Hi there! I am taking a break from posting this week as I should be enjoying my new baby girl right this minute! To celebrate Sophia’s birth, I have a weeks worth of guest posts lined up from some of my bloggy friends sharing their baby’s birth stories. Be sure to follow me on Twitter because I will be posting updates on Sophia’s arrival (and I’m sure LOTS of pics!) and come back next week to read all about her birth story as well.
Hi Everyone. I’m Heather from Terrell Family Fun. Thanks to Emily for letting me share my birth story with you!
I can’t believe I’ve never actually written out my birth story. I guess I wasn’t really blogging after I had our daughter Lennox and it just never happened! So when I heard that Emily was asking for people to share their story, I thought this was my chance to finally get it down “on paper”..uh blog! So here is how our birth story went:
Thursday June 17, 2012: Hospital Induction Check-In
Flash back to 30 minutes prior on the car ride there — I’m nervous, crying and excited, all at the same time. I was just overwhelmed with emotions and unsure of what was going to happen next. Would my baby girl be healthy? Would it hurt? Will there be a problem? Will I know what to do?
I was schedule for an induction on Friday so I was told to check-in to the hospital the night before at 8pm. We show up, with all our stuff and get settled into our room. I get my check out from the nurse and find out that I’m still only 1cm dilated so time for some medicine to help me dilate overnight. I took my medicine, wait the required 30 minutes before getting up, took a shower then get ready to try and get some sleep {that didn’t happen, even with a sleeping pill}. I may have gotten a few hours of sleep that night, I mean our lives were changing tomorrow!
Friday June 18, 2012: Birth Day
Today’s the day! We finally were going to meet your bundle of joy! By the morning, when the nurse came to check on me, I was now {I think} 3cm dilated…not that much progress overnight. We started the induction medicine and get all hooked up to the IVs, monitor, etc. No more getting out of bed for me. This was about 7:30am. My doctor came in and broke my water around 10:30am and I followed that up with getting my epidural. I had said I wanted to wait after my water broke so I could feel the contractions until I felt the pain was about a 5 or 6 {out of 10} I think by the time I got 4, I was ready! I’m a wimp! Honestly, getting the epidural was the worse part of the pre-birth and birth process. All of a sudden my contractions got a lot worse and it was hard to sit still while getting the epidural. But once I had it, it was smooth sailing!
My family came in to visit me while we waited, a little after lunch time I decided I better try to rest. Just as it was about to rest, I had a sudden feeling of pressure, I told my husband to get the nurse. They came and checked on me and said I was a 9 had really progressed and it was almost time. She would call the doctor and start getting things ready. Kyle got excited, I got nervous and started crying/shaking. I was overwhelmed again! I finally got relaxed enough to calm down and wait on the doctor. I hung in there as long as I could so that we could push for the least amount of time as possible.
The last 30 minutes of contractions were hurting and I was so ready to have this baby! Once my doctor got there and we started pushing, I think I only pushed for about 4 or 5 rounds of 3 pushes each. We welcomed Lennox Madalynn into this world at 4:23PM. She weighed 6pounds 11ounces and as 18.5 inches. Brown hair, blue eyes and she was perfect!
We stayed the typical 48 hours in the hospital with no real problems, other than I was in a pretty good amount of pain. I didn’t shower, get out of bed much or even put my pajamas on — thinking back, I really should of put some PJs on and gotten more comfortable. Oh well! We came home to my mom who had decorated the house with pink flowers, princess balloon, cake, and nice and clean! I love moms!
So that is my birth story. Honestly, it’s not that eventful of exciting but I’m glad it isn’t! It went smoothly and if I ever have another child, at least I know what to expect! Did you have a similar induction experience?
Thank you to Emily for letting me guest post on her blog. Please come checkout my blog at Terrell Family Fun or follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
Thanks for letting me guest post! Can’t wait to hear your birth story!