On Weds. (5/23) I went in for what would be my last appointment. Michael was off that afternoon so he decided to go with me to it. I had thought to myself that morning about putting the carseat in the car and grabbing our bags but I decided not to because I figure I would just jinx myself. We had a U/S to check baby's size and my fluid level. Everything looked good.
We were then taken to the room to meet with the Deb. She came in and checked me and I was dilated to a 2.5/3. We talked for a bit and then we got on the topic about induction. She looked at us and asked us if we wanted to head over to the hospital right then. Uhmm, WHAT? I looked at Michael thinking oh shit, this is it! We discussed it more and decided we would go in that night at 7 to be induced.
I called into work letting them know that my maternity leave would start 2 days earlier than I had planned on it. And then we made one quick stop before we headed home to pick up the house a bit, get our bags and the carseat. It was the fastest 3 hours of my life from the time we got home to the time I was sitting in the hospital bed.
We headed down and decided that we would only tell our parents that I was being induced. Michael didn't want a bunch of people knowing so that is what we decided to do.
Once we arrived I took one last belly picture and put on the gown and got into the bed so they could hook me up to a monitor for a while. They started pitocin about an hour or so after I had been there. From about 9:30 on that night I was in so much pain. My contractions were coming every minute and a half leaving me no time to catch a break from them. I could tell Michael felt so helpless as I laid in bed practically crying because they were so bad. Finally at 11:30 the nurse gave me some pain meds. I was able to get about 2 hours of sleep before they wore off at 1:30. They ended up turning off the pitocin around then too because I was contracting on my own.
Finally at 3:30 they called for the epidural (the nurse wouldn't call until I reached a 4). After the epidural I was finally able to get some sleep minus the nurses coming in and checking on me and the machine for my blood pressure/ babies heartrate going off.
Finally around 10:30 Thursday morning (5/24) Dr. Gratkins showed up and broke my water and they decided to turn the pitocin back on. After they turned the pitocin back on I could slightly feel a little bit of the cramping but nothing that I couldn't handle. The nurse came back in close to noon to check me and I was FINALLY at a 10!!
I started pushing around 12 and they called Dr. Gratkins to let him that we would be having a baby soon. I pushed for 50 minutes and Brock was finally here!! I about wanted to give up I was so tired from pushing and just felt like I was getting no where. I must say it was the most amazing thing when I was able to pull my baby out and place him upon my chest. (I realize this may gross some of you out). I will NEVER forget that moment.
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| Brock David Friedman 7 lbs 11 oz, 21 inches 12:50 pm 5/24/12 |
After being at home and having a vaginal delivery I sometimes think that maybe having a c-section is easier. I didn't realize how sore I would be and how such a small task such as going to the bathroom could be so painful at times! But then as soon as I look at Brock I'm reminded that everything I went through that night/day was so worth it.
We are soooo in love with our little guy, he is absolutely perfect! I love just holding him and watching him sleep, there is simply nothing sweeter. I still can't believe he is mine somedays! :) I am SO blessed to be his Mommy!
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