To say that I feel as though I have had my head below water for the last couple weeks is an understatement. This delivery and second child did indeed knock the wind out of me. But, I am recovering and re cooping my energy every day. Things are looking up and getting better. And, this PRECIOUS baby girl is the new LOVE in our lives.
Daddy and Mommy are so proud of her and so in love, and Kaden is CRAZY about his baby sister.
Our delivery was a scheduled induction on Friday, July 13, 2012. We called the hospital at 5 a.m. that morning, and then headed off for our delivery! We arrived the hospital at 5:30 and they did the usual fifty million questions, drew lots of blood, started my iv with fluids, and we waited for the doctor to come around. He showed up about 7:30 and checked me, I was dilated about a 2 and still pretty closed in the cervix. He inserted a pill to soften/loosen the cervix. I had to stay in the bed for 45 minutes after that, then Mom and I took off to walk the halls. I walked all morning! Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth up and down the halls. I was having pretty good contractions by noon when the doctor came back to check me. I was only dilated to a three at that point and a lot looser and open in the cervix. He broke my water at noon. Which means I couldn't get up any longer. I will NEVER forget the amount of fluid that came out with the breaking of the water. The real fun started after my water was broken. The contractions got hard and close together, just like with Kaden. I worked through it until about 1:20, the nurse checked me and I was at a 6! I decided to request my epidural at that point. That took another 20 minutes to get the anaesthesiologist there and the epidural in. So, around 2 p.m. I had my epidural in, it only took on the right side, JUST like with Kaden. It finally SLOWLY moved over to my left side with repeat doses. By the time I was pretty numb, it was over! And, I had horrible back labor with her that the epidural never numbed, she was face up instead of face down and killing my back coming out. At 2:50 I was fully dilated and pushed once for my nurse. She told me to stop until Dr. Doughtie arrived. Dr. Doughtie arrived quickly, I pushed two or three times and she was out!
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