For My Own Memory...
My labor & delivery:
April 7th: One day overdue. Go to Dr. appt to be monitored. Dr. informs me I am having contractions every few minutes. She sends me to the hospital to be monitored more closely. No real pain, just pressure. At hospital still having contractions, Dr. tells me I am in very early labor and 2 cm dilated. He tells me to come back later that night to check in, plan on delivering next day.
I go home and a few hours later begin to feel period cramps. Call the Dr. He tells me to check into the hospital now!
Check into the hospital and get settled right in the birthing room. Still having period cramps and pressure. Dr. comes in and does vaginal exam, tells me no change, let nature take its course and we'll see how things progress in the am.
Dave and I say up most of the night, can't sleep, too nervous plus having mild cramps.
April 8th: Still no progress in the morning. Dr. breaks my water. Enjoy the warm gush of liquid (it was like a spa treatment!). Dr. administers petossin in my IV to get things going. Now starting to feel major pain, Dr. examines me and I have passed my mucus plug and have the bloody show. Dr. is pleased. Pain is getting more and more intense, and so I decide to have the epidural. Dr. is very patient and kind with the epidural, I was really nervous about it. Wasn't bad and best part -- no more pain!
Now in active labor for 4 hours. Napping mostly-- epidural is an amazing invention!
6pm: Now begin to feel the urge to push (like constipated type of feeling). I request to have a mirror in front of me so I can see everything (thought was this would motivate me to push more) Dave and nurse lift my legs up and Dr. stands in front of me. I begin to push and the pressure is CRAZY. After ten minutes of pushing, nurse says she can see the hair of the baby. I can now see it too in the mirror. I am shivering and then sweating. Nurse takes my temperature and sure enough I have a fever! Dr. reassures me it's just an infection from the vaginal exams and they administer antibiotics in my IV. I continue pushing. I can feel the head slowly pushing out of me-- then I see it in the mirror and it is unbelievable. I see a full head of black hair-- my baby! Dr. then tells me one more push and I push like I've never pushed and out comes the body and all the other "stuff"-- I can hear the gushing sound. David is watching it all in the mirror and is in disbelief. Baby arrives at 6:46pm.
They bring the baby over to me and I am in awe. She is staring up at me and I can't believe this is the person I have been carrying around inside of me. This is my little pal. She is beautiful and I am relieved that she is healthy. Dr. informs me she will have to go to the NICU because of my fever and to make sure she doesn't have an infection. I can still breastfeed her and hold her, but she can't sleep in my room. I am disappointed but I know it's for the best.
They take her away, and clean me up. I am feeling incredible. Full of energy. I can do anything. It is such a high, I don' know the words to explain it. It was beyond happiness... I did it. She is here. She is alive. She is healthy.
I go home 48 hrs later on Thursday April 10, 2008-- one week ago today.
That's my story. I miss those moments. I guess I just wanted to make sure I got it all down before I forgot the details.
April 7th: One day overdue. Go to Dr. appt to be monitored. Dr. informs me I am having contractions every few minutes. She sends me to the hospital to be monitored more closely. No real pain, just pressure. At hospital still having contractions, Dr. tells me I am in very early labor and 2 cm dilated. He tells me to come back later that night to check in, plan on delivering next day.
I go home and a few hours later begin to feel period cramps. Call the Dr. He tells me to check into the hospital now!
Check into the hospital and get settled right in the birthing room. Still having period cramps and pressure. Dr. comes in and does vaginal exam, tells me no change, let nature take its course and we'll see how things progress in the am.
Dave and I say up most of the night, can't sleep, too nervous plus having mild cramps.
April 8th: Still no progress in the morning. Dr. breaks my water. Enjoy the warm gush of liquid (it was like a spa treatment!). Dr. administers petossin in my IV to get things going. Now starting to feel major pain, Dr. examines me and I have passed my mucus plug and have the bloody show. Dr. is pleased. Pain is getting more and more intense, and so I decide to have the epidural. Dr. is very patient and kind with the epidural, I was really nervous about it. Wasn't bad and best part -- no more pain!
Now in active labor for 4 hours. Napping mostly-- epidural is an amazing invention!
6pm: Now begin to feel the urge to push (like constipated type of feeling). I request to have a mirror in front of me so I can see everything (thought was this would motivate me to push more) Dave and nurse lift my legs up and Dr. stands in front of me. I begin to push and the pressure is CRAZY. After ten minutes of pushing, nurse says she can see the hair of the baby. I can now see it too in the mirror. I am shivering and then sweating. Nurse takes my temperature and sure enough I have a fever! Dr. reassures me it's just an infection from the vaginal exams and they administer antibiotics in my IV. I continue pushing. I can feel the head slowly pushing out of me-- then I see it in the mirror and it is unbelievable. I see a full head of black hair-- my baby! Dr. then tells me one more push and I push like I've never pushed and out comes the body and all the other "stuff"-- I can hear the gushing sound. David is watching it all in the mirror and is in disbelief. Baby arrives at 6:46pm.
They bring the baby over to me and I am in awe. She is staring up at me and I can't believe this is the person I have been carrying around inside of me. This is my little pal. She is beautiful and I am relieved that she is healthy. Dr. informs me she will have to go to the NICU because of my fever and to make sure she doesn't have an infection. I can still breastfeed her and hold her, but she can't sleep in my room. I am disappointed but I know it's for the best.
They take her away, and clean me up. I am feeling incredible. Full of energy. I can do anything. It is such a high, I don' know the words to explain it. It was beyond happiness... I did it. She is here. She is alive. She is healthy.
I go home 48 hrs later on Thursday April 10, 2008-- one week ago today.
That's my story. I miss those moments. I guess I just wanted to make sure I got it all down before I forgot the details.
posted by Here I am @ 3:59 PM
2 Comments:
At 12:03 AM ,
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At 3:43 PM ,
Anonymous said...
I know I've been away for a while, and probably will be for a while longer but I wanted to pop in a say congratulations and that you have a beautiful daughter.Cherish her and all the moments you have.
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