Cytotec Induction and Crazy Delivery

Baby Girl #3, Samantha Rose, was born on 2/16/18 after a cytotec induction and a crazy delivery. My first two were natural labors with no pain meds but crazy fast deliveries. Due to low fluid and limited growth, I was induced at 38 Weeks exactly.

I didn’t know what to expect with an induction but I did expect to go fast once I got into active labor and I was right!

Cytotec was started at 2pm on 2/15/18 and in total I received 5 doses. By 2am the contractions were more consistent and painful. By 3am, I was given my epidural and was then able to rest for maybe an hour. I had never had an epidural before and was happy to feel no more pain! It’s kind of weird going in but worth the momentary discomfort. I told the nurses I felt pressure and was checked again before being moved to an actual delivery room. Once there, it was one nurse, my husband and myself in the room. The nurse was hooking up the monitors when I felt my water break. I told her and she confirmed it. I then felt more even more pressure. All of a sudden, my body took over and without warning or pushing, I felt baby coming. I started screaming saying something is happening, something is coming out. The nurse and my husband looked down and within mere seconds baby was out! At 5:14am, Samantha Rose flew out onto the bed weighing 5lbs 3oz, which was what they had predicted she was. My husband ran into the hall to scream for a doctor while the nurse stimulated the baby to get her to breathe. Within seconds, my doctor, neonatal doctors, and tons of nurses flooded the room. Baby eventually started crying but her breathing was a bit fast due to swallowing fluid during her extremely fast exit. The decision was made to send her to the NICU and I was given maybe 5 minutes to hold and kiss her before she was taken away. We then spent another hour or two waiting for my epidural to wear off so I could be transferred to the mother/baby care unit.

Baby Samantha spent the entire day in the NICU, getting breathing help with a cpap and an IV to keep her sugar levels stable. She transferred to my room that night. However, early the next morning her glucose levels were tested and came back low so she was taken to the nursery. They fed her and retested them but they were still below normal. She was then returned to the NICU which was devastating to me. Samantha spent the rest of the day and the entire night there while I kept going back every 3 hours to feed her. So hard, when you are used to having your baby with you during your entire hospital stay.

We were both released on my birthday, 2/18/18! It was a crazy delivery and first few days of life but it has been great to be home. Her two older sisters love her and I couldn’t be more thrilled to see how excited they are to have finally have her outside of my tummy!