Meet our IVF Rainbow Baby Boy! Emenadiel Wayne born 8/16/20 @ 2:21pm. 7lbs 3oz! 🌈👣👶🏻

On Friday 8/14 we went in to L&D because I was experiencing very consistent and hard contractions. We were sent home because I was only 1cm dilated. I was mad, angry, sad because the hospital should understand MY body last time was laboring & was stuck at 1cm regardless. I went home and started doing squats and walked around. Eventually 24hrs later, Saturday 8/15 at 1pm, I went back to L&D because I was VERY much in pain. But again, I was only 1cm dilated but 80% effaced, so they decided to send me home even when I asked to stay longer. I went home crying from pain, it was every 3-4min. I did more squats and yoga poses I had seen to help with dilation (since that was the MAIN reason I kept being sent home) and I took a very hot shower to hit my back to help with the pain. Eventually at 11pm, still Saturday, I couldn’t handle the pain and told my SO to take me a 3rd time and this time if they didn’t let me stay I’d throw a whole scene if I had to... so we went in. And I’m at 2cm dilated and I cried because now they’d maybe consider my case “different” and let me stay. My contractions were WAY over the top as well. They finally let me stay to “monitor” for now 🙄 it was now 2 or 3am and this is where it gets crazy!!

By 2-3am 8/16, my contractions were going crazy! I was fully effaced. I was holding off from taking epidural. I was given a narcotic to help with pain so I could rest (it only lasted an hour for me until my contractions won over and I felt it all again). At 6:40am I was checked and still was at 2cm dilated so the plan was to use Pitocin to help induce me and get this all over with. Well after I was checked and a couple of contractions later, I needed to use the restroom. I felt like my body needed me to push in every contraction and as I got up I had a contraction and I felt a puddle of something run down my legs! It was blood🩸 I started to freak out because it was only blood and it wouldn’t stop. My SO called the nurses and they hurried me into the bed to check me. They did a cervix check and saw I was 6cm dilated!! ALL ON MY OWN IN LESS THAN 30min. I was crying of pain, fear, and happiness. Screw the Pitocin, my body was dilating on it’s own! Also my WATER BROKE just after I was checked! At this point, epidural was a must because of how strong my contractions were and how tired I was already. I got the epidural right away and we waited it all out. At around Noon, I was finally 10cm dilated and we started practice pushes. I was doing a great job until we realized baby was considered Malposition of Vertex... his head wasn’t in the right position to come out & could lead to brain damage if attempted to deliver like so. Also, my pelvic bone was a little too tight so repositioning baby was VERY hard to do. We did 4 attempts total (I begged for the 4th) and my body gave up on pushing to help the OB reposition baby’s head.. at this point she refused to try a 5th time & it meant only one thing. A second CSection. I cried for getting so close to a VBAC yet having it taken so fast. But after talking to an amazing nurse and letting me cry it out a bit... I was ready. I was able to be awake & have my baby on my chest as he entered the world via CSection. Unfortunately everything wore off & putting me back together took longer this time, so I felt everything that they still needed to stitch up...

I’m just glad my Miracle baby is finally here 💙

Him now at 2weeks old 💙