upstairs I was at 5cm, they broke my water and decided to wait 2 hours to see how I was doing. I REALLY wanted to do it epidural/pain med free, but I was bawling through contractions at that point, still decided to wait it out and see how it went. After 2 hours, no progress, and pitocin starts!
I was terrified of pitocin, and really as soon as they started it things started getting really scary for me. I decided to get an epidural because the pain was just too intense, every contraction made me yell in pain. The epidural hurt like hell, not gonna lie, so did the local anesthetic they gave me for it beforehand. I have a decent pain tolerance, but damn. My butt started to feel tingly shortly after, they gave me a lower dose though so I could still move around well enough and could still feel when I was having contractions and when the baby moved. About 2 hours later, I was at 6cm and 90% effaced, they had me sit up to use the bed pan and my blood pressure sank big time. I looked at my husband and told him to hit the nurse button, and I don't remember too much of the next 20 min. I got sick, puked everywhere, and passed out temporarily!
After that, they were afraid to lift me up so I was primarily on my back. This meant he wasn't moving further down, so it stalled me up a little bit. They decided to put an internal monitor in to try to gauge the strength of my contractions better to determine how much more pitocin I needed. After they put the clip in, super scary moment #2 happened. Baby's heart rate dropped dramatically, it had been absolutely perfect and strong up until right after they put the clip in. Tons of people ran in and started moving me back and forth, gave me oxygen, and it felt like 15 doctors were trying to figure out what was going on. They readjusted the clip, and kept trying different things. After about 10 min of me being petrified and watching my husband cry because he was so scared, his heart beat stabilized. I was so sure I was about to get a c-section. After that neither of us could rest, we were too afraid that something would happen again, so we just stared at monitors.
Luckily, the rest of my labor was uneventful. I got checked around 4:30pm, and I was at 8cm. My epidural started running out so they gave me just a tiny amount more to try to take the edge off. It really didn't feel like any edge was taken off though, as it was still pretty painful. At 5:30pm I felt the urge to push, and my contractions felt like death. I knew my epidural had run out as I had complete feeling in everything (except oddly half of my left thigh). I hit the call button, and told them he was coming out. It took what felt like hours to get the doctor in to check me, and I was 10cm! They didn't want me to push right away, but instead sat me up and had me do deep breaths for 30 min to try to work him further down the birth canal. It was agony, all I wanted to do was push, and after 35 min (slow doctors) I called back and said I couldn't handle it anymore! 6:05pm doctors came in, and nurse started to explain how I was going to push and what was going to happen. This felt like it took hours too, they like to ramble! At around 6:15 I was finally able to push, temporary relief when pushing somehow, then the in between felt like complete hell. The doctors told me it could take up to 2 hours, and I was prepared to stick it out for that long. Didn't have to though! After 9 min of pushing, LO came out, head AND body! The doctor yelled "you have a baby boy!" I was so confused because I was just told it could take 2 hours, and I said "I have a baby!?" and they put him on my chest. Both my husband and I cried, it was definitely the most intense moment of my life.
I didn't know it at the time as everything becomes quite blurred with all of the pain, but my little guy had the cord wrapped around his neck 3 times. Every time I pushed his heart rate dropped, and my husband told me that doctors on the other side of the room were getting ready to intervene to do a c-section.
In the end though, I have my little boy, and that's all that matters. The pain really did stop as soon as he was here. William James was born at 6:27pm, weighing 8lb 4oz and he was 20 inches long. I was 41 weeks pregnant on the dot. I had a second degree tear, which has healed really quickly. I found leaning forward while peeing feels much better! My hormones have been a little crazy. I'm really overwhelmed about how much I love him, I think about so many things, like how his life will be and how I'll do anything for him. The feelings are so overwhelming for me that I feel like I'm crying every 10 min, and I probably am! He's so amazing and I couldn't be happier.
He is absolutely gorgeous!
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/052212_29.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/052212_28.jpg
To start! I was scheduled to be induced on May 21st at 5am, they were just going to start me on pitocin as I was already 3cm and 50% effaced at my appointment the Thursday prior. I had gotten my membranes stripped that Thursday as well (last week feels like forever ago already!). I had contractions off and on throughout the day, or so I thought. I lost lots of bloody mucus Saturday morning, and Sunday at 4:30pm my stomach started going hard every 4-5 min lasting a minute. They didn't hurt, but didn't go away, so I was able to sleep through it. At around 12:45am I felt a gush of fluid, so I THOUGHT my water had broke. I stood up and more came out with blood. Called in, and they told me to head to the hospital to get checked out. I was super excited, as I was sure that meant I could actually go naturally, 4 hours before induction!! When I got there they told me that my water had not broke, but that it was my bloody show, which I thought I had had on Saturday morning.
And the fun starts! I was contracting and progressing without anything after the 'bloody show', progressed to 4cm/80% effaced in less than an hour. Since I was scheduled to be induced anyway that morning, they decided to admit me and not send me home. It took about 6 hours to actually get a room in labor and delivery, and by that time I was in agony from the contractions. I now know the difference between BH and real contractions, and it's a big one! When we got upstairs I was at 5cm, they broke my water and decided to wait 2 hours to see how I was doing. I REALLY wanted to do it epidural/pain med free, but I was bawling through contractions at that point, still decided to wait it out and see how it went. After 2 hours, no progress, and pitocin starts!
I was terrified of pitocin, and really as soon as they started it things started getting really scary for me. I decided to get an epidural because the pain was just too intense, every contraction made me yell in pain. The epidural hurt like hell, not gonna lie, so did the local anesthetic they gave me for it beforehand. I have a decent pain tolerance, but damn. My butt started to feel tingly shortly after, they gave me a lower dose though so I could still move around well enough and could still feel when I was having contractions and when the baby moved. About 2 hours later, I was at 6cm and 90% effaced, they had me sit up to use the bed pan and my blood pressure sank big time. I looked at my husband and told him to hit the nurse button, and I don't remember too much of the next 20 min. I got sick, puked everywhere, and passed out temporarily!
After that, they were afraid to lift me up so I was primarily on my back. This meant he wasn't moving further down, so it stalled me up a little bit. They decided to put an internal monitor in to try to gauge the strength of my contractions better to determine how much more pitocin I needed. After they put the clip in, super scary moment #2 happened. Baby's heart rate dropped dramatically, it had been absolutely perfect and strong up until right after they put the clip in. Tons of people ran in and started moving me back and forth, gave me oxygen, and it felt like 15 doctors were trying to figure out what was going on. They readjusted the clip, and kept trying different things. After about 10 min of me being petrified and watching my husband cry because he was so scared, his heart beat stabilized. I was so sure I was about to get a c-section. After that neither of us could rest, we were too afraid that something would happen again, so we just stared at monitors.
Luckily, the rest of my labor was uneventful. I got checked around 4:30pm, and I was at 8cm. My epidural started running out so they gave me just a tiny amount more to try to take the edge off. It really didn't feel like any edge was taken off though, as it was still pretty painful. At 5:30pm I felt the urge to push, and my contractions felt like death. I knew my epidural had run out as I had complete feeling in everything (except oddly half of my left thigh). I hit the call button, and told them he was coming out. It took what felt like hours to get the doctor in to check me, and I was 10cm! They didn't want me to push right away, but instead sat me up and had me do deep breaths for 30 min to try to work him further down the birth canal. It was agony, all I wanted to do was push, and after 35 min (slow doctors) I called back and said I couldn't handle it anymore! 6:05pm doctors came in, and nurse started to explain how I was going to push and what was going to happen. This felt like it took hours too, they like to ramble! At around 6:15 I was finally able to push, temporary relief when pushing somehow, then the in between felt like complete hell. The doctors told me it could take up to 2 hours, and I was prepared to stick it out for that long. Didn't have to though! After 9 min of pushing, LO came out, head AND body! The doctor yelled "you have a baby boy!" I was so confused because I was just told it could take 2 hours, and I said "I have a baby!?" and they put him on my chest. Both my husband and I cried, it was definitely the most intense moment of my life.
I didn't know it at the time as everything becomes quite blurred with all of the pain, but my little guy had the cord wrapped around his neck 3 times. Every time I pushed his heart rate dropped, and my husband told me that doctors on the other side of the room were getting ready to intervene to do a c-section.
In the end though, I have my little boy, and that's all that matters. The pain really did stop as soon as he was here. William James was born at 6:27pm, weighing 8lb 4oz and he was 20 inches long. I was 41 weeks pregnant on the dot. I had a second degree tear, which has healed really quickly. I found leaning forward while peeing feels much better! My hormones have been a little crazy. I'm really overwhelmed about how much I love him, I think about so many things, like how his life will be and how I'll do anything for him. The feelings are so overwhelming for me that I feel like I'm crying every 10 min, and I probably am! He's so amazing and I couldn't be happier.
He is absolutely gorgeous!
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/052212_29.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/052212_28.jpg
He's an amazing little boy, I couldn't be happier.
Hope to see you around the forum more as our LOs share the same birthday 
