J and I went to the doctor on Wednesday, 2/11 for our 38 weeks (and 2 days) appointment. The doctor said I was measuring 39 weeks, and the doctor asked if we wanted her to "swipe the membranes" (or something like that).After some careful thought/discussion, we agreed, made an appointment for 2/18, and went home. The doctor said that my water could break in the next 24-48 hours.
I was awoken at 5:45 (5 minutes before my alarm was to go off for school) by a rush of water. Some was on the bed before I could race to the bathroom. My pajama bottoms were soaked, and there was also some on the floor of the bathroom. I called the doctor, and she told me to go to the hospital.
We ended up leaving the house around 7:30 after I took a quick shower. We arrived a little after 8:00 and went to a room to get comfy. The nurse, Vita, introduced herself. She seemed very serious, but warmed up later. I was 2-3 cm dilated and 90% effaced. After a little bit of time, the doctor recommended pitocin and things started moving. Soon I was 100% effaced and 4cm. Around 2:30PM, I was 7 cm. By 5:00, I was 10cm and we got the go ahead to start pushing. My mom, sister, and brother were outside waiting by this point.
Pushing lasted from about 5:00 to 7:05PM! The epidural was AWESOME and I'm so glad I had one. Holding your breath and pushing is like running a mile holding your breath. Ike was out, but my temperature had spiked to 101. They took him to the NICU since he was warm too. Turns out, he was fine. My blood pressure dropped A LOT and the placenta was not being very cooperative. The doctor got most of it out, but I was still losing a lot of blood. An U/S machine was brought in, and they found a piece of placenta and some calcified material (?) that needed to come out. I was given another epidural to help with the pain. J went to see Ike at some point, but quickly came back to be at my side. He told me how great Ike looked.
J and I were finally able to hold our son around midnight. He spent the night in the NICU since our hospital doesn't staff their nursery at all. They don't have enough births yet for that. Then they took him back out so we could sleep.
I had to get 2 units of blood the next day, but I was able to start breastfeeding and have been going ever since. We came home around 6PM on Saturday and are so grateful for the health and happiness we are enjoying. The only pain I have is in my "new feeding machine," for which I am so thankful.
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