ahare2009: Team Green turned Team Blue

ahare2009 · February 2014

I hope this story isn't too long, but there are a lot of details. Thursday morning at 40w4d I went in for an induction. The doctor gave me three doses of Cervidil throughout the day Thursday resulting in mild contractions and no progress dilating. By 8pm he decided to let me rest for the night and would start pitocin the next morning. The doctor knew it was going to be slow, so luckily I was allowed to eat throughout the day. Friday morning around 5:30 I was started on Pitocin and the dose was slowly increased throughout the day. At every check I was still 1 cm and I began to worry this was going to end in a c-section. The doctor came in around 5:30 and I had actually progressed to 3cm. He broke my waters and after that I started progressing about 1cm per hour or two.

At 8 pm I was starting to get pretty strong contractions and opted for the epidural. I was able to rest a little and aruond 2am I was dilated enough to start pushing. The problem was the epidural wasn't working very well and after maybe 45-60 min of pushing my back was in excruciating pain. The nurse could feel the baby and he was sunny side up which assumed was the reason for all the back pain. I had to stop pushing because of the severity of the pain and had another dose of the epidural. I pushed again for 30-45 min, but baby wasn't moving down, he was squished all on my left side and wasn't getting into position. Again the pain quickly returned and I was given another dose of epidural. Pushed a little more, severe pain again. The doctor finally came in around 4:30am and we discussed the plan. I was given a dose of a pain killer since I couldn't have any more epidural doses. With the meds I was able to effectively start pushing again. I pushed for about 45 min and I could feel the pain coming back. We were getting close and I was able to push before the pain got too much more intense. The doctor did use the vacuum to help since he was sunny side up. Finally at 5:24 am, almost 48 hours after being admitted, Alexander Michael was born. The doctor was surprised to see he weighed 9lbs 2.2 oz and was 22.5" long.

It was quite the journey, but well worth it. We should be released the latest Monday morning. I am completely in love with him already. It was so amazing having my husband by my side helping me push and get through the pain and especially the look on his face, almost crying, when Alex was born and found out we had a boy. I attached a few pictures, one showing all his crazy hair.