At 41 weeks pregnant Monday Jan. 18 we were scheduled to induce at 4:30 a.m. Chris and I didn't sleep much because we were so excited. I woke at 2:45 with contractions 15 minutes apart, so we headed to the hospital about 3:45. The contractions weren't bad at that point, they just felt like mild cramps. We got checked in to the hospital by 4:50 and at this point the contractions were getting stronger and more painful. The nurse started me on an IV of fluids and on Pitocin to help make the contractions more productive. At this point I was still only 1 cm dilated. She recommended waiting until I was 3 cm to get the epidural. By 5:30 I was in a lot of pain, basically sobbing through the contractions which were very strong and very close together. My nurse got off at 7:00 a.m. and a new nurse came on then. Thank God for her..because when she saw how much pain I was in she said, "Honey you don't have to be a hero..go ahead and get the epidural."
By 7:30 a.m. I was not any more dilated. At this point I was in so much pain that I agreed and she ordered the pain meds. By 8:00 a.m. the epidural had kicked in and I felt SO MUCH BETTER. And I have to say that I was a bit worried about the pain of a needle in my back, but by that point I was hurting so bad that I didn't care about the epidural..I just wanted the pain to stop and it magically did. At 9:30 the doctor came in to check my progress...there was very little even though I was having contractions. A procedure I had a couple of years ago on my cervix caused a band of scar tissue on my cervix and was preventing me from dilating...even though I was very effaced and the contractions were strong.
My doctor broke my water and dilated me manually to 3 cm and told me she would be back that afternoon to deliver the baby. Unfortunately by 4:00 p.m. I was only 6 cm dilated, had a fever, had an allergic reaction of some sort...they think to the penicillin, and the baby was not responding well to the contractions....his heart beat kept slowing way down. At this point the doctor recommended a C-section, I agreed, and she left to prepare the OR. I cried.
They prepped me for surgery and wheeled me in quite quickly. I was shaking uncontrollably the whole time from the meds and kept my eyes closed until they let Chris in the room. I didn't feel any pain during the procedure. Five minutes or so after Chris arrived I heard William's sweet cry for the first time..I turned my head to look at Chris. He was crying and taking pictures and telling me he loved me and that William was ok. After he was checked out they brought him to me and I kissed him and told him I loved him..I couldn't wait to hold him. They wheeled me back to recovery where I was for about an hour and then took me up to the room where we would spend the next 3 days with our son.
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