My induction was scheduled for 6am, we checked in about 5:45 and were admitted to the largest birthing suite at the St. Cloud hospital. It is insane and we didn't want to leave! It is a corner room with 2 full walls of floor to ceiling windows. There was so much space. They do this for people who want to make this a family experience- the Eystads did not :)
7am: They got me admitted and I was receiving pitocen by 7am. It was different to just wait for the contractions to start versus with Emma when my water broke and it was 'go' time. I was dilated to a 'stretchy 4' which they said was a good thing that my cervix was so soft.
8:45 am- Dr. Marushin came in and broke my water. I was dilated to a 5 at this time
10am- the contractions were getting stronger and I received my epidural. My nurse, Carla, called the doctor to come check me since I was feeling a lot of pressure
10:13- Dilated to a 6 and released a lot of water when she checked me so they were sure things were going to start moving quickly.
12:17pm I was dilated to 7 and 80% effaced
1:11pm- dilated to 8 with lots of pressure. My nurse called my doctor to come over from the clinic and she got stuck in some road construction. She also called a doctor that is going through her residency but she was stuck in a c-section so we called the doctor on call. Good thing because this baby was coming and I was feeling a ton of pressure.
1:58pm- gave birth to a healthy baby. The official weight was 9 lbs 2.7 ounces but they rounded it up to 3. He is 20" long. They said my doctor was running down the hallways to get to me, she came in to watch me push 1-2x and catch him. She was suprised how fast things went since I went from an 8 to basically pushing in less than an hour. She also mentioned that she was very glad that we decided to induce because she didn't want to see how big he could have gotten. I believe my first words after he was born were "I am so glad that is over" and I probably repeated it 3-4x back to back, and then 20x throughout the night. I only pushed 3-4x but it was painful, even with the epidural.
3:27pm- still in recovery, extremely glad it was over. In lots of pain.
I began losing a lot of blood and this was a bit concerning, but everything was fine, they just wanted to watch it. Usually they try to get you out of the recovery room within 2 hours of delivery; however they didnt' end up moving us until about 5-5:30. While holding the baby I got very dizzy and had Corey take him, I was very sure I was going to pass out. Shortly after they were going to transfer me to a wheel chair to try and go to the bathroom and I had another dizzy spell. Therefore, they had me lay back down and hang out in the room for a bit longer. When they decided to transfer me, they actually just pushed me down the hallway in the bed. I snacked on a donut and muffin throughout the afternoon but hadn't had a meal.
When we moved in to our post-delivery room, baby boy got his first bath right inside the room. It was very neat and he did a great job. He also did a good job eating.
We ordered Pizza Ranch and ate dinner with Corey's mom and sister. Around 830 they let me try to get up, which I was able to do just fine. I am sure my body just needed a meal.
Denis and Lora came up around 830 to bring Corey a blanket (THANK YOU!) and so we got to hang out with them a bit. Then we hit the hay about 9:30pm. Bleeding became fine and I felt good as well.
Now today- the goal is to decide on a name, little guy will get his circumcision, and I want to get in the nice jetted tubs that they have.
No comments:
Post a Comment