ENJOY!!
About 4 weeks… Since then my life has completely changed. I am the proud mother of a lovely 8Lbs 7 oz baby boy. He probably weighs more now but that was his birth weight. I can’t even begin to describe how tremendously happy I am. Although my sleep is non existent and i’m a bit overwhelmed, every time I look at his gorgeous hazel eyes i see life as a whole. I see a future in running around chasing him. God gave me this beautiful gorgeous child and i couldn’t ask for more. Through my pregnancy I was a devoted Webmd boardie, lol . I shared all my fears and concerns with other amazing pregnant women, who never failed in offering the best advice ever. I am however so sad over not being able to post my birthstory on there,Over the course of my nine months I dreamed of one day having my own story to write about and boy was it a crazy day . I tried over 4 times to post and failed. So since i could post on there I will do it here.
June 28 th , Early labor contractions begin at 6:00 a.m. I was so paranoid that they wouldn’t intensify or that they would stop for that matter.
June 29th , (5:30 ish a.m.) Finally contractions get close enough to call my doctor. He gives me directions to head to hospy, I wake hubby up. Take shower & eat a pb & j sandwich while breathing and concentrating. We packed the car and said goodbye to our dog lola, I get extremely emotional and begin sobbing because i knew next time i see her we’ll have our little babe with us.
(7:00) After a quick stay in triage to check if we really were in labor we were finally admitted to L&D the next couple of hours were really boring just laying there. I forgot of my plan to wait until i could no longer breathe through my contractions to go to the hospy, I guess I was so excited and wanting this baby out that as soon as i got the ok i rushed there lol.
(10:00) still a.m. my Dh and i walked the halls I forgot to mention I was admitted at a measly 3cm…WAH!!!! At this point I asked if i would be able to use the water tubs since i knew how well water had worked with me when i had my very painful BHC, and early labor. She said i wasn’t in one of those rooms unfortunately but that there was always the shower..Ugh i was so upset, that was my main birth plan if i was to have this baby pain med- free. While in the halls I saw my doc and he said to head to bed to check if i made any progress in the 3 hours that i’ve been here… Nope I was still at 3 : /.. My pain was about a 5 very manageable i was laughing through my contractions and watching Seinfeld along w/ my DH.
(12:00) Since I wasn’t gonna get to go into my tub i asked for the birthing ball, just to keep me busy ; D. I ate a popsicle since i was starving while i sat there rocking back and forth. Nothing exciting seemed to be happening, not like I imagined at least..or movie like hahaha. The exhaustion of constantly keeping track of my contractions the previous night was setting in. I returned to bed to try and rest, the pain wasn’t bad so sleeping seemed like a great idea. After a while of being in the bed i heard a loud POP!!! and a gush of water streamed down my legs, I couldn’t believe my water broke spontaneously , since i had heard only 10% of pregnancies end in the water breaking..oh boy was that unexpected. That was movie like lol. My nurse checked me and I had gained a cm. That’s it really?? frustration was setting in along with exhaustion .
(2:00) p.m. Woa baby, only two hours after water broke my pain went from a 5 to a 9 
. I started sobbing and my dh was distant, I think he didn’t wanna see me in pain. My mom was really supportive and all mom like lol, she rubbed my back and was telling me to focus. Nothing was helping though, I was sinking in and giving up on my pain.. I had to constanly empty my bladder and it was painful. I was sobbing and not breathing through my contractions, my focus was not there and soon after I asked for my epidural. I didn’t feel that immediate relief some speak of, of course it would happen to me , my epi only worked on my left side. I also felt nauseuous and felt as if i had drank 5 cups of coffe, my heart was speeding it was gross. Having one side slightly numb was a break and it was manageable enough like before my water broke. The anesthsiologist was called back to see what he could do. Since this wasn’t supposed to happen. Finally it was all numb and i was just a little sick. At this point all that matter was that my baby was doing well which he was. Again everything went back to boring just waiting, and hoping my contractions would do their job and i wouldn’t need any more meds.
. I started sobbing and my dh was distant, I think he didn’t wanna see me in pain. My mom was really supportive and all mom like lol, she rubbed my back and was telling me to focus. Nothing was helping though, I was sinking in and giving up on my pain.. I had to constanly empty my bladder and it was painful. I was sobbing and not breathing through my contractions, my focus was not there and soon after I asked for my epidural. I didn’t feel that immediate relief some speak of, of course it would happen to me , my epi only worked on my left side. I also felt nauseuous and felt as if i had drank 5 cups of coffe, my heart was speeding it was gross. Having one side slightly numb was a break and it was manageable enough like before my water broke. The anesthsiologist was called back to see what he could do. Since this wasn’t supposed to happen. Finally it was all numb and i was just a little sick. At this point all that matter was that my baby was doing well which he was. Again everything went back to boring just waiting, and hoping my contractions would do their job and i wouldn’t need any more meds.
( 5:00) still trying to rest and couldn’t , I wanted to meet my baby but had to be patient. At this point they checked me again and gave me a catheter i was a 8 cm station -2!!! phew, i was so happy i wouldn’t need any pitocin. My contractions were off the radar and were looking like a heartbeat on the monitor lol. At least that was good. My dh had forgotten to patrol the door and there were 5 ppl in there. ( m.i.l., sis, auntie, mom and him) all watching me try to rest..awkward.
(6:00) They checked me after an hour to see if i was closer or had any change..and yes i was at 9 and almost fully effaced : ) ..i was getting more nervous, soon after my right side returned and i was feeling soo much pain , and constant pressure all along my back and right pelvic side. I was back at breathing through the pain that was constant and no breaks in between, I told my nurse about it and she said they would administer any more pain meds since i was so close to ten and it would allow me to push effectively. Soon after my dad and brother walked in and he saw me in pain lol, I couldn’t believe all these people were there watching me. My dad was so excited and told me that he was so proud of me and that i could do this..my little brother was petrified lol. he didn’t even approach my uncomfortable ass .
(7:00) My lovely nurse came back and cheched me..She said i was done , i was at 10 and could start pushing at anytime. I felt so much pressure from my right side and needed to push , They kicked everyone out quickly except my DH and mom. They set up the stirrups and my mom and dh took their place on both sides of me. I was soon gonna meet my babe.
(7:30) I started pushing , not very effectively i guess . That part is a little blurry, I remember the window was opened and the sun was starting to set, i was so hungry and thirsty. It was kinda fun at the beginning I felt him pushing against my ribcage. The nurses were encouraging and they were joking along with my dh, in between contractions. The first hour passed by and i could see a tiny bit of hair, over the light acting as my mirror.
(8:30) Second Hour of pushing , yes 2nd hour!! I couldn’t believe my baby was still not out, I was beggining to give up a little. I was so tired ,it was incredibly frustrating knowing that i couldn’t push him out as quick as i thought it was gonna happen. Again another expectation out the window. My nurse was awesome though she kept on massaging my perinium and she’s the reason i only had one stich : ). They turned me on my side and i tried to push that way , just to see if i made so progress. It worked a little but i like pushing on the stirrups better. Soon after my nurse told me they were gonna turn off my epi on my left side to see if i could push better and to try to prevent a c-sec.
(9;30) My annoying 3rd hour of pushing began with no hope, I couldn’t even push all trough the counts I gave up at 7, I coudn’t breathe.. I remember being in soo much pain I could see his head way more but i couldn’t get past the so called “ring of fire” it was excrusiating.My nurse had the idea of doing tug of war with a baby blanket to help with pushing. I exageratte but i tell people I felt like i was crowning for a bout an hour. Honest to god I gave up sooo many times , I felt like i couldn’t push him out!! I was done i needed help , at this point my dh was the most supportive and if it wasn’t for him i would have been done after hour 1 and have had way more tearing from forceps or vacumm. I really asked for both but he kept saying you can do this babe!!! he was so encouraging but i still felt like this wouldn’t happen for me ..I wanted to go home and be done with this LMAO!!!.. After so much pushing and pain I gave this push that would be the one that got him out, I was no longer looking at anything I remember they were shouting LOOK DOWN LOOK DOWN !!! His head was out ..it was surreal and amazing , can i just say what relief i felt. He came out sunny side up which was why i was having such hard time pushing him out also my arms were shot from all that pulling. The cord was wrapped around his neck and that was terrifying because he wasn’t crying, I just saw his eyes wide open but dh couldn’t cut the cord and i wasn’t able to have skin to skin right after they had to clear his air ways and then i heard a little wimper .. They cleaned him up and stiched me up and i got to hold my beautiful little boy..oh btw when they said it’s A BOY i knew it all along inmy heart.
I was elated and in shock, I was so proud of myself to be able to get him out without any help feeling all that I felt : D . I’m so thankful that even though I gave up so many times my dh kept pushing me. My baby was born at 10:55 on his due date. Another small percentage of women lol i’m an elite..lol in all sorts of special clubs.
My recovery was quick and painless, um i lied my arms were killing me Seriously!!! I couldn’t lift them for about a week thats how hard i was pulling..I am happy and blesssed and i wouldn’t change a thing. I’m thinking next time i’ll hire a doula to keep me focused and help me breathe . I didn’t wait to BF he latched on soo quick and yes it was painful and i was exhausted from the labor but he stayed in the room with us the whole time. It was perfect. excuse all the grammar errors and the rambling i’m so excited to be able to finally share my Birthstory , can’t wait to do it again in a couple of years for now i’ll enjoy my kiddo , his wonderful scent and those adorable tiny toes..Motherhood is amazing : D
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