So here is how things went with the birth of our newest addition...Parker Andrew. :) (it is very long)
I would like to begin saying that I had a wonderful pg. No complications except the docs thought I might have high fluid levels (because I was measuring big) which turned out to be the opposite and I was borderline low at one point, but then my fluid levels came back up. I had no m/s, felt great (of course up until the end ;) ) and loved every moment of my pg. My EDD was 1/5/07.
1/4/07:
9:00am~ I go to my 40 week appt (I am actually 39w and 6d pg) with Dr. S. The appt went well. My BP seems to be a bit elevated compared to my normal, but nothing to worry about. I tell the doc about how 2 nights before I really thought it was going to be "the night" because I had had contractions from 3:00pm till 9:20pm, but they just wouldn't regulate...they would be regular and close for about an hour and then space back out again. Then the doc tells me the good news....I am 4-5 cms dialated and the next time I have regular contractions like that that I need to go to the hospital. So I ask how close they need to be and he says that if they are 5-7 mins apart to call and tell them he said that I need to go in and he said that I will definitely be having a baby soon. I was very very very happy. As I am getting in my vehicle to leave I notice that my OB (Dr. B. is in scrubs and walking to her vehicle so I assume that she is on call and hope that I go into labor while she is on call. She is really great and laid back and she also delivered Hayden.)
11:00am~ I go on to my message board and talk to all my Mommy friends and start asking a million questions on how I can get my labor/contractions going :)
1:30pm~ Hayden (almost 21 months old) is napping so I decide that I am going to start with the easiest thing to get my labor started and go from there. So I start cleaning the playroom....which is a total disaster area and required alot of bending, squatting, and getting up and down off the floor.
2:30pm~ Hayden wakes up a half an hour early from his nap, but thankfully I am pretty much done cleaning. So I let him out of his room and sit down with him on the couch to have a snack and drink.
4:03pm~ I have a contraction!!!
4:09pm~ I have another contraction!!!
At that point they continued every 5-7 mins....which I find funny because that is what the doc had said earlier in the morning at my appt.
4:50pm~ I call Casey to tell him that I had been having contractions every 5-7 mins and this might be it.
5:00pm~ I have another contraction and I say to myself that if have one more contraction that I am going to call the on-call OB.
5:15pm~ Still haven't called the on-call OB and still saying after each contraction "if I have one more contraction I am going to call the on-call OB"
5:22pm~ I have a contraction and after it is done I finally call the on-call OB.
5:25pm~ They call back and say whenever you are ready come on in...so I call Casey back and tell him what they said and he asks if he has time to go to the mechanic to pick up his brother….I told him he did because I still had to finish packing my bag and do a few other things before we leave, but I also told him to make it quick (the mechanic isn’t far from our house). I then call my Mom and she is about 15-20 mins away (on her way home from work) so she comes straight here. She gets here before Casey does and she can’t believe that I am in labor because I am walking around the house doing last minute stuff before we leave.
6:25pm~ We finally leave and Hayden cries for a bit as we are walking out the door…breaks my heart :(
6:35~ Stop at Wendy’s LOL (it is on the way to the hospital) because Casey hadn’t eaten all day (men!!!)
6:40pm~ Arrive at hospital and sit in vehicle until the next contraction comes so I don’t have one while walking in. And when the contraction comes it is a doozy…so we head right up.
6:45pm~ Get up to L&D and the nurse does all my admitting stuff on the computers. She also tells me that the doc was just finishing a c-section and had one more to do…so she wouldn’t be in to see me for a while….no biggie because I knew nothing would really progress until my water was broken. She also tells me that Dr. B said that there is no chance that I am going back home (eventhough she still hadn’t seen me yet) because she likes me too much and she really wants to deliver my lil guy (her lil boys name is also Parker and she had him about 3 months after I had Hayden and she just thinks it is awesome that I am also having a Parker) so of course I think that is fantastic :D
Until I see Dr. B I have a lil dinner because I didn’t want Wendy’s when we stopped there and I wasn’t hungry and I forgot to eat before we left the house (not that there was a lot to choose from in our cupboards that would have been quick), Casey went downstairs to get a doughnut and coffee coolatta at Dunkin Donuts (yes there is one right in the hospital :) ), and then we went for a walk.
8:45pm~ The nurse comes in (btw…she is totally awesome….we are cracking jokes with her all night long) and says that Dr. B was finally getting out of the c-section so that not to go anywhere because she would be in soon to check me and break my water.
9:05pm~ Dr. B finally comes in to see me!!! And I am 5cm, 0 station and 70% effaced. She then breaks my water. I then find out that earlier that morning the baby was only at -2 station so he had definetly dropped…so things are looking good. They have to monitor me and the baby for about 20 mins after and then if I want I can walk, go in the tub, or just stay in bed if I want.
9:30~ I decide that I want to get in the tub so the nurse gets it ready for me. I get in and it feels fantastic…especially the jets!!!!!!!!!!
10:00pm~ My ass is really starting to hurt from sitting in the tub so I decide to get out for a bit and lay in bed on my side. I have a hard time at first getting comfy and notice that out of the water the contractions definitely feel different.
10:20pm~ All of a sudden I have a contraction that I am having a real rough time with…so the nurse checks me and I am now 6cm dialated.
10:40pm~ I can’t take the contractions anymore so I decide to get an epidural. They have to start an IV and get half of the bag of fluids into me before I can get it and that takes about 20 mins before the epi man comes up to see me.
11:00pm~ Get my epi and starting to feel much much better. Get a catheter because after a full bag of fluids I really have to pee, but can’t because I just got the epi. She checks me again and I am 7cm.
11:30pm~ All of a sudden it feels like the epi is wearing off and I try to give myself an extra dose on the pump and the beep that you are supposed to hear when you push the button….is non-existant. Casey looks at the pump and says “I think this thing is turned off…there is nothing on the screen.” I try to push the button again and no beep. Just then the nurse comes in and says that the machine isn’t on. We of course give her crap because we had been doing that to eachother all night :) So she turns it back on and pushes the button to give me an extra dose and it does nothing. So the epi man comes up and gives me a bolus shot and sticks around for a bit to make sure it is working. It hadn’t fully kicked in until I gave my self one more dose on the pump and then I was feeling good again.
11:45pm~ The nurse checks me again and I am almost 8cm. Dr. B comes back in and says that eventhough I am that far along my contractions are still only 4-5 mins apart and they need them to be closer for when I start pushing because otherwise I will be pushing forever. She said to keep an eye on them and if my 1:00am they weren’t progressing that we should start some pitocin and that for me I won’t need much after seeing what pitocin did to me with Hayden.
1/5/07 (My due date):
12:45am~ My contractions are still 4-5 mins apart and I am still almost 8cm. So the nurse and I decide that it would be best and just get the pitocin started.
1:00am~ The pitocin is started.
1:32am~ I have a contraction that makes me feel like I am going to come right up out of the bed and I have a huge urge to push.
1:35am~ I have another one and the nurse happened to come in so she checks me and says that I am finally 10cm and the baby’s head is WAY low.
1:37am~ She has me push through a contraction and I can feel his head move way down. So she immediately called Dr. B and told her to come right away because it wasn’t going to be long.
I continue to push through another contraction or two and Dr. B comes in and gets her gown and gloves on. When she is finally all done getting everything on I push again and I can feel his head sticking halfway out. The next contraction I can feel his head come out more.
1:50am~ I finally push lil Parker Andrew out into this world and it is awesome!!! They put him right up on me and he is doing great! She did have a bit of a hard time getting his shoulders out, but with a lil tugging she got them out.
The nurses and doc started guessing his weight and think he will be between 7lbs 4oz and 7lbs 6oz….they were wrong. He weighed in at 7lbs 14oz and is 20-3/4 inches long. He scored 9/9 on his Apgar.
For me motherhood is totally different the second time around. I suffered from severe PP Depression with Hayden and never felt that instant bond with him. It was instant with this lil guy. I am even recovering faster this time around. Casey is just smitten with his new lil guy and can’t wait for him to be bigger and see the two boys playing together. Hayden didn't pay too much attention to him the first week and a half and had jealousy moments, but I expected that from him.
Well, that is it….Thanks for reading!
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