On Thursday I went to the doctor and was 4 days over due. My mom was having to leave on Monday so I scheduled an induction for Friday morning and had the doc strip my membranes. I really prayed that I could avoid an induction and go into labor on my own. Dr. told me I was almost 4 cm. dilated and about 80% thinned out. This sounds really promising, but I'd been dilated since 36 weeks with nothing to show for it! I left the office around 12:15 and went home for lunch. Because the baby was coming the next day, I ran around and did all the laundry, picked up the house and put some toys downstairs in the basement to help reduce messes. After the kids woke up from nap we watched a movie. And I felt a contraction!!! This was around 5pm. By 6pm they were starting to come regularly and I was pretty sure I was in labor. I got a shower and then called the doctor. He said to call him back in about an hour to let him know how things were progressing. By about 8 (a 1/2 hour later) I was having very, very painful contractions with shaking and knew I'd better get to the hospital soon! Shaking is a sign of transition and normally that part of labor goes very quickly for me. Dan was out doing a couple errands, but we left as soon as he got back. The kids hugged me and prayed for me and I told them I loved them so much. It was freezing outside (the coldest night in 5 years) but I didn't even notice. I had to stop walking on the way to the car to get through a contraction and I could feel Dan shaking next to me as he held my hand. We got to the hospital at 8:30 and the triage nurse checked me and said, "what do you think you're at?" I couldn't answer because I was having a massive contraction and just wanted her to leave me alone. She told me I was at 8, almost 9 cm and that my water was "bulging". She asked if I could walk to the room or if I wanted her to just wheel the bed I was on there. There was no way I was going to walk if I could avoid it and asked her if I could stay in the bed. She agreed, but said in turn I had to promise not to push the baby out in the hallway. They had the doctor come pretty quickly after I got into the room. He was just finishing up delivering another baby down the hall so it worked out perfectly. I was complete except for a stubborn lip and he informed me that the baby was facing up. That made me want to cry and I said, "oh no!" He asked if I'd had another baby like that and I didn't answer, but told him I knew that made delivery hurt worse. Landon had also been face up at first and pushing him out had been intense. I pushed a few times...well, it was actually more like exhaling really strongly to help her turn and my water broke. I started to get frustrated because my other babes had come with 1-3 pushes and this pain seemed to be lasting forever! I complained that the contractions weren't long enough for me to push enough. LOL. Because she was not quite face down yet and I was sick of pushing (after like 4 times) the doc had me turn over and get on my knees to give her some more room. We put up the back of the bed and I leaned against that for support. On the next contraction I was able to push her out!!! But WOW...it hurt! I started yelling for someone to help me and the nurse whispered in my ear that they were helping me. hmm....I didn't agree. It was still hurting sooooo bad and I yelled, "why does it still hurt!!!!???" So the nurse whispered that I had to push the rest of her out. Well, I had thought she was all the way out so I got back to business and pushed and felt that amazing relief you get when that babe slides out. She cried right away and they handed her to me. Dan whispered that she was a girl and I held her. And of course, I fell in love. She had a lot of junk in her nose from delivery and they just let me hold her while she cried to clear it out. I tried to nurse her, but the mucus in her nose was making it hard. Finally, it was breaking my heart too much and I asked them to suction her. They did and weighed her in at 8 lbs. 1 1/2 ounces. and 21 inches long.
Welcome to the world baby girl!!!
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