3/31/09 #2

My Birth Story:
We went to the hospital on Wednesday March 25th at 7:30am. Being induced was actually nice b/c it allowed me to prepare everything before. I got to the hospital and they got me all set up on the contraction monitor and the fetal monitor. Then at 9:00am the pitocin was started. At first nothing was happening and they just kept coming back every 30 mins to up the level. Then at 12:00 I started feeling horrible contractions. They went from nothing to strong contractions every 1-2 mins. At 1:00 I had to pee so Matt went with me to the bathroom (with the IV) and I thought I peed down my leg as we entered the bathroom. It was my water breaking. We called the nurse and she confirmed it was my water breaking. At 2:00 I could no longer stand the contractions and was begging for the epidural. He finally came at 2:30 and put it in. The first time he did it it only worked on my left side. I could still feel the contractions on the right side of my body. So he re did it and it was fine. The problem came 2 hours later when the epidural would wear off. He had to come back every 2 hours and give me more medicine. The nurse came at 4:00 and checked me and I was only 3.5 cms and 60% effased. She turned me to one side and then came back an hour later and turned me to the other side. At 8:00pm I started feeling pain down low and in my rectum. The epidural was wearing off and it was hurting. She checked me and said I was 9cms. I couldn't believe it. At 9:00pm she came back and I was 10cms and ready to push. At this time the epidural wasn't working at all and I wanted him to come back and make it better with more medicine. At the same time the baby's heartrate was sky high and getting to 200 at some times. I also had a fever topping 101 at the highest. The nurse told us that we had a decision. Have the medicine and risk a c-section b/c they had to get him out b/c of the fever and heartrate or push him out with the pain. Matt made the decision for me before I could and I'm glad he did b/c I was really in pain. He said we were going to do the pushing and get him out. He knew I did not want a c-section and this was the best thing. It was very painful but I did it and an hour and 13 mins later Aspen Isaac Nicol was born and it was the best day of our lives. He had a fever when he was born of 103 but it came down in the next 3 hours to normal. They watched him for infection and took his blood about 4 times to make sure he was ok. He was and got to come home with us on Friday March 27th at 7:30pm. We are all doing fine now and breastfeeding is getting better. It was rough at first but now I'm getting the hang of it. Pumping has helped a lot and the baby is doing good with the breast and the bottle (with breastmilk).
That's it for now. Gotta go feed my child :)