NikkiV87
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Hey ladies!!!
Finally have some time to write my birth story.
So Monday March 18, had my first and only sweep done. Was 1-2cm, she could feel my bag bulging. Didnt feel much at all the rest of the day and evening but was losing some plug. Didnt think it worked. Haha.
Woke up to pee at 5:15am, had very mild cramps, had my bloody show! I went to put my contacts in and whoosh! Water broke Tuesday morning at 5:20am.
I didnt expect that at all since i was just watching out for contractions lol.
Woke OH up, got to hospital around 630am.
Waited till about 12ish and not much progres but man, never knew how much fluid could come out! lol.
Barely feeling the contractions so they induced me at about 1pm. Had a trainee doing my IV, poked me 6 times, still couldnt get a vein! So a 'real' nurse had to do it. I was annoyed for that lol.
Started feeling contractions around 3pm-ish.
Didnt need anything until about 6pm-ish. Then i asked for gas and air, didnt work!! Just made me high lol. So i asked for the epidural. Then they tell me i have to wait because they didnt have a room for me! I was so mad, they didnt tell me that before. So they gave me a morphine shot, DIDNT WORK AT ALL! So i had to endure such painful contractions until 9pm-ish. Holy crap, did they ever hurt! lol but im glad i didnt cry.
9ish comes around, finally get the epidural, they check me, only 3-4cm.
They check me again at 1130pm-ish and im dilated to 10cms! Yayyyy!
I start pushing at 1215am-ish, and pop out Mikaela at 1:10am.
Just needed 1 stitch which i was so happy for. I had an epidural but low dosage enough that i can feel and control her coming out.
So thats about 20-21 hours of labor altogether?
Stayed at the hospital for 2 days and those 2 days i believe my experience with the maternity nurses and staff were worse than the labour itself! Came home Thursday. Didnt sleep a wink since my water broke but finally got some last night! I didnt feel like myself at all the last few days, hard to remember things that happened an hour earlier, couldnt concentrate, had a hard time speaking cuz id forget halfway what i was talking about. It was bad. Didnt let me enjoy my time with Mikaela but today, feel much better. Didnt know no sleep can do that to you!!
Anywho, things are finally settling down.
There's my story, sorry so long!!!
Good luck everyone and thank for everything. The support on BnB is awesome, and ill be logging on alot more as soon as i can.
Much love!!!
xox
Finally have some time to write my birth story.
So Monday March 18, had my first and only sweep done. Was 1-2cm, she could feel my bag bulging. Didnt feel much at all the rest of the day and evening but was losing some plug. Didnt think it worked. Haha.
Woke up to pee at 5:15am, had very mild cramps, had my bloody show! I went to put my contacts in and whoosh! Water broke Tuesday morning at 5:20am.
I didnt expect that at all since i was just watching out for contractions lol.
Woke OH up, got to hospital around 630am.
Waited till about 12ish and not much progres but man, never knew how much fluid could come out! lol.
Barely feeling the contractions so they induced me at about 1pm. Had a trainee doing my IV, poked me 6 times, still couldnt get a vein! So a 'real' nurse had to do it. I was annoyed for that lol.
Started feeling contractions around 3pm-ish.
Didnt need anything until about 6pm-ish. Then i asked for gas and air, didnt work!! Just made me high lol. So i asked for the epidural. Then they tell me i have to wait because they didnt have a room for me! I was so mad, they didnt tell me that before. So they gave me a morphine shot, DIDNT WORK AT ALL! So i had to endure such painful contractions until 9pm-ish. Holy crap, did they ever hurt! lol but im glad i didnt cry.
9ish comes around, finally get the epidural, they check me, only 3-4cm.
They check me again at 1130pm-ish and im dilated to 10cms! Yayyyy!
I start pushing at 1215am-ish, and pop out Mikaela at 1:10am.
Just needed 1 stitch which i was so happy for. I had an epidural but low dosage enough that i can feel and control her coming out.
So thats about 20-21 hours of labor altogether?
Stayed at the hospital for 2 days and those 2 days i believe my experience with the maternity nurses and staff were worse than the labour itself! Came home Thursday. Didnt sleep a wink since my water broke but finally got some last night! I didnt feel like myself at all the last few days, hard to remember things that happened an hour earlier, couldnt concentrate, had a hard time speaking cuz id forget halfway what i was talking about. It was bad. Didnt let me enjoy my time with Mikaela but today, feel much better. Didnt know no sleep can do that to you!!
Anywho, things are finally settling down.
There's my story, sorry so long!!!
Good luck everyone and thank for everything. The support on BnB is awesome, and ill be logging on alot more as soon as i can.
Much love!!!
xox
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your story makes me a little less frightened of what to expect x
Congratulations!! 
