My last labor started a little over a year ago on January 29, 2013...
My 38 week appointment is disappointing and confusing as the last two visits, I was told I was 70% effaced so now the doctor says I’m 50%... hmmm I’m still only 2 to 2.5 cm dilated. I guess this baby is taking his time.
At 38 Weeks & 1 day (the same day as my appointment on 1/29) I went into labor. After the appointment I went back to my mom’s house until dinner time. While I fed my son dinner at home, I started to feel cramps and they were coming and go every so often. As the night went on… it got stronger so I wondered if they were contractions. (I never felt early contractions with my first) I timed them and they were all very close… I called Labor & Delivery that night and due to my record of rapid delivery, I went in for a check up. A friend stayed home (my son was asleep).
We stayed until about 1am and I didn’t dilated that much more. The baby wasn’t moving as much as he normally did. They asked if I wanted to stay of labor at home so I decided to go home as I hated being connected to all those machines. I didn’t sleep well as the labor pains got more intense (nothing I couldn’t handle). I called my friend and asked her to come back in the morning and we went back in around 6-7. Since I was 4cm, they admitted me….
The pain was annoying. I hate that I was mostly in the bed which was very uncomfortable. I asked to move around but they said I needed to be attached to the machines. My doctor actually came in and talked to me and convinced me to let him break my water. I didn’t want to do it but he says it will make the labor go faster so I agreed. As I laid down, I felt a gush and said "ugh, oh I think it just broke on it’s own." As he and the nurse cleaned me up they kept saying there is a lot of meconium (thick) coming out and for some reason the heart monitor on my belly wasn’t working as well so they suggested the one where they clip it to the head of the baby. So I agreed since I want him to be monitored closely too but this meant I really couldn’t get out of bed. UGH.
The doctor came back in an hour and checked me again and I was only 5 cm so he says it’s going slower than he expected and asked If I wanted epidural. They kept asking me this the whole time but I kept refusing because I didn’t want it but at this point I was in pain and he said it’s going slower?!?! So I agreed. How did they expect me to stay still when I’m in pain while they did the epidural. They kept trying to pump more until I didn’t feel it but it felt more intense for some reason. I said I feel it more! Why!?! Almost an hour later, I sent my poor husband to get lunch since he hadn’t eaten. The heart monitor wasn’t working again so they had to re-position or reinsert it and when they went to do that, they said I was ready to push! WTF!!! I was so upset that I got the epidural when I could have waited another hour. I think I felt more intensity after epidural because the meds were playing catch up with the most intense part of my labor (5-10cm). At this point I was numb! So I called my husband to come back and doctor was able to come back and deliver. I only had to push 2-3 times and Connor came out! I cried. Was I relieved since the labor was about 18 hours? I didn’t cry when my first was delivered. We were still undecided on a name. Wesley or Connor? It wasn’t until later that we decided on Connor Wesley. But I was thinking ConnEr and Ryan says ConnOr so we went with the "O".
Connor was born at 11:29 am on 1/30/2013 @ 6.14 lbs & 19 inches (although I think the length is incorrect). He was bruised in the head and they said that was normal. So little so tiny. I was so happy to see him. He nursed great. Latched on right away. We decided to do the circumcision. It didn’t affect him as much as it did his brother. He didn’t want to eat after it but later, he latched on again and was fine. We went home the next day.
No comments:
Post a Comment