We had an appointment at St.Ann's to be induced at 5am on Monday, March 8. We woke up at 3:30 excited and nervous and everything. We knew things would never be the same after that day!! Once we were there and checked in they started me on fluids. I was still only dilated to 1cm so they were trying to decide the next step. I had apparently been contacting almost every 2 minutes and didn't even know it. They ended up coming in and breaking my water. Let me tell you... that felt weird!! It didn't hurt, just very weird! Once they broke my water the contractions hit and hit hard!
Around 9:30 I was around 3cm I got an epidural. It wasn't as bad as I thought. Once that kicked in, I couldn't feel my right side at all!! My left side wasn't as bad. Around 11:30 my Aunt and Uncle were visiting and I starting getting horrible back pain and I could feel all the contractions on my left side. They had me lay on that side to move the medicine to that side. That didn't work. They had to call the med guy and give me another boost of the epidural. It finally kicked in and I was feeling better. From there, things progressed very quickly!
By 2:30 I was already 10cm and they wanted me to start pushing. I kinda freaked out a little! I couldn't believe it was time!! I did really well pushing at first. They figured I would deliver within the hour. Little did they know, my body didn't want to cooperate. About an hour or so into pushing, I started feeling EVERYTHING. My epidural wore off again on both sides. I couldn't believe it. I started crying and telling them I needed something for the pain. I can't explain how painful it was!!
I was totally not mentally prepared for this by any means. After 2hrs of pushing my Dr came in and said the only way to get rid of the pain was to deliver. I couldn't believe I was about to deliver without any meds. They called the med man back in and tried to give me another boost of epidural and another med to hopefully make me not feel as much. NOPE, my body didn't respond to any of those drugs. They got forceps out and said we have to deliver him now. It was the worst pain I've ever had!!
After about 10 minutes my baby boy was here. He was so perfect to me... even with his little cone head:) I couldn't believe he was here. He had a great set of lungs that's for sure. Recovery has been very very hard for me. I had a second degree episiotomy and another separate tear. The second day in the hospital I started getting extremely nauseous, so they ordered me a shot to help control it... but like the day before no meds helped me. So not only was I in pain I was super sick to my stomach. It is a very slow recovery and delivery I didn't expect, but he is worth it!! Here are some pics of our little man to enjoy!
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