Well, after a LONG pregnancy, My son had obviously made the decision to never leave my womb... either that or my cervix holds my children hostage. 1 or the other.
So my doctor had scheduled an induction on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 6:00am. I am now 2 weeks over my due date.
I had never had a contraction the entire pregnancy. I never dilated, never softened, barely dropped, Cervix was high, tight and tilted very far back. Pelvis was normal, but on the smaller side of normal, whatever that means. I never lost the "plug" or had any "back labor" pains.
So i arrived at the hospital bright and early on Thursday 6/24/10, and received my cervadil. I was checked at that time as well and still i had NO progress whatsoever, and i wasnt "ready" to dilate, i guess because i was not "ripe". Doctor decided to leave it in the full 12 hours, and it was then removed at 9:00pm. I was having mild cramping at that point, but no different than the cramps i had off and on throughout the pregnancy, sort of like period cramping. Maybe just a little more frequent.
I had an hour break between the cervadil and the pitocin, so i could walk around and prepare myself for the Pitocin.
10:00pm rolls around, and i was on the pitocin drip. A few hours after that had started, i was having i guess you can call them mild contractions, about every 4 minutes... but they didn't affect me really. I was not in pain, maybe a little uncomfortable here and there. Every 10 minutes they would up the pitocin like 2mil i think it was.
Come 4am I was checked, and had NO progress. By this time the contractions hurt, pretty bad, and were every 2 to 2.5 minutes apart. A little aggrivating to have no progress yet, but i figured it would happen.
Come 7am, I was checked yet again, and had... yep! you guessed it! NO PROGRESS AT ALL! I couldn't believe my ears. The contractions were feeling like they were doing something... I couldn't talk through some of them... and i have a very high pain tolerance. That felt like a total smack in the face! So my doctor brought up the c-section talk yet again... and said she would be back around 11am-ish. 1 minute later, My water breaks! Are you serious??? How does that happen? Must have been from her checking me. GREAT! maybe NOW i will have some progress!
11:45am Friday- Longest 4 almost 5 hours... waiting and waiting to find out if i have any progress, all the while i am feeling like i am in labor... Doctor shows up, does her little check, NOPE! NOTHING! ARRRRRG!! Off goes the pitocin, and on to the c-section talk again, which at this point i know it has to happen... meanwhile i feel like i have been stamped with a big red stamp that says "FAILED INDUCEE" on my forehead. Once they took me off the pitocin, pain completely stopped and i was able to take a nap with no pain. Crazy how that happens. meanwhile i had NO idea when my c-section is going to be... it was a play by ear thing. When the OR was open, i was going to go in. They tell me it will be a few hours at least, so DH goes home to nap.
12:45, NOT a few hours later, none the less the OB (not mine, a different OB in the practice) comes in and says the time is here! I ask him for 15 minutes so i can call DH and get him back to the hospital, and he says "he better hurry" lol. So i do that and hes flying to the hospital before i know it.
1:45ish- So nervous to get this spinal block i have been hearing so much about over the past 25 minutes... Finally i receive it, and it doesn't even hurt really, just feels VERY awkward. and then it happened.... BARF in the operating room! OMG REALLY?? Now i will say that was an extremely intense 5 minutes or so where i swear i thought i was gonna die... Boy was that a rush i don't want again!!
The blue curtain they set up in front of me and DH so we cant see was not set up very good, so DH got to see EVERYTHING!! He said it was soo neat lol. I wish i could have seen!
2:18pm- I hear the first cries of my newborn prince! The best sound i have ever heard in my life!
The next best thing to happen to me: Seeing my "no-i-don't-wanna-hold-the-baby-because-i-will-break-him" husband reach out with eager fingers to hold his newborn son.
I didn't get to hold him or do skin to skin for about 1.5-2 hours after he was born... i was completely numb from my neck down, and couldn't really feel or move my arms.
This little boy is so well behaved, already holds the pacifier in his mouth on his own at 3 days old, Breast feeds like a CHAMP and he is the most gorgeous baby i have ever seen in my life.
My new family has begun, and i feel like we are on top of the whole world. I could never be happier than i am right now.
