Birth Story

On June 16, my husband and I checked into labor and delivery at 8am for a scheduled induction. I was 37 weeks and diagnosed with preeclampsia. We got settled in our room and pitocin was started at around 9am. The nurse checked me and said I was already dilated 4cm! Yay! My doctor came in and broke my water. I had a high fluid level and felt a huge gush of warmth. It was like a flood! I began having contractions but I could handle them. They were never unbearable for me but I decided to get the epidural later that afternoon because I didn't want to wait too long and miss my chance. I was finally fully dilated around 9pm that evening and it was time to push! The machine the epidural was hooked up on keep beeping and reading reservoir empty. I remember when I first got the epidural my legs felt like elephants. By the time I was pushing I could feel my legs and I could feel pain. I pushed for 4 long hours screaming during every push that I couldn't physically do it anymore. I was exhausted. I wanted a c-section and nobody would answer me. I felt like I was talking to myself! My doctor came in and said to try for a little bit longer and if she hadn't moved when he came back we would do a c-section. My nurse said my baby's head was at a 1 o'clock and she needed to be at a 6 o'clock. My doctor came back in to check her placement again and she had moved but not far enough. She was now in a position where it was too dangerous to do a c-section so my doctor said he was going to do an episiotomy and use forceps to get her out. I cried. He pinched my leg and saw that I was feeling pain and called the anesthesiologist up to give me more medication. He put more meds into my epidural and I finally felt relief! I asked if I was going to feel him cut me and he said "I have forceps 8 inches deep in your vaginia, I don't think you will feel me cut you." Lol. One pull with the forceps and my beautiful baby girl was out and in my arms at 1:16am on June 17th. I kept crying tears of joy. The moment she was put on my chest was the best moment of my life. The doctor stitched me up. My family was called in and my doctor started singing happy birthday to my sweet girl. The hardest but best day of my life! Totally worth it.