Post by tjanca22 on Jun 7, 2015 19:36:11 GMT -5
Thursday I had my 39w appt at my doctor's office. Everything looked good, she had checked me and I was around 1.5cm and almost paper thin. She told me that we'd schedule an induction for Thursday 6.11 if I went overdue (EDD was 6.8). Went to the restroom before leaving and saw what was most likely my MP but didn't think much of it as I assumed it was from just being checked.
Got home by noon and started to feel random contractions all afternoon, but nothing timetable. DH got home from work and we went shopping at Home Depot to pick up a few things that DH wanted to fix around the house. Got home by 8 and jumped in the hot tub, which felt amazing. By 9pm, I was having regular contractions but nothing I couldn't handle. Walking and swaying really helped. By midnight contractions were 4-5 mins apart and lasting around 1:30 each time. We decided to call the doc and she told us to come in. I was worried they were going to make me go home and tell me to labor more there since the last I knew I was still at 1.5cm.
We got settled into our room around 1am, nurse checked me and I was at 3.5cm and completely effaced. She called the resident and said I could get an epidural (which I did at that point) and after they would break my water.
Epidural felt good, but I was still surprised that I could still feel most of what was going on, just not quite as painful. OB and resident came in at 3:30 and broke my water, at this point I was about 7cm. They left and said that they'd come check on me in about 2 hours, but keep them posted if anything changed. They walked out into the hallway and I turn to DH and told him that I really needed to push, like right now. No one really believed me and they said, "the pressure is normal, just breath through it." I replied, "no, I'm serious, it feels like there's a head right there." Nurse grabbed the OB and doc from the hallway and sure enough I was ready to push"
After 4 rounds of pushing and 12 mins later, DH told me it was a boy and they put him on my chest! He was perfect, tiny, wrinkly and the best thing to ever happen to us! Sorry this was long winded, but here's a few pics of Everett to enjoy!
I also want to say a quick thank you to all of you lovely ladies on here for the great support you show each day!
Got home by noon and started to feel random contractions all afternoon, but nothing timetable. DH got home from work and we went shopping at Home Depot to pick up a few things that DH wanted to fix around the house. Got home by 8 and jumped in the hot tub, which felt amazing. By 9pm, I was having regular contractions but nothing I couldn't handle. Walking and swaying really helped. By midnight contractions were 4-5 mins apart and lasting around 1:30 each time. We decided to call the doc and she told us to come in. I was worried they were going to make me go home and tell me to labor more there since the last I knew I was still at 1.5cm.
We got settled into our room around 1am, nurse checked me and I was at 3.5cm and completely effaced. She called the resident and said I could get an epidural (which I did at that point) and after they would break my water.
Epidural felt good, but I was still surprised that I could still feel most of what was going on, just not quite as painful. OB and resident came in at 3:30 and broke my water, at this point I was about 7cm. They left and said that they'd come check on me in about 2 hours, but keep them posted if anything changed. They walked out into the hallway and I turn to DH and told him that I really needed to push, like right now. No one really believed me and they said, "the pressure is normal, just breath through it." I replied, "no, I'm serious, it feels like there's a head right there." Nurse grabbed the OB and doc from the hallway and sure enough I was ready to push"
After 4 rounds of pushing and 12 mins later, DH told me it was a boy and they put him on my chest! He was perfect, tiny, wrinkly and the best thing to ever happen to us! Sorry this was long winded, but here's a few pics of Everett to enjoy!
I also want to say a quick thank you to all of you lovely ladies on here for the great support you show each day!
