40 wks and 3 daysSo...I've been MIA on this blog because I've been busy attending to our little stinker. Follow our labor and delivery journey below :)
At 5:45 am on 12/19 Saturday, I realized my water broke! I had been to the bathroom several times that morning and realized that nope...it's not pee this time...it's my water! I woke up Josh and we both were in a daze. It was so surreal. You always imagine how you will go into labor and I just assumed I'd go in on the 23rd for my scheduled induction. We called the doctor and she said to stay at the house for awhile. If there are no major contractions then we were to come into the hospital at 10am. So, we packed up what we needed and dropped the dogs off at my parents home. We got all set up in our labor and deliver room and my contractions were monitored. I really was not having any progression with the contractions, so I started pitocin at 11am. I labored until 5:30pm without epidural....ouch! I thought for sure I had progressed at least to 5 cm by that time. However, I was checked and was only 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced! I knew I had a long road ahead of me so I decided to get the dreaded epidural. AHH...much better! I then started to progress more over the next several hours. However, to make a long 30 hour labor story short....I did not progress and stalled several times throughout the night. Our baby had a few stressful responses throughout the labor, but for the most part was doing great. I was determined to have a vaginal delivery, but the doctor discussed realistic options of a C-section around 8am on 12/20. We decided to give it at least another hour to see if I had again progressed. But...nope! This baby was happy and cozy inside the womb. I was absolutely exhausted and knew I still had a long road ahead of me to actually deliver this baby. So, after a very emotional decision...we decided to have a C-section.
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