Post by shahoi on Jun 10, 2015 20:01:52 GMT -5
Last Friday evening, I started having painful contractions. I wasn't having to breathe through them quite yet, but knew that they were much different than the BH that I'd been having for quite some time. I spent all weekend timing contractions. ALL WEEKEND. Fast forward to Sunday night - I went to bed around 10 and my contractions were roughly 10 or so minutes apart. They were incredibly intense, and I was getting increasingly anxious and upset, because they had intensified like crazy, but were not getting any closer together. It just felt never-ending. I got out of bed sometime around 2 am to take a warm bath, hoping it would help. After the bath I spent some time on the birthing ball and finally tried to get some rest in the recliner with the heating pad on my low back. DH left for work around 6am, and at 7:30am, I got in the shower. I had 3 contractions while in the shower, and 1 as soon as I got out. I starting timing them again, and finally they were under the magic "5 minute" mark. About that time, DH called to check on me, and decided to head back to the house. He works 45 min from the house, and then we live 45 min away from the hospital, both in opposite directions. He made it home in record time, we finished up getting things together, and to L&D we went!
We arrived at around 10:45 or so and I was a 4 and 90%. They admitted me and broke my water. Within the next couple hours I had progressed to a 7 and got my epidural. It took another hour to dilate to an 8. My contractions started to slow way down, and I was stuck at an 8 for 3 or 4 hours. They decided to give me a small amount of pitocin to see if it would help me progress. It worked, and within 30 min, I was complete. I pushed for 15 minutes and she was here! They laid her on my chest as they cleaned her up and DH and I were both extremely emotional. It was the greatest moment of my life. I'm so in love with this precious baby girl!
We arrived at around 10:45 or so and I was a 4 and 90%. They admitted me and broke my water. Within the next couple hours I had progressed to a 7 and got my epidural. It took another hour to dilate to an 8. My contractions started to slow way down, and I was stuck at an 8 for 3 or 4 hours. They decided to give me a small amount of pitocin to see if it would help me progress. It worked, and within 30 min, I was complete. I pushed for 15 minutes and she was here! They laid her on my chest as they cleaned her up and DH and I were both extremely emotional. It was the greatest moment of my life. I'm so in love with this precious baby girl!
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