February 2013 Moms
WinterBenson
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Harper is here!
WinterBenson
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Hey ladies!
I'm currently sitting in my hospital room, post delivery, trying to work up the courage to go pee. Harper is actually in the nicu for the night, for low apgar because she wasn't breathing very well after delivery and she has some kind of infection. She is now getting antibiotics.
We came in to the hospital the morning of the 28th for induction. They hooked me up to the pitocin at about 8 or so, and checked me a little later, saying I was only at a 23. It took a long time for my cramping to get anywhere. By 11 they checked me and I was no more dilated, but had effaced more.
My pain was getting bad by 12 so I asked for something. I got some morphine. I got in the shower at 12:30. The morphine made me really tired. I was surprised I was not sick from it. I stayed in the shower for a little over an hour.
The nurse who covered for my normal nurse was quite something. I was getting DH I spray my lower back with hot hot hot water, it couldn't even get hot enough for me. Anyway, my skin turned red obviously. She came in and was like "you're burning her!" I tried to tell her that it was fine, but she kept insisting that he was burning me and was going to write up an incident report on us. She also kept demanding that I stand up so she could fix my monitor. I couldn't stand if I tried half the time, so I just kinda ignored her until I could, and then helped her fix the monitors. I wanted the epi but I wanted to wait till she left, because she was not a nice lady. Big mistake.
I said to DH while in the shower, "I'm gonna pee a little" and thought I did. Apparently it was my water. After that the contractions got way stronger and I felt like I needed to push. I pushed out a few globs of blood or something, and made my way back to the bed.
They checked me and said they were gonna break my water. At 1:45 I was at 9 cm and they couldn't find my membranes. I kept feeling the need to push. I said I wanted the epi. They tried to convince me otherwise but I wanted it. But they said I needed to sit still for 15 minutes and I couldn't. I had to push.
So they called the anesthetist and he came in but we could already see the head. I got fentanyl for pain relief and it worked great. I pushed for 2 hours or so, and they said she was sunny side up. They had me control my pushes, and she turned on her own on the way out.
She wasn't breathing so well, so I didn't get my delayed cord clamping, but DH cut the cord. He actually did awesome the whole time. Held my leg, and watched her come out. We all thought he might be a fainter. He proved us all wrong. After they took her to the nicu he got a little faint but he hasn't eaten all day so that's totally understandable.
She breathed ok after a little help and had a massive poop before they weighed her, and we got a bit of skin to skin before they took her.
She weighed in at 6 lb 7 oz. I have no idea how long she is, I haven't had much time with her yet. She isn't feeding well, she has no interest in sucking. I had to give her some formula to keep her sugar up. The nurse came and got her at 10 or so this evening and said she has an infection and needs to have IV antibiotics. I'm not sure really what's going on. I'm just gonna play it by ear I guess.
I'm recovering well, I had a lot of bleeding at first but it's better now. I had a couple 2 degree tears and it hurt worse than anything to have them repaired. They gave me laughing gas and fentanyl and froze it and it was ok after that.
I'm just trying to get my pee out without it killing me. I know I need to but it's really painful!
That's about it so far, I will post a picture of her when we get home, I don't know if I can do it from the iPhone or iPad. She is so beautiful! I can't wait to actually get some time with her!
Thanks for all of your encouragement these past 9 months ladies!
I'm currently sitting in my hospital room, post delivery, trying to work up the courage to go pee. Harper is actually in the nicu for the night, for low apgar because she wasn't breathing very well after delivery and she has some kind of infection. She is now getting antibiotics.
We came in to the hospital the morning of the 28th for induction. They hooked me up to the pitocin at about 8 or so, and checked me a little later, saying I was only at a 23. It took a long time for my cramping to get anywhere. By 11 they checked me and I was no more dilated, but had effaced more.
My pain was getting bad by 12 so I asked for something. I got some morphine. I got in the shower at 12:30. The morphine made me really tired. I was surprised I was not sick from it. I stayed in the shower for a little over an hour.
The nurse who covered for my normal nurse was quite something. I was getting DH I spray my lower back with hot hot hot water, it couldn't even get hot enough for me. Anyway, my skin turned red obviously. She came in and was like "you're burning her!" I tried to tell her that it was fine, but she kept insisting that he was burning me and was going to write up an incident report on us. She also kept demanding that I stand up so she could fix my monitor. I couldn't stand if I tried half the time, so I just kinda ignored her until I could, and then helped her fix the monitors. I wanted the epi but I wanted to wait till she left, because she was not a nice lady. Big mistake.
I said to DH while in the shower, "I'm gonna pee a little" and thought I did. Apparently it was my water. After that the contractions got way stronger and I felt like I needed to push. I pushed out a few globs of blood or something, and made my way back to the bed.
They checked me and said they were gonna break my water. At 1:45 I was at 9 cm and they couldn't find my membranes. I kept feeling the need to push. I said I wanted the epi. They tried to convince me otherwise but I wanted it. But they said I needed to sit still for 15 minutes and I couldn't. I had to push.
So they called the anesthetist and he came in but we could already see the head. I got fentanyl for pain relief and it worked great. I pushed for 2 hours or so, and they said she was sunny side up. They had me control my pushes, and she turned on her own on the way out.
She wasn't breathing so well, so I didn't get my delayed cord clamping, but DH cut the cord. He actually did awesome the whole time. Held my leg, and watched her come out. We all thought he might be a fainter. He proved us all wrong. After they took her to the nicu he got a little faint but he hasn't eaten all day so that's totally understandable.
She breathed ok after a little help and had a massive poop before they weighed her, and we got a bit of skin to skin before they took her.
She weighed in at 6 lb 7 oz. I have no idea how long she is, I haven't had much time with her yet. She isn't feeding well, she has no interest in sucking. I had to give her some formula to keep her sugar up. The nurse came and got her at 10 or so this evening and said she has an infection and needs to have IV antibiotics. I'm not sure really what's going on. I'm just gonna play it by ear I guess.
I'm recovering well, I had a lot of bleeding at first but it's better now. I had a couple 2 degree tears and it hurt worse than anything to have them repaired. They gave me laughing gas and fentanyl and froze it and it was ok after that.
I'm just trying to get my pee out without it killing me. I know I need to but it's really painful!
That's about it so far, I will post a picture of her when we get home, I don't know if I can do it from the iPhone or iPad. She is so beautiful! I can't wait to actually get some time with her!
Thanks for all of your encouragement these past 9 months ladies!
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Re: Harper is here!
Aw, congratulations!! Hope she gets to join you soon. Use your peri bottle to squirt water down there while you pee.
Congratulations on your baby... hope she's in your arms soon, happy and healthy!
First round of Clomid in May 2012= BFP #1, DD born January 2013
BFP #2 in January 2014, DS born September 2014
Congrats on your sweet girl! I hope you guys have a fast recovery. Sorry that nurse completely sucked. Please update us on how she's doing when you can!
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Wow lady, what a birth story! I'm so happy your LO finally came. I hope your recovery goes well and LO feels better soon