Post by valigrl21 on Jul 26, 2015 6:02:20 GMT -5
Since DD#3 is napping on me, I might as well write this out while its fresh in my memory. For the past few weeks, contractions have been coming and going so I didn't think much of them last night.
I woke up around 3:30 because DD#2 was crying. When I came back to bed, I noticed I was having contractions. I hoped I could go back to sleep and they would go away. No such luck... I got out of bed about an hour later thinking I could have some water and breakfast and maybe they would go away. At one point they slowed down a little so I thought maybe today wasn't the day for her to be born.
But around 7 they were coming regularly and were getting more intense. My parents picked my kids up to take them to their house.
We got to the hospital about 8:30. Contractions were 3-4 minutes apart. While sitting in triage I told DH, I don't want to do this without an epidural because contractions hurt worse than I remember. Especially this "early" on.
I finally got checked. I was a 7 or an 8. Thank goodness!! I knew I was going med free then because I still wasn't even in a room - there wasn't time for an epi even if I wanted one.
Things get blurry from there on out. They wheeled me to a private room. Somehow I got from one bed to another. My water broke as I transferred beds. Then I said I needed to push. They did a quick check and said go for it. I pushed through 2 or 3 contractions and she was out!
There was no time to even start the GBS+ antibiotic so we will stay an extra day to be monitored but so far she's doing great. She's tiny!! I quickly forget how tiny newborns are!
