On Sunday, July 7th, Donnie and I went into East Cooper Hospital in order to start the induction process. I was not dilated yet so my doctor wanted to have me take cerebral on Sunday night to help efface my cervix and help me dilate. We arrived to the hospital and they immediately had me undress and get dressed into a gown. I'm not sure what I thought was going to happen Sunday night but I didn't think I would already be out of my clothes and into a gown. After asking routine questions the nurses put an iv in my arm (painful) and then inserted the cerebral into me. The cerebral was also going to make me start having some contractions. I wasn't in pain at first and the nurse said that I could eat dinner so Donnie and I ordered takeout from the Kickin Chicken and I enjoyed my meal.
That night the nurse gave me ambien to sleep but it really didn't work and I was up at 2:00 am so she came back and gave me pain medicine because my contractions were starting. The combination of the ambien & pain medicine did the trick and I passed out. I was very loopy on that combination of drugs.
The next morning the anaesthesiologist came in to insert the epidural. The initial injection didn't hurt too bad but then the needle was left in me a little too long for my liking and that is when a loudly said "ow ow ow" and I even startled the doctor. He said my reaction was a little late :) I went to sleep after the epidural was in and woke up to "something" on my right foot. Because of the epidural I couldn't move waste down so I had Donnie look under the sheet to see what was on my foot...only to discover that it was my left foot on my right foot. lol
Once the epidural was in place the nurse give me picotin through my iv to give my contractions a boost. All day Monday I had contractions but didn't feel a thing because of the epidural which was great... however my cervix didn't change much and by the end of the day around 5:30 pm the doctors decided to take me off the picotin and epidural to let my body rest for the night so we could start again Tuesday morning.
Since the pain medicine made me soo loopy the night before I didn't want any in my system- BIG mistake. Around 4:45 a.m. I was hurting BAD. We called in the nurse to give me the pain medicine into my iv but when she tried my iv hurt so bad when then just flushed it that the nurse decided it would be best to insert a new iv. At first I just asked for Tylenol or a pill because I didn't want the pain of the new iv at the same time as my other pain... however Donnie told me that it wouldn't work and just go ahead and get the new iv. After two attempts and a bruised left arm a new iv was secure in my right arm and the nurse gave me half of the dose of pain medicine at my request (again because I didn't want to feel super loopy again). In hindsight I should have taken the full dose because around 6:45 a.m. I was in sooo much pain I was crying. Donnie called the nurses and told them I needed the doctor and the epidural NOW. Thankfully they listened to frantic Donnie and the anaesthesiologist was up in my room in no time and the epidural was administered to me again. I have never felt so much pain before in my life and seriously do not know how a woman can go through labor without an epidural.
My doctor checked my cervix again to find that I was 2 cm dilated, which wasn't much but it was progress. They started me on picotin again to help increase my contractions. That morning my doctor also broke my water. By lunch time I was 4 cm dilated which was great but they wanted more progress so the inserted a monitor into me to see how powerful my contractions were. They were not sure if Baby Woos was trapped or if anything was wrapped around him because he wasn't dropping like they wanted him to. They were able to increase the picotin but my body wasn't responding. Around 3:30 p.m. I had to be placed on oxygen because Baby Woos' heartbeat was dropping a little (they said probably because he was sleeping) but he responded to the oxygen well so I was able to be taken off the oxygen after about 35 minutes. I was so glad I was taken off of the oxygen because Donnie was picking up my mom from the airport and I did not want them to walk in and see me on oxygen.
Around 5:30 my doctor came back in and although I was completely effaced and 4 cm dilated I wasn't making progress and my body had been through 2 days of labor. My doctor told me that I needed to have a c section. I was prepared because my nurse and doctor had already prepped us on what the c section entailed. First the anesthesiologist came up and gave me an extra dose of the epidural so I was numb up to right below my breasts. As I was sitting there letting the medicine kick in I started to get nauseous and I couldn't stop shaking; partly due to nerves and partly due to the medicine. Donnie was also given his surgeon's outfit to come into the delivery room with me.
Shortly after 6:00 p.m. they wheeled me into a bright surgery room and lifted me off my bed onto a VERY narrow metal table they use for surgery. I was so uncomfortable at first because I was numb everywhere and the way the pillow was positioned I could hardly breath. After they fixed the pillow I was speaking with a doctor about the procedure and I felt like I was going to throw up on him (again because of medicine and nerves) so they gave me nausea medicine through my iv which helped me so much. The doctors and nurses prepped me for surgery and then Donnie was allowed to enter. I was so glad Donnie was by my side. My arms were placed on two metal arms off the table so it was if I was laying on a very narrow cross. When Donnie entered I had tears running out of my eyes out of fear and he just held my hand and said everything was going to be alright.
Less then 10 minutes later I heard the sweet sound of our baby cry at 6:51 p.m.. The doctor said he actually started to cry before his shoulders were even out of me. I was so relieved that our sweet baby boy was delivered and he was finally here. Once they rinsed him off Donnie watched him get weighed and then they brought him to me so I could see his sweet face. He weighed 9 ilbs 4 oz. and probably would have weighed a little more but he peed as soon as they pulled him out of me.
He was finally here! When they first brought Dylan to me he wasn't crying anymore but just kept opening up his sweet mouth and looking at me with his blue eyes. Donnie went with Dylan to the nursery while the doctors finished rinsing me off and sewing me up. It really was a surreal experience. My doctor said that all of my organs looked very clean and nice and she complemented me how healthy they looked... so an advantage of a c section- free internal check-up of your organs :)
After I was sewed up they wheeled me off to the recovery room where they brought Dylan to me so I could breast feed him for the first time. It was such an amazing feeling. Once I was in my room for the remainder of the stay our friends Sarah and Anthony and my mom were there to greet our son. Although the c section was not planned and I know recovery has been much harder I am so grateful that our baby boy is here with us and he is a healthy baby boy.
We remained in the hospital until Friday but I will talk about that in my recovery post. I hope you enjoyed Dylan's birth story.
That night the nurse gave me ambien to sleep but it really didn't work and I was up at 2:00 am so she came back and gave me pain medicine because my contractions were starting. The combination of the ambien & pain medicine did the trick and I passed out. I was very loopy on that combination of drugs.
The next morning the anaesthesiologist came in to insert the epidural. The initial injection didn't hurt too bad but then the needle was left in me a little too long for my liking and that is when a loudly said "ow ow ow" and I even startled the doctor. He said my reaction was a little late :) I went to sleep after the epidural was in and woke up to "something" on my right foot. Because of the epidural I couldn't move waste down so I had Donnie look under the sheet to see what was on my foot...only to discover that it was my left foot on my right foot. lol
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| Donnie checking my foot |
Once the epidural was in place the nurse give me picotin through my iv to give my contractions a boost. All day Monday I had contractions but didn't feel a thing because of the epidural which was great... however my cervix didn't change much and by the end of the day around 5:30 pm the doctors decided to take me off the picotin and epidural to let my body rest for the night so we could start again Tuesday morning.
Since the pain medicine made me soo loopy the night before I didn't want any in my system- BIG mistake. Around 4:45 a.m. I was hurting BAD. We called in the nurse to give me the pain medicine into my iv but when she tried my iv hurt so bad when then just flushed it that the nurse decided it would be best to insert a new iv. At first I just asked for Tylenol or a pill because I didn't want the pain of the new iv at the same time as my other pain... however Donnie told me that it wouldn't work and just go ahead and get the new iv. After two attempts and a bruised left arm a new iv was secure in my right arm and the nurse gave me half of the dose of pain medicine at my request (again because I didn't want to feel super loopy again). In hindsight I should have taken the full dose because around 6:45 a.m. I was in sooo much pain I was crying. Donnie called the nurses and told them I needed the doctor and the epidural NOW. Thankfully they listened to frantic Donnie and the anaesthesiologist was up in my room in no time and the epidural was administered to me again. I have never felt so much pain before in my life and seriously do not know how a woman can go through labor without an epidural.
My doctor checked my cervix again to find that I was 2 cm dilated, which wasn't much but it was progress. They started me on picotin again to help increase my contractions. That morning my doctor also broke my water. By lunch time I was 4 cm dilated which was great but they wanted more progress so the inserted a monitor into me to see how powerful my contractions were. They were not sure if Baby Woos was trapped or if anything was wrapped around him because he wasn't dropping like they wanted him to. They were able to increase the picotin but my body wasn't responding. Around 3:30 p.m. I had to be placed on oxygen because Baby Woos' heartbeat was dropping a little (they said probably because he was sleeping) but he responded to the oxygen well so I was able to be taken off the oxygen after about 35 minutes. I was so glad I was taken off of the oxygen because Donnie was picking up my mom from the airport and I did not want them to walk in and see me on oxygen.
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| Right before C Section |
Around 5:30 my doctor came back in and although I was completely effaced and 4 cm dilated I wasn't making progress and my body had been through 2 days of labor. My doctor told me that I needed to have a c section. I was prepared because my nurse and doctor had already prepped us on what the c section entailed. First the anesthesiologist came up and gave me an extra dose of the epidural so I was numb up to right below my breasts. As I was sitting there letting the medicine kick in I started to get nauseous and I couldn't stop shaking; partly due to nerves and partly due to the medicine. Donnie was also given his surgeon's outfit to come into the delivery room with me.
Shortly after 6:00 p.m. they wheeled me into a bright surgery room and lifted me off my bed onto a VERY narrow metal table they use for surgery. I was so uncomfortable at first because I was numb everywhere and the way the pillow was positioned I could hardly breath. After they fixed the pillow I was speaking with a doctor about the procedure and I felt like I was going to throw up on him (again because of medicine and nerves) so they gave me nausea medicine through my iv which helped me so much. The doctors and nurses prepped me for surgery and then Donnie was allowed to enter. I was so glad Donnie was by my side. My arms were placed on two metal arms off the table so it was if I was laying on a very narrow cross. When Donnie entered I had tears running out of my eyes out of fear and he just held my hand and said everything was going to be alright.
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| Holding Daddy's Hand |
He was finally here! When they first brought Dylan to me he wasn't crying anymore but just kept opening up his sweet mouth and looking at me with his blue eyes. Donnie went with Dylan to the nursery while the doctors finished rinsing me off and sewing me up. It really was a surreal experience. My doctor said that all of my organs looked very clean and nice and she complemented me how healthy they looked... so an advantage of a c section- free internal check-up of your organs :)
After I was sewed up they wheeled me off to the recovery room where they brought Dylan to me so I could breast feed him for the first time. It was such an amazing feeling. Once I was in my room for the remainder of the stay our friends Sarah and Anthony and my mom were there to greet our son. Although the c section was not planned and I know recovery has been much harder I am so grateful that our baby boy is here with us and he is a healthy baby boy.
Holding him in my arms was/is such a great feeling.
I still can't believe that this amazing boy was in me for over 9 months.
We remained in the hospital until Friday but I will talk about that in my recovery post. I hope you enjoyed Dylan's birth story.
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