In L&D

unc_pirate · June 2011

Just letting everyone know that I am at L&D. It's going to be a long road so please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

I woke up at 2:30am with a large pool of wetness in the bed, soaked pillow between my legs and wetness all down my legs. We called the midwife and she said yeah, it sounds like your water broke, call back when your contractions are 5min apart, for 1 hr and lasting for 1min each. Well, of course that never happened. at 3 we called the midwife again (a different one was on call) and she said to come in to the hospital. We got here about 4:30 and they hooked me up. My contractions were anywhere from 6-10min apart and not painful at all. The m/w checked me and said no, your water didn't break. (which I think is total b/s b/c I know that wasn't pee in the bed since I immediately got up and peed and it didn't smell like urine). So then she had the OB resident come and do an u's and they checked my amniotic fluid. Normal is 5-20. In one spot I was a 2 and in another spot I was a 4. So the m/w said you aren't going anywhere. We're admitting you and we're going to put in foli bubble - which is like a bubble on the end of a catheter that they put in my cervix to make it dilate to 3cm. When she checked although my cervix was soft it was still long and closed. So they did that at 6pm and will be starting me on pitocin about 6:30 in the morning. As soon as they put in the foli my contractions got stronger and more frequent, although eventually they stopped being so strong. although they're about 3-5 min apart, just not strong like they need to be. I'm getting ready to go to sleep (hopefully). Please pray that a miracle happens overnight because I really, really do NOT want pitocin and I want to do this as naturally as possible.

becki777 · June 2011

Lots of thoughts & prayers sent your way, but remember that no matter what happens you will get to hold you LO in your arms!

crescentmoon99 · June 2011

Hope things pick up for you soon! Sending lots of labor vibes your way!

BackthePack · June 2011

Prayers for a safe & healthy delivery! Hopefully it will be quick!

erin_aaronsbaby · June 2011

Sending prayers and labor dust your way. The doc gave me a foli cath with DS1 - I hope it works for you so you don't have to have pitocin!

laceysmom82 · June 2011

Lots of thoughts and prayers for a quick and safe delivery! Keep us posted!!

akspriss · June 2011

lots of thoughts and prayers for you! i hope u are able to avoid pitocin but like becki said just remember that the most important part is holding a healthy baby!

markyslove · June 2011

Thinking of you!

NatPhoto09 · June 2011

I hope things go as natural as possible. In the end all that matters is a healthy baby and mama!

unc_pirate · June 2011

Update at 11:30am Thursday

I was able to get about 4 hours of sleep last night. The foley bulb came out this morning, which means I was at least 3 cm dilated at that time. They put me on pitocin at 6:15, starting at a level 2 and it's been upped about every 1/2 hour and I'm now at a level 20. I'm having contractions about every 3-4 minutes though not strong enough to make me uncomfortable. They won't check my cervix until I am "uncomfortable." In the meantime my doula arrived, and we have done some yoga, walked a few times, done some acupressure and just hung out.

Thanks for your positive thoughts!