Post by cch on Feb 7, 2019 18:34:41 GMT -6
Alice entered the world today at 7:14am after a hectic labor and delivery. Had my 38 week checkup yesterday at 2:30. I was 3cm, 70% effaced and she was engaged at 0 station. Cervical checks always make me crampy and with my irritable uterus I was already very accustomed to having lots of contractions and knew to expect them to be worse for a good 24 hours after my check. By 9pm I was having very painful contractions and decided to go to bed in hopes they’d calm down. I wasn’t able to sleep much and after being in pain all night with contractions 5-7mins apart I decided to call the after hours line. The on call doctor told me it could be labor or just a false alarm due to the cervical check and told me it was up to me if I wanted to come in. This was around 3:30am and I decided better safe than sorry. We called a friend to come stay with DD and made it to the hospital just before 5am. I was still at 3cm when I was checked but in a lot of pain with each contraction and the nurse was pretty rough- I have a feeling she swept my membranes while she was down there. They checked me again at 6am and I was at 4cm so they admitted me and since I was in so much pain I told them to go ahead and order the epidural so I could get some rest before delivery. There was one woman in front of me at the time so they said it’d be about an hour but that we’d have plenty of time. I was a tad frustrated it’d take that long with how much pain I was in but knew there wasn’t much I could do so just tried my best to relax in between contractions which were coming every 2-3 minutes. I seriously felt like a different person during contractions and in between contractions. It was night and day. Felt so normal when I wasn’t having one but in SO MUCH pain during every contraction. I was moaning and groaning and truly in more pain than I’ve ever been in in my life. 7am rolled around and I was getting extremely antsy and begging for the anesthesiologist. They kept saying he was preparing meds and that’d it’d just be another couple minutes. At this point my moans and groans turned into screams and I felt SO much pressure and knew it was almost time. It was in that moment that I realized I would be delivering with no epidural. They checked me when they saw/heard how much pain I was in. This was at shift change so the new nurse came in to meet us (poor thing walking in when she did) and when she checked I was 9cm and my water still hadn’t broken. I felt extreme pressure and the urge to push right after she checked. I could not stop it... the anesthesiologist walked in and said he needed to ask some questions before starting. I answered maybe 3-4 questions through my insane contractions it could honestly not concentrate on anything besides the fact that I just KNEW she was about to come. I put my hand down there and told them she was coming. The nurses looked and realized I was literally trying to keep her in with my hand but also couldn’t stop my body from pushing. They immediately paged the doctor when they realized my water had just broken and baby girl was crowning. One nurse told the anesthesiologist he could leave because there obviously wasn’t time to get an epi and the other nurse helped me get into position for the doctor. I pushed maybe 2-3x on my own before the doctor walked in because my body couldn’t hold her in any longer and once they got my legs up and the doctor was in the room I pushed 3x and she was out. I’m still in so much shock that I birthed her with no pain meds whatsoever and feel like such a badass 💪🏻 It was a wild morning but she has just blown me away with how perfect she is! 8lbs 1oz and 20 1/4” long. Her APGAR was a 9 and she has been nursing like a champ. She does have a little tongue tie, DD had one in the same spot and nursing has been painful so we’ll likely have it revised next week but I’ll be sticking it out until then and hopefully won’t need a nipple shield since it should only be a few days. I’ve had a feeling I’d have her early since halfway through this pregnancy but it still feels unreal that she’s here! DD loved meeting her today and can’t wait for her to go home. Our little family is complete and our hearts couldn’t be more full ❤️
