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March 2011 Moms
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Aaron Lyman is here!--LONG! PsIP.
beeunit
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This is going to be long, so if you're in it for the pictures..skip to the bottom!
I updated on Tuesday with this post from L&D:
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/50893377.aspx
After I posted the contractions got worse. I couldn't stand during them anymore, so they checked me and decided I could get an epi but that I'd have to wait because they were in doing a c-section. They gave me a different medication (can't remember what it's called) through my IV to help with the pain. It did absolutely nothing. I layed in bed and worked through them as best I could, but it was bad. Had I not been induced, I think that maybe they would've been better...but I can't be sure. As I was in the middle of a contraction a nurse came in and said it'd be longer than they thought for the epi because there was an emergency c-section coming up..I thought I'd never make it. Luckily, my nurse was great and she convinced them to come to me first. I was really scared and cried the whole time they were in there..I didn't know what to expect. It wasn't bad at all. The numbing was the worst part, and I was able to sit still and not move for it. Once it was in, it was instant relief. I finally got the sleep I'd missed out on the night before from the external monitor drama I wrote about in the first post.
The next morning I woke up and they checked me and I was only at a 4. They talked about "failure to progress" and c-sections to me, but then my nurse told me to lay belly down in a bean bag to try to get things moving. I laid that way and fell asleep for about 2 hours. I got back up and laid flat again, and the monitors were going off saying his heart rate had dropped. I instantly had about 7 people at my side, and they realized the monitor came off of my leg and that's what caused it..while they were in there they checked me again, and I was at a 7! I was so happy to have escaped a c-section. Things started moving pretty quickly from there, all of a sudden I could feel the contractions on my right side again. They were really bad, and my nurse checked and said I was 10cm dilated so she was calling my doctor. I was at a 0 station so he wanted me to "labor down" for a little bit before pushing. My nurse had them pump another drug through my epi site because she wasn't sure how long the doctor would be, and I was on the verge of a breakdown with the contractions. It was relief for about an hour or so and I got some rest. Once the medication started wearing off, I could feel them again but not as bad. FINALLY, my doctor came and told me it was time to push. At 3:15 PM I began to push. After a few contractions they could see his head and decided to use the vacuum to help things along. I pushed until 3:49 PM, and Aaron made his appearance! He was 8lbs, 15oz (a french fry away from 9 lbs, as my nurse put it) and 20 inches long. He was a little pale so they told me they could run an IV or give him a few mL of formula. I went with the formula, and he pinked up right away.
I have a second degree tear, and aside from the actual stitching process, really haven't been bothered by it.
Breastfeeding has been extremely hard, but I think a lot of that has to do with the "help" I got from the hospital. My awesome nurse was off last night and today, so I was stuck with a few less than helpful nurses to help get me through. They did send a lactation consultant, and she was informative, but I still haven't been able to get him to latch properly. I just don't feel like he's getting enough from me, so I've been formula feeding. I feel bad and like a failure, but at least he's eating.
We came home today, and all is well. DH is such a good dad already. He was making me dinner tonight and looked into the living room at his baby and said "I'm just so happy"..with tears in his eyes. It was the best.
Oh...and if you read the initial link and were wondering about the girl next to me? She pushed for FOUR HOURS. I did learn though, that right as she began to push her military husband came through the door and saw her for the first time since she was 13 weeks pregnant. She was very emotional and so tired..no wonder it took her so long. But, her little boy is Aiden and he's here too :-)
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Re: Aaron Lyman is here!--LONG! PsIP.
Congratulations!
And have no fear, just because you are supplementing w/ formula until your milk comes in, it doesn't make you a bad parent. It also doesn't mean you won't be able to successfully breast feed. (says the girl who went through this EXACT same thing last week, and now LO is a BF champ!)
Find a good lactation consultant, and don't give up!