The saying goes "better late than never" or "the early bird catches the worm". Well in your case, you didn't catch a worm. Of course you would have eventually come so the "never" part wouldn't ring true, but you were late. I did not want to have to force you to come out of me. We have discovered you are a stubborn baby. We ended up having to induce on October 14th, a week past your due date. The week prior, I kept thinking you were going to come. Each day I would wake up saying "today is the day". I would sit in anticipation. By the end of the week, I knew that you were going to wait until the 14th. We had two doctors appointments the week in between your due date and the 14th. Dr. Gilliam was off that week, so we saw Patricia Collins (another doctor). She was really nice. They did an ultrasound both times. One time it was because your heartbeat decreased when they did the NST. Both results were fine showing you happy as can be smushed all inside me. :) The first appointment on the 7th, I was 1 cm dilated. The second appointment on that Thursday, I was 1.5 cm dilated. Your Pop got all excited thinking that maybe you would be born on his birthday, the 12th. I probably should've asked to be induced on that date. It would've been special for you two to celebrate birthdays together.
We had to check into the hospital at midnight on the 14th. Sunday night before checking into the hospital, I waited until as late as I possibly could stand to eat dinner. I had Krystals. I wanted something that would fill me up as I knew it would be the last time I would eat before I had you. Why Krystals? No idea. I was just craving it. We stayed up that night. By 10, I was exhausted. I was so anxious of what was going to happen. I could tell Weston was getting nervous too. We drove over to Hsv Hospital. They checked us into our delivery room. Then they hooked me up to an iv and started the pitocin. They also gave me an ambien. It totally knocked me out. Weston said that I was snoring! You know I am knocked out if I snore. Dr. Gilliam came in at 7 and broke my water. Then we waited. Pop and Gigi came to join us for the waiting game. I think we all got impatient by the end. The contractions were surprisingly tolerable. Immediately after she broke my water, I could feel them. Each time they would come in to check me, they would ask my pain level. It would rise every time, but it always was mid level. At 11:45 they checked me, I was 3.5 cm. The pain was pretty bad at this point. I wanted to wait until 4cm though for the epidural. Don't ask me why. I just did. Sure enough, I waited. At 1:30, I got the epidural. Wow! It was amazing!!!!! I probably should've had it sooner. The doctors and nurses said it was the best epidural they have ever seen. I still had function of my legs and waist, but I could not feel a thing! It is exactly what they wanted. After that, the contractions were easy peasy. I couldn't feel them at all. It went from a 10 pain level to basically a 0. When my epidural happened, I guess I relaxed, and at that point my dilation sped up. Dr. Gilliam said later that she was glad that happened. I was progressing so slow in the beginning that she had thought that I might have to have a c-section. At 3:45, I was 6.5-7 cm dilated, 90% effaced, and neg 1 station (babies head in proportion to the pelvis). At 5:03, I was 10cm, pos 1, and 100% effaced. I was ready to go. The problem was that Dr. Gilliam wasn't ready. She was in surgery with a c-section. Apparently everyone was at Hsv Hospital that day having a baby. Six other labors were in the process at the same time as me. Dr. Gilliam came in the room and said that I was in a contest with the room next to me. I had a better epidural than her, but she ended up winning the contest having her baby before me. Dr. Gilliam brought in Dr. Raiford to let me know that Dr. Raiford would deliver me if Dr. Gilliam was in surgery still. After they left, the nurse that was with me started me pushing. Weston held one leg. A girl who was in college and was at the hospital doing a rotation held the other leg. She was really sweet. She was excited to experience this with me. The nurse let me decide when to push as I could feel contractions. I pushed for about 30 minutes. Finally she decided to call in Raiford to do a episiotomy. Raiford came in with a team of people. We had so many people in the room now that I had never seen before. At that point everything was pretty fast. I pushed two more times and all of the sudden felt this pressure. Next thing I know, a baby was there! They wrapped you up some and immediately put you on me to have some skin to skin. I started bawling looking at you. Meanwhile, Raiford was stitching me up. She did for awhile. I was losing a lot of blood. They ended up having to give me something that slows down my blood flow. It was kinda scary for a minute there. You were a big boy. You were born at 6:38 weighing 8 lb 10 oz and 20 inches long. After the stitching was done, I ended up being told to get up and go to the bathroom. I was still losing a lot of blood. While I was in the bathroom, they gave you a bath and did all your tests. We ended up staying in the delivery room for several reasons until 10! My parents finally came in to see me. They couldn't figure out what was taking so long. We finally got moved up to the second floor. The one thing I kept talking about during labor was how hungry I was. Remember I ate at 7 on Sunday. Well it was 10 pm on Monday and I still had nothing to eat. So, when we got up to the room, my parents went to McDonalds. I scarfed down a burger and fries. I don't even know if I tasted it. :)
I will create a new post about the hospital stay.
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