I was scheduled to be induced on Thursday, March 10th. They instructed me to call the hospital at 5:00 A.M. to see if a room was available. I called at 5:00 A.M., and they told me they were very busy and to try again at 8. In the mean time, "things" started happening to kick off labor naturally. I was THRILLED! I still didn't believe my contractions were real, so I waited until I got the "okay" to go into the hospital, finally at 1:00 P.M., we got the okay to go in. I was admitted at 2:00 P.M. and was told I wasn't going home without a baby in my arms, yahoo!
Upon getting admitted, my nurse checked to see if I was dilated. I almost jumped out of my bed to hear I was a "1." (After weeks of going to the doctor only to hear that I wasn't effaced, wasn't dilated, etc.) Getting checked, jump started my contractions into overdrive, to a point they couldn't give me any medicine to help soften my cervix. So they kept waiting for the contractions to slow down, but they didn't. At 8:00 P.M. they decided they were going to try a cervix water-balloon to help me dilate to a 3. The idea of this procedure freaked me out, I did NOT want a balloon inside me! Right before they went to do the procedure, the supervising doctor checked me and said I was already dilated to a 3, hallelujah!
By that point, I decided to try to walk for a half hour and see if gravity would do some of the hard work. I came back, winded, and dilated to a 5. Now it was time to rock the epidural and start pitocin. They gave me a minimal amount of pictocin since my body was in labor already, but they wanted things to progress faster. Sometime around then my water broke. I wasn't sure if I peed my bed or my water broke, but they verified it was my water, haha. Within 3 hours of being on it, I was dilated to a 7 and about an hour later, was at a 9 and almost ready to start pushing.
Upon getting admitted, my nurse checked to see if I was dilated. I almost jumped out of my bed to hear I was a "1." (After weeks of going to the doctor only to hear that I wasn't effaced, wasn't dilated, etc.) Getting checked, jump started my contractions into overdrive, to a point they couldn't give me any medicine to help soften my cervix. So they kept waiting for the contractions to slow down, but they didn't. At 8:00 P.M. they decided they were going to try a cervix water-balloon to help me dilate to a 3. The idea of this procedure freaked me out, I did NOT want a balloon inside me! Right before they went to do the procedure, the supervising doctor checked me and said I was already dilated to a 3, hallelujah!
By that point, I decided to try to walk for a half hour and see if gravity would do some of the hard work. I came back, winded, and dilated to a 5. Now it was time to rock the epidural and start pitocin. They gave me a minimal amount of pictocin since my body was in labor already, but they wanted things to progress faster. Sometime around then my water broke. I wasn't sure if I peed my bed or my water broke, but they verified it was my water, haha. Within 3 hours of being on it, I was dilated to a 7 and about an hour later, was at a 9 and almost ready to start pushing.
At this point, I had Jay call the parents to head back to the hospital. (About 4 or 5 A.M.) When the nurse told me earlier that the epidural would take away the pain but not the pressure, I didn't understand. Haha, at this time, I was starting to understand. The pressure of her head was painful indeed! I was instructed to start pushing, so I did, three pushes for every contraction. And I did good, for about an hour, and then.. I hit a wall.
I broke down, I cried, and confessed "I can't do it!" I was winded, tired, out of breath, and in pain. The lovely nurse and awesome doctor listened to my cry, and answered it with more pain meds. The added medicine dulled it enough for me to relax for about 2 hours so I could build up some strength. Around that time, the shift changed on nurses. I was sad to see my nurse go. Of course the new nurse wanted to check me to see how far I was dilated. Upon looking at me, she told me the baby was crowning and I had to start pushing.
First off, I had Jay check to verify what she was saying. (I wasn't going to have a nurse lie to me just to get me to listen to her.) Sure enough, our little girl was right there, waiting for her big entrance. We got the doctor and my dad (to take pictures once she was born,) and ready we were! I pushed through 4 contractions and wa-la, Audrey Jean entered the world with a cry on March 11th at 7:48 a.m.
As predicted, Jay and I both cried such happy, joyful tears. Both in amazement of how beautiful she was as she was laid on my chest. The nurses commented on how big she was, but we didn't believe it until they weighed her... 9 pounds and 8 ounces! She seemed so small, heck, she still does.
I broke down, I cried, and confessed "I can't do it!" I was winded, tired, out of breath, and in pain. The lovely nurse and awesome doctor listened to my cry, and answered it with more pain meds. The added medicine dulled it enough for me to relax for about 2 hours so I could build up some strength. Around that time, the shift changed on nurses. I was sad to see my nurse go. Of course the new nurse wanted to check me to see how far I was dilated. Upon looking at me, she told me the baby was crowning and I had to start pushing.
First off, I had Jay check to verify what she was saying. (I wasn't going to have a nurse lie to me just to get me to listen to her.) Sure enough, our little girl was right there, waiting for her big entrance. We got the doctor and my dad (to take pictures once she was born,) and ready we were! I pushed through 4 contractions and wa-la, Audrey Jean entered the world with a cry on March 11th at 7:48 a.m.
As predicted, Jay and I both cried such happy, joyful tears. Both in amazement of how beautiful she was as she was laid on my chest. The nurses commented on how big she was, but we didn't believe it until they weighed her... 9 pounds and 8 ounces! She seemed so small, heck, she still does.
Here are a few pictures of her first moments/days:
Now, she's 9 weeks old and doing wonderful! She smiles when smiled at, coo's, and is starting to try to touch things. She loves looking at things and is building more words/sounds to her vocabulary every day. We love snuggling and playing with her. Here's a more updated picture:
3 comments:
She is just too cute!
I have been WAITING and WAITING for this post! Yay! It is so exciting to hear your story and see your little girl. She is a DOLL. And I cannot believe you were pushing for so long! Where did you deliver? TG? That's where I had Elijah and the pushing was like 20 minutes long. I feel so bad for you. How frustrating. But what a beautiful little reward you have!
aaahhh she is so tiny....and BEAUTIFUL!!! Way to go girl!! It does seem like a lot of pushing and waiting...UGH!! But what a fabulous story to tell over and over until Audrey Jean is ready to start her own family!! :) So sweet, congratulations to you both!!
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