Adelaide's birth story:
I had an induction scheduled for sunday the 22nd at 5:30 pm. Well we had to call first to make sure they had a bed for me. So we called and they said they didn't have me scheduled to come in. So, many phone calls later we finally got it all settled and made our way to the hospital at about 6:30. I got into my gown and started to mentally prepare myself to have a baby. I was naturally contracting every 2-3 minutes so they couldn't give me Pitocin right away. So they waited to see if my contractions would space out and when they didn't they gave me something to help them space out a little more. So at about 2 am they gave me pitocin to help me start real labor. Well goodness gracious those were some strong contractions!!!! They were killing me! I thought my pain tolerance was alot higher but evidently not. I received pain medicine to help me sleep at about 4 in the morning. That was nice. (: I didn't get much sleep but enough to gain some energy for what was to come.
The nurses kept checking me but I wasnt making any progress dilation wise. But I was feeling my contractions really strongly. So they gave me an epidural which ended up being a very bad experience for me. The anesthesiologist came in told me what to expect and so I was thinking a bee sting type pain. Well, he says "your gonna feel a pinch and a little burning" so I'm gearing up for it when I feel this painful buzz run down my left leg. It felt like someone tazed my left leg. It hurt so I jumped and he says "stay still please!" Well come to find out I started leaking spinal fluid because he missed. He said that when I jumped he missed and had to re-do the epidural. All this time I'm thinking "ummmm you missed and thats why I jumped stupid!" So I did not like that guy. He re-did the epidural and told me I would get a very specific kind of headache that they wont be able to do anything for. Oh ya...on top of the pain I was already feeling from the contractions I was gonna have a headache! But the epidural started working which was nice.
So a few hours later they broke my water at 2 cm dilated. The midwife broke my water at about ehhh 9:30ish, I think and I started to progress really quickly. Leisha and Cara came up to keep us company for awhile. Well I told one of my nurses that I was feeling a lot of pressure and she checked me. She said I was 4 cm!! So she just pressed the little button for my epidural to help with the pain. But the epidural wasn't working as well as before. I could still feel my contractions to a degree and it was very uncomfortable. My blood pressure started to spike and Adelaide's heart rate dropped dramatically. I rolled over to my left side and the nurse couldn't find her heart. So I got really scared and that made my blood pressure go crazy! They finally found her heart beat and said that I need to stay on my left side. Well the next thing I knew me and Cara were talking and I felt the need to push. So the nurse checks me and I had progressed to a 5. She was surprised that I was feeling so much with the epidural. Come to find out the epidural was not working anymore and I was pretty much going all natural. Well my blood pressure started going crazy again and then like 10 nurses came in and were freaking out. I was in a ton of pain and didn't really know what was going on. The next thing I knew one of the nurses was shoving an oxygen mask on me. Honestly I didn't really know exactly what was happening I just heard a lot of talking and a lot of beeping from the machines. I heard a doctor come in and say that the baby was in distress and they kept turning me from side to side to find her heart beat or to regulate it again. Well Adelaide finally had a regular heart beat and calmed down but I had to continue to wear the oxygen mask. I was still doing it natural and feeling a ton of pain. Cara was wiping a wash cloth on my face, Leisha was helping me calm down and breathe and Mike was comforting me and saying positive things. I told the nurse that I really needed to push and she said I was at a 7! I almost died! I was hoping that I was there because of all the pressure and pain I was feeling. So in summary, I went from 5cm to 10cm in less than an hour and with no pain medication or an epidural. I pushed for about an hour and it wasn't really working when Adelaide's heart rate plummeted. So we went through that process again of getting all scared and what not but everything got back to normal. So they gave me a different pain medication to help me calm down. That worked finally and I took a 20 minute break to take a quick nap and regain my strength and energy. About 30 minutes later they came in and told me when I felt the next contraction to push. I pushed for about 2 hours and finally Adelaide Grace came into this world! She was 8 pounds and 2 ounces and 19 inches long. Who knew that I had an 8 pound baby in me!
She is the most amazing thing in the world! I am so blessed! She is a very chill and laid back baby. She never really cries unless she's hungry. I have had a hard time recovering. I found out over the weekend that where my first epidural went in I got a really bad infection. I had to go to the ER and get an MRI to make sure it wasn't abscessed and to get the infection drained out. So that's been pretty painful along with everything else. So it's been so nice to have a baby that is so good. She only wakes up once or twice a night so we get a good bit of sleep. I love her more than anything in this world and it has definitely helped me appreciate my mom more now than ever!
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| reesa loves baby adelaide |
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| after delivery |
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| Phew!!! |
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| Daddy!! |
