OMFG!!! I just typed my entire birth story and now its GONE!!!! GRRRRR
Lets try this again...not like I have a baby or anything that needs my attention lol
So sorry Ive been absent for a few days ladies....as some of you know Colin Patrick arrived on Nov 1 at 10:52 PM. He weighed 7lbs 5 oz (I posted wrong on our board because the nurses TOLD me wrong....I cried for like an hour lol) and measured 19 3/4 in. I love him so much. Its crazy the kind of love I feel for him. Unimaginable. Another great thing: My parents are in Arizona (Im in Chicago) and didnt think theyd be able to come out until a few weeks after I had the baby, but I called to tell them I was on my way to the hospital and my mom called me about an hour later and told me she was getting on a plane!!! Dad had to stay behind, but one is better than none. She landed right around the time I had the baby. I was so grateful and excited she got to be here.
Hes finally sleeping for a bit, so Ill get a short-ish birth story out.
11/1 about 3AM my water started leaking....only I wasnt sure it was leaking. It leaked enough to wake me up, but my discharge had been increasing as well. So thats what I chalked it up to. I went back to bed and got up later for work
9AM- Went to the bathroom at work and had a small gush. Still not sure its my water
9:30- Felt another gush sitting down at my desk and got my pants a bit wet....definitely calling the dr lol. Dr asked if I was contracting (I wasnt) and said come in so they can make sure its my water and then over to L&D
9:45- Called OH and said ITS BABY TIME!!! Hes literally speechless. We both leave work and head home to get our bags.
10:45-Checked out my waters at drs office (connected to hospital) and determine that Im definitely starting labor!! Only 1cm and 90% effaced. They think it starting leaking at 3AM so they want to start a pitocin drip since I havent had any contractions yet.
11:30- Have my first contraction while waiting to be brought up to our L&D room. Very mild and manageable. Theyre coming about every 3-4 minutes
Noon-3- Still contracting, but uncomfortable. They start the pitocin drip.
3PM- Start having a contraction and feel a pop and water gets EVERYWHERE! runs off the bed and onto the floor. YIKES lol. Immediately my contractions are incredibly more intense.
4PM- Cant take them anymore and ask for the epidural. I wanted to know how far I was dilated so that I didnt get it too early, but they didnt want t check me again until 6. I couldnt last that long, lol. I got out of bed and onto the labor ball to wait for the epidural. The breathing I learned in our L&D class was extremely helpful here and OH helped a lot. Thank god for him
5:30- FINALLY get the epidural after intense contractions every 2 minutes apart for and hour and a half. Major kudos to you natural birth ladies. The epidural didnt hurt necessarily, but it pinched, burned and was a bit uncomfortable. The hardest part is sitting still and hunched over for 10 minutes while youre having intense contractions.
5:45- Nurse comes in. Dilated to a 5 and 100% effaced
She puts in the catheter.
6-9PM: I get to relax a bit. OH and I play some games on the iPad, but Im generally uncomfortable, still feeling contractions a bit and I was incredibly nauseous. Wasnt sure i wanted anyone visiting while in labor, but OH promised to shoo his family out after a few min.
9:15-9:30- OHs family visits, I try not to puke on them.
9:45- Doctor comes in to check on me and to EVERYONES surprise I am 10cm and ready to push.
10:15 PM- Nurse comes in to get me started pushing. I push through 6 contractions and she gets the doctor for the delivery. I pushed continuously about 10-12 times and out came my LO!!!! Total push time 22 min.
They placed him directly on my chest when he was born for about a minute or so but had to take him because he was a little cold. They warmed him up and took care of him while dr took care of me. I had a tear on my left labia (2 stitches) and a rip on the inside left (an inch and a half of continuous stitches) It took about half hour to get me taken care of. OH was frantically taking pics and by the time I was done so was baby. They gave him to me with some heat packs for his first BF. He did great. Both boobs 10 min a piece. It was amazing. Absolutely amazing.
After all the clean up and feeding we started letting family in.
Recovery wise.....BLAH. I feel a lot better a few days out, but I was seriously hurting there for awhile. We came home on 11/3 and are adjusting pretty well I think. Ill get some pics up soon!!!
That was a bit longer than I planned but...there were a lot of things I wish I wouldve know before hand, so hopefully it helps.
