rhys - birth story

as i mentioned in THIS post

i was scheduled for induction on the morning of 09-16

but went in the night before for cervidil

all went smooth that thursday night

i got to the hospital and got everything started

adam arrived a little bit later

with dinner :)

we watched tv and relaxed 

all the while, i was having mild contractions.

i fell asleep around 11:30-midnight 

around 1:30, i was woken up by a contraction

i never went back to sleep.

i spent the remainder of the night laboring.

at first, it wasn't so bad

i was able to remain in bed, at least.

but by around 4:00am, i was literally jumping out of the bed 

with every contraction.

i guess i was having back labor so all the pressure was in my tail bone. 

i would unplug my monitors and 'go to the bathroom'

sit on my exercise ball 

 or just stand and sway back and forth

nothing relieved the pain.

around 4:45, the nurse checked me 

and i was only 1cm.

ONLY 1CM. good grief. 

she let me take the cervidil out and asked if i wanted pain meds

i refused, for the 100th time

[don't ask me why, haha]

within minutes, i was begging for everything under the sun!

the nurse said she could give me stadol 

i agreed, reluctantly.

she said it wasn't a narcotic [although internet says otherwise]

and that it wouldn't take away the pain but would help me sleep through it.

what a CROCK.

oh, i slept alright - for 2 minutes at a time

until i was woken up by the worlds strongest contractions! 

finally, i'd had enough of that and begged for the epidural 

around 6:30am the anesthesiologist came in 

and gave me that sweet relief!

my doctor showed up around 7:30am 

to check on me and get my pitocin started

boy, i was glad i got that epidural considering i was only 1cm a few hours ago!

so, doctor checks and immediately his eyes go to the nurses

i knew something was up!

'she's 8-9 and her water is bulging'

ahem, what did you just say???

i could not believe it.

here i was, an hour into the epi

and ready to GO!

talk about being mad at myself for caving.

so, my doctor says to 'sit tight' 

[as if i had a choice now]

that he had to go check on his scheduled patient but would be back!

so, i got my make up out - freshened myself up and text the fam!

at 8:14am, i began pushing

there were a TON of nurses in the room but they were amazing supporters!

they brought me the mirror so i could see little rhys come into this world!

at 8:33am, he was born.

it was amazing! 

they laid him on my chest immediately and asked for our cameras!

we were so unprepared that my battery wasn't even IN my camera! 

ah!

thank God for cell phones, right?!

adam cut the cord and i continued to hold my baby!

they finally asked if i wanted him to be weighed and measured

oh, duh  - of course i do!

8lbs, 7.6 oz and 21 1/2 in long!

the rest of our hospital stay was short, but great!

we were discharged a little over 24hrs later

 the entire time that we were there, was great.

we weren't overloaded with visitors this time 

and the nurse/staff were simply amazing.

it was definitely a different experience than my last!

rhys remained with us 24/7

[with the exceptions of assessments and baths!]

all in all

my labor this go round was perfect.

next time, i think i'll skip all that hard labor/natural crap 

and just go straight to the epidural ;] 

i gave it a go, almost accomplished it and still don't know WHY i wanted that!

pain vs no pain? 

i'll take no pain, please! ;]