My Birth Story! (It's Long!)

My water broke yesterday (4/9/16) at 4:30 pm while I was visiting my parents at their house. Thank goodness it happened there and not at the store I was about to go to because I was wearing white pants! 😁 We got to the hospital around 5:30 but my contractions weren't serious and they sent us out walking to see if we could get some contractions going. It must be a sight to see a big ole pregnant woman walking in hospital gowns because we were stared at like none other! Anyways, when nothing progressed I was hooked up to pitocin at 8:30pm. I lasted until 1 am with the pain before I got the epidural. Best decision I ever made!! The anesthesiologist took such great care of me and I couldn't have survived birth or even made any progress without the pain relief. I tried some medicine via IV before my epidural but it just wasn't enough to take the edge off. By 7 am I was dilated to a 10 but baby was still at -1 with his head turned sideways. If you have never heard of a peanut ball, you should seriously consider using one. It turned my baby into position. Once he got to a 0 my epidural had worn off on one side and it was the most intense pain I have ever felt in my life. I started throwing up and having the worst heat flash of my life! I told the nurses and dr I had to take a break and pump some more medicine into my back. I managed to put myself into somewhat of a trance where I just focused on the pressure of his head coming down the birth canal. After that, I had him within 10 pushes! Once I could see that little head crowning I knew I could get him out in one push and I did! He surprised everyone in the room by flying out of there so fast. Haha I tore but it was a 3rd degree tear (I believe) and I honestly was so focused on baby that I didn't feel it. Later when I found out his head was 14" I was extremely proud of myself for pushing that sucker out! 😂