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Audrey has arrived! Birth story...

sarag0116sarag0116 member
in February 2011 Moms

Audrey Jillian has arrived via induction turned c-section on 2/3/11 at 2:49 pm, weighing 6 lbs 6 oz and 18.5 inches long.  She is amazing... I'm just in awe.  Healthy, 9's on APGAR, breastfeeding well, and beautiful.  She likes to hold my hand :)

Birth Story:

Went in for scheduled induction 2/2/11.  Started with Cervadil for 12 hours.  It hurt somewhat going in, but once in place, it was fine.  That morning, it was taken out (that hurt b/c the string was wayyy up there) and my cervix was checked.  At best 50% effaced and fingertip dilated.  Started Pitocin and was having contractions 2-3 min apart of decent intensity.   They hurt, but nothing I couldn't handle.  They upped the dosage every 15 minutes, but oddly, the more I got, the weaker my contractions became.  OB came in after about 2 hours on Pitocin and there was no progress... and she could not break my water.  Went another 2 hours later and still no progress.

She knew that this baby just wasn't going to come out.  My pelvis is too narrow and I didn't want to risk her getting stuck, so we agreed to a c-section.

I took a short nap while family and DH ate lunch and around 2 pm was rolled into OR.  Got the spinal there which ALMOST sent me to a panic attack b/c not feeling my lower half freaked me out.  DH was amazing and encouraging.  C-section went perfectly, only made me a little nauseated which I was treated for.  Saw my LO for a couple quick seconds then went to recovery for 2 hours while DH & LO got examined and tested.  Then I got to go to postpartum room.  We have been breastfeeding well, she is alert, and wonderful.  She knows my voice and likes to grab my hand.

So far, I am shocked how great I feel considering my c-section was a mere few hours ago.  I pray that I feel this good tomorrow!

Good luck to everyone & thanks for reading!

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