The Whole Story
So we waited for the phone call from the hospital telling us to come in and be induced on Saturday, October 11th. It finally came at about 9:10. I had only gotten about 3 1/2 hrs of sleep because I was so dang excited. We checked into the hospital at 10:05 and we were in our delivery room by 11:00. They put monitors on me and asked me a ton of questions and did exams and all for quite a while, then broke my water to try to induce labor. I had specifically asked them to try breaking my water without the pitocin first and adding pitocin later if needs be, which they said was fine. That worked a little, but didn't send me into labor. So they added the pit drip at 2 ml/hr at about 1:00. That's half the dose the usually start someone at, which made me happy. (I'm anti drug-intrusion when it comes to labor. I know there are circumstances when it's necessary, but I believe they're used too much.) It didn't send me into labor still, so at 1:30 they upped my dosage to 4 ml/hr which did the job. Contractions started out pretty slowly, but came nonetheless. I went to about 5 cm by 2:30. (I started at 3 1/2 cm.) by 2:45 I was at 10 cm!! Most painful 15 minutes of my LIFE! I pushed for 15 minutes and was rewarded with a wonderful little boy. (Okay, maybe THIS was the most painful 15 minutes of my life. It's a toss up...) He's incredibly healthy and mild mannered. He's so perfect. 7lbs 8oz, 19in long. It's wonderful. :) I ended up needing a second degree episiotomy, which hasn't been very much fun. (Second degree meaning they cut skin and muscle, for those of you that don't know the difference.) We stayed in the hospital until Monday morning. We had Seth circumsized and then packed up and left the hospital. Nights have been rough and days have been fun since then. We luckily have my mom down helping us, and she has been a life saver. Life is good, isn't it? :)
Saturday at the latest
So I don't know what to write, but it's been a while and this may be my last chance to blog before the baby gets here. After that, I will definitely have something to say. ;) Everything is set up and ready to go for baby. I'm actually quite proud of Jason and me for being on top of things and having everything ready to go. I remember reading something around 35 weeks that was talking about painting the nursery. My only thought was, "I can't even bend over without flames running up my esophagus. How would you paint a whole nursery now?" I was grateful to have it all done and ready to go. I finished the quilt I was making for little Seth. That was a good day. And I am more than half way done with the curtains for the nursery. I was really behind on house work and getting this place clean enough for a newborn, but thanks to my mom and my little sister, Alyssa, things are caught up now. That was the part I was afraid wouldn’t happen, and it’s possibly the most important part. My problem is that I can’t bend, reach, climb, stretch, lift, or move quickly. Try doing house work without doing any of those things.
I just keep thinking that next time I’m pregnant, I will have a little one running around. I don’t know how anything will get done at that point. I’m sure I’ll figure it out but it’s given me a new respect for moms. Pregnancy is one of those things you really can’t understand until you experience it. My dad said he had been pregnant seven times and I corrected him and said he had been the partner of a pregnant woman seven times. He more or less said it was the same thing and I realized how much he didn’t know about being pregnant at that time. I’ve been around pregnant women before. It’s definitely not the same.
I went to the doctor today and found out that he is leaving for a two week vacation next week. So my options were to get induced before he left or have a different doctor if Seth came after next Wednesday. What I’m hoping is that I just go in to labor in the next few days, which is definitely a possibility. If not, I’ll be induced on Saturday whenever the hospital calls and says they’re ready for me. Though I didn’t want to go that route, it has its pluses. Hopefully it just happens naturally. Wish me luck!
