So he made it here! :)
Friday January 6th at 4:32 am, weighing 7lbs 14oz, 21.5 inches long!
He's wonderful and the best baby I could ever ask for.
As you probably saw earlier I was induced due to my blood pressure spike.
It was a crazy day waiting for that phone call. We were up at 8 am and the waiting began.
9am
10am
11am
nothing.
12 noon
1pm
at 2 pm, we decided that it would be a good idea to call Dr, Lee's office to see what was going on.
I call and they that because I'm not the highest priority on the list I may be pushed back until the next day. She said if I wasn't called by 1 pm that was probably the case.
Phew.
That kind of gave us a bit of relief. It gave us a bit more breathing room and a little bit more time to be a couple. We thought we could spend the night cleaning as we both have been horribly sick.
My poor husband and I were on the tail end of really bad head colds and felt like trucks ran over us.
We decided to run out, get a quick bite and pick up a few last minute treats.
So off we go... and then there it was
the phone call...
"hello?!"
" Hi Judy, It's Bev from womens hospital and you were on our list for induction today. We were wondering if you could come in?"
"now?!"
(it was now 4:40 pm)
"well soonish, is that ok?"
" can I have about an hour?"
"of course! Just check in with admitting and we'll see you on the 2nd floor in a bit!"
I look at Charlie and ask
"are you ready?"
"as ready as I'll ever be.."
oh.god.oh.god.oh.god.oh.god.oh.god.
it's go time.
We got to the hospital and checked in.
Up to the 2nd floor we go.
I meet Bev and strip down to a hospital gown and get settled in a bed with Charlie at my side.
We meet the doctor and decide that Cervadil was my best bet for induction.
Cervadil is a little disc that is put behind the cervix to "ripen" it
It is now 6:30 pm.
At about 7:30, Esther comes by to visit and take us to the Cafeteria for dinner.
We take the walk to the main hospital and have a little dinner.
On the way back, I feel like I really need to pee and start leaking a bit.
We get back to the room and I tell the nurse this,
she get me to put on a pad and asks me if my water broke.
Im a first time mom! How do I know?
Then my parents came.
So we visited a bit and then I kicked everyone out.
They told us the Cervadil usually takes anywhere from 12-24 hours to work.
There was no sense in anyone waiting round for that long, right?
Everyone leaves and then the nurse comes in to check on me.
She says that the next time I go to the bathroom, she's going to check my pad.
She was convinced that my water had broken.
... and she was right.
the on call doctor came in and confirmed it all.
She also did a check and I was now in active labor so it was time to move me to
labor and delivery wing!
Whoa.. it's really happening.
We got situated in our new room and waited...
contractions began to get stronger
and more painful.
Wow, really painful.
All the breathing in the world was not helping.
I was a real trooper up until this point.
She offered me options for pain.
Morphine or an epidural.
Or I could start with one and do the epidural later.
Morphine would take the edge off the pain but not cure it.
She advised me that if I wait too long for the epidural it might not work,
but I should also be far enough along that it wont crap out at the end.
I chose the morphine first and wanted to see if I could get through that way.
She was right, as soon as it kicked in I could immediately feel some relief.
It was do able. I could do this.
About an hour later, I started to progress really quickly.
and so did the pain.
I was offered the epidural again
and put if off.
I wanted them to check how far along I was because if I was going to do it,
it had to last till the end.
So they checked and all were really surprised that I was about 5-6 cm dilated.
I was further along than they thought, so they epidural was a go.
While we were waiting the contractions were coming so hard and so fast
I didn't know if I could handle it.
I swear I was about to lose it.
He finally came in and I had to sit with my back toward him,
grab a pillow and not move.
A very hard thing to do when you're in that much pain.
But
WOW
was I glad I did.
as soon as he put in that first hit of freezing it was instant relief.
I was so exhausted, all I wanted to do was rest.
and that's what I did.
They said when the pressure gets overwhelming that it would be time to push.
Only thing was, I was so used to the pain from before that
I was just breathing through pressure not realizing that
it was go time.
They decided to check me and sure enough
fully dilated and effaced,
actually I was probably there about an hour ago.
Time to push.
Well I did it.
and 20 mins later,
we had the new love of our lives.
4:32 am
21.5 inches long
7lbs, 14 oz
and perfect.
From start to finish
9 hours
...So much for the 12-24 hour Cervadil.
They think that checking me that first time must have kick started labor for me.
Whatever did it,
thank you.
I've never been happier
