I said i'd never post on here again
because some ppl were very rude to me, but
some of you I really liked (kristina, kia,
allie) so I thought i'd atleast come back
and share my labor story...
It all started tuesday, jan 2. I had an
8am, 38 wk doctor's appointment. My
boyfriend and I woke up that morning, took
showers, and headed off to the doctor's
office. We got there, the nurse prac
checked the baby's heartbeat and of course
everything sounded fine. This was the
second time she had checked my cervix and
told me I was 3-4 cm dilated and 80
percent effaced already. She told me if I
wanted, I could go ahead and be induced
the next day. I never wanted to be
induced, but I was absolutely miserable
and I figured it would be alright since I
was obviously almost ready anyway. So,
she went and called the hospital and they
said they could get me in at 7am the next
morning. We went back home, got something
to eat, and went back to bed cuz we knew
we'd need the rest for the next day. I
woke up around 12:45pm and went to the
bathroom. When I sat down and started to
pee, I felt a little lump come out. So I
looked down in the toilet and saw a really
small little hunk of blood. I wiped and
it was kind of an orange-y pinkish color.
Im assuming that was my mucus plug. It
didnt worry me since the blood was very,
very light and pinkish and I didnt bleed
anymore after I wiped. So I went back to
bed and we got up around 3pm. Around 5pm
we woke up and went to another town about
45 min away where my boyfriend lives cuz
he had to pick up some more clothes and go
to the bank and a few other things. We
did all that and went over to his place
for a little bit and his twin sis came
over and talked for awhile, then we had to
go to walmart. I figured since I was
getting induced, I wanted a big nice meal
before midnight lol so we went to cracker
barrel (one of my fav restaurants!) and
ate. We got back to my house around 9pm.
Somewhere around 10:30pm I decided i'd
take a bath before bed. I went to sit
down on the toilet to pee before I got in
the shower and how convient..My water
broke as soon as I sat down. I asked my
boyfriend if he thought we should go ahead
to the hospital and he asked me if I was
hurting at all...And I wasnt so we decided
that maybe I could wait til morning since
I was getting induced anyway. I had had a
back ache earlier that day, so instead of
taking a shower, I ran some bathwater and
sat down in the tub. No longer than I sat
down, I started having a contraction. So
I told my boyfriend so he could keep time
of every contraction so we'd know when it
was time to go to the hospital. It only
lasted for about 15 seconds and went away.
At that point, around 11pm, my
contractions were coming every 15-20
minutes. My doctor kept stressing how
long my labor would be since it was my
first pregnancy and because of my age and
blah blah blah so he told me to wait until
my contractions were 3-4 min apart to come
to the hospital bc it was supposedly going
to take forever for me to dialate. Around
12:30 am, jan 3, my contractions started
coming around 3-4 minutes apart, lasting
for atleast a minute to a minute &
1/2. I had all back labor and never felt
anything in my belly. The pain was
completely unbareable so I told kris (my
boyfriend) to call the hospital and see
what we should do. By the time he got off
the phone with them telling him to bring
me in, the pain was so bad that I was
screaming. He and my mom were running
around the house getting their clothes on
and trying to get the bags in the car. By
then, my contractions were coming every 2
minutes. We still had to make it to the
hospital which was 45 minutes away. That
was the longest, most painful car ride of
my entire life..It seems like I felt every
single bump in the road. We finally got
there around 1:10am. They checked me as
soon as I got there and I was 6cm and 100
percent effaced. They started an iv and
drawled my blood so I could get an
epidural. Shortly after kris and I got
there, my mom and step-dad showed up. I
layed in the bed in agony for a little
over an hour when they came back and
checked me again. I was 8cm. A few
minutes after that, I finally got my
epidural. It worked immediately. What a
relief! Then they put in a cathedur bc I
felt like I was gonna pee all over myself
right before they numbed me up and they
didnt want me peeing all over the bed lol.
I layed there for about an hour after the
epidural and they came to check me again.
I was 9 & 1/2cm dialated and the nurse
told me I could probably push thru the
little bit of cervix I had left. So I
pushed thru two contractions and I was
fully dialated. The nurse got everything
set up and called my doctor. I pushed for
45 minutes...Finally, .Sydney .Keegan was
born at 5:10 am, jan 3rd. My labor went
so fast that my doctor didnt even make it
in time. My nurse ended up delivering my
daughter. The doctor walked in about 3
minutes after she was born. She weighed 6
lbs 15 oz and was 19 inches long. She was
born wednesday and we got to go home
friday morning. Shes absolutely perfect
and im soooo happy to have her out of
me...Being pregnant was getting
miserable!
***sorry so long!