August 27, 2008
We had been at the hospital the entire night before, we checked in at 10:30pm. They inserted (?) the Cervadil and hooked me up to the fetal monitor. The nurse asked if I wanted a sleeping pill, "No I said." Whew, wish I would have, don't think I slept the whole night. I kept waking up every time I would move because the fetal monitor heartbeat would stop.
About 7 am the Dr came in and started the Pitocin and broke my water. The contractions weren't bad until about 11 am. Then, they started to hurt. (For those of you who didn't have an epidural, I do not envy you. :)
I wasn't dilated enough for the epidural until 1, but they gave me something and I felt much better. People filtered in an out, my sister, God bless her, made sure the nurses were in to check on me and made sure I wasn't in pain.
Once I had the epidural, life was great. I took a nap, and the nurse woke me up to check my dilation around 3:30. I was almost to 10, so she sent everyone out and called for the doctor.
I started pushing a little after 4 and around 4:25, my sweet boy was here!! : )
We had an ABO Incompatibility, so they kept a close eye on his Bilirubin level, and we thought we weren't going to get to go home, but luckily we did!
Best day of my life thus far! : ) Mommy loves you Archer!!
3 comments:
Happy Birthday Archer! i can't believe our kiddos are already 1. time sure does fly.
Happy birthday handsome!
Brinley was also born at 4:25pm. I will never forget it, I was pushing and the nurses where watching Ellen(the talk show) between pushes, lol.
Aww, I'm a day late :( Happy Birthday Archer! What a sweet story. I don't envy anyone who didn't have an epi either LOL
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