Post by snowyowl on Mar 1, 2018 17:50:24 GMT -6
Never did one of these, probably because it wasn’t an overly exciting process 😛 But that’s a good thing!
I checked in for my induction on Tuesday night when they determined I wasn’t dilated much and would need some interventions. That ended up just being a Foley bulb, no cervadil because the doctor felt just the bulb would do it. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t horribly uncomfortable, and it only took a couple hours.
DH and I watched a few episodes of random sitcom reruns and then he went home. The whole time I was apparently having small contractions every few minutes, but I didn’t feel anything.
I was woken up early and hooked up to pitocin and saline. Still didn’t really feel my contractions, just occasionally. It took around 6 hours for the baby to come down far enough to break my water safely.
My nurse warned me that once the water breaks, contractions tend to get intense fast and the epidural could be delayed depending on how busy they are. Once my water broke it got rather painful right away so I asked for the epi pretty much immediately.
With DS1 the epi numbed me totally. This time I still felt crampy and had a lot of pelvic pressure that got painful with each contraction. It was definitely bearable compared to before, but I was really nervous I would be able to feel a lot during the actual delivery.
Around 4 the nurse decided it was probably time to push, and my OB came in, agreed, and got herself set up. It was maybe 15 minutes of pushing through three or four contractions.
The epi ended up being at the perfect level because I could feel pressure and when to push, but there was no serious pain. They took DS and cleaned him off and let him hang out under the heater until I was stitched up (2nd degree tear right along where I had my tear from last time). DH was with him, then they brought him over for snuggles and he latched fairly quickly and easily.
We opted to only stay one night after the birth even though we could stay two. I didn’t realize that meant that the blood tests, hearing, etc. all had to happen after 24 hours post birth and before we got discharged. Poor baby was pretty worked up at certain points and we didn’t leave until around 10pm after fitting everything into only a few hours.
It was nice to be home because those hospital beds are so uncomfortable, but I think it was too much to jam into a short amount of time. I would have done it differently had I realized. I think they were pretty short of beds and happy to scoot us out the door since we were all healthy.
DS2 was a big guy at 9lbs, 1oz and 21 1/2 inches. He is a big fan of eating constantly and sleeping briefly.
I checked in for my induction on Tuesday night when they determined I wasn’t dilated much and would need some interventions. That ended up just being a Foley bulb, no cervadil because the doctor felt just the bulb would do it. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t horribly uncomfortable, and it only took a couple hours.
DH and I watched a few episodes of random sitcom reruns and then he went home. The whole time I was apparently having small contractions every few minutes, but I didn’t feel anything.
I was woken up early and hooked up to pitocin and saline. Still didn’t really feel my contractions, just occasionally. It took around 6 hours for the baby to come down far enough to break my water safely.
My nurse warned me that once the water breaks, contractions tend to get intense fast and the epidural could be delayed depending on how busy they are. Once my water broke it got rather painful right away so I asked for the epi pretty much immediately.
With DS1 the epi numbed me totally. This time I still felt crampy and had a lot of pelvic pressure that got painful with each contraction. It was definitely bearable compared to before, but I was really nervous I would be able to feel a lot during the actual delivery.
Around 4 the nurse decided it was probably time to push, and my OB came in, agreed, and got herself set up. It was maybe 15 minutes of pushing through three or four contractions.
The epi ended up being at the perfect level because I could feel pressure and when to push, but there was no serious pain. They took DS and cleaned him off and let him hang out under the heater until I was stitched up (2nd degree tear right along where I had my tear from last time). DH was with him, then they brought him over for snuggles and he latched fairly quickly and easily.
We opted to only stay one night after the birth even though we could stay two. I didn’t realize that meant that the blood tests, hearing, etc. all had to happen after 24 hours post birth and before we got discharged. Poor baby was pretty worked up at certain points and we didn’t leave until around 10pm after fitting everything into only a few hours.
It was nice to be home because those hospital beds are so uncomfortable, but I think it was too much to jam into a short amount of time. I would have done it differently had I realized. I think they were pretty short of beds and happy to scoot us out the door since we were all healthy.
DS2 was a big guy at 9lbs, 1oz and 21 1/2 inches. He is a big fan of eating constantly and sleeping briefly.
