Emma Christine

hellogoodbye2 · May 2016

Emma's Birth Story (5/22/16). I was induced at 41w for being overdue.

4:30am - inserted the foley bulb with ease. Almost 1.5cm & 60% effaced.

5:00am - started me off on lowest dose of Pitocin (1).

8:00am - Foley bulb fell out. 3cm.

11:00am - Nurse thinks my water broke. I'm at 4cm. But the doctor came in and said no, not broken yet. She broke my water, so much gushing! I had internal monitors put in since Emma was moving all over the place.

** contractions come fast and hard. I rocked on the ball while my husband massaged/counter pressured my back. Contractions every 2-3 minutes. I threw up a couple times. Pit never went over a 5.

12:30pm - I asked for the epi and after screaming for it it was finally administer at 2:00pm. Sucked to have contractions through it, but it was placed within 10 minutes. I was now 7cm.

** epi immediately did its job and I could still move my legs well. I felt tightening in my upper belly, but that was it.

** After about 30 minutes I was feeling lots of pressure in my vag area that hurt! Then came the butt pressure that was even worse. "I AM going to poop" was said many times. I thought my ass was going to fall off.

2:30pm - checked and at 9cm. I had to push, but of course they told me not to. With every subsequent contraction I felt my body pushing more and more. I was in so much pain. Checked and at 10cm and +1 station. Checked after next contraction and I was crowning. Doctor was 6 minutes away still!

3:00pm - Doctor finally shows up and I pushed for about 15 minutes, but I was almost hyperventilating after each contraction. I said "I don't know if I can do this" several times. It was so painful and it was difficult for me to push correctly until I gave it my all the last 2 contractions.

3:15pm - she's born! Immediate skin-to-skin for an hour or so. I had a small "skid mark" tear that was stitched up (I could feel that too!). She was 8lbs5oz & 19" long. She breastfed right away on both sides! Loves to snuggle.

Labor was much faster and much more fierce than with my first, but I'm feeling great today and we should be leaving the hospital tomorrow morning :-)