From 4cm to complete in 1 hour!

I wanted to write my birth story before I started to forget details. Had my son yesterday morning.

So I was scheduled to be induced next Tuesday due to high blood pressure. Never in 1000000 years would I have thought that I would deliver my baby before my induction.

I really wanted to labor naturally because I was afraid of what the pitocin would do to my contractions and I THOUGHT I wanted to try and deliver naturally. (HAHAHA!!!) I just knew it wouldn’t happen because I was only 36 Weeks

So yesterday afternoon 11/1 I was in a terrible mood. I decided to try and take a nap, I dozed off and was awaken maybe 10 minuets later by a pain that I had never felt before. I was not yet sure it was a contraction.. About 20mins later it happened again. I decided to start timing them after maybe a hour of feeling these pains and they were about 20-10 mins apart. I figured out that I was having contractions but I thought it must have been false labor. I started reading up on how to tell if you were really in labor and one thing that stood out to me was that NO position would help. I couldn’t even move to change positions during them. I begin using the bathroom after EVERY one and I spent 12 hours at home miserable like that. The ONLY reason I called my doctor was because I started to throw up. And I still thought it was false labor. Came to the hospital with NOTHING expecting to probably be sent home.

The car ride to the hospital was horrible. Threw up in the car, all over my self. My sons father was freaking out because of how much pain I was in, and how sick I seemed. It was just a mess. We got to the hospital around 2:30am

By the time I make it to the hospital my contractions are much closer together. As soon as I was placed on the monitor the nurse could see that I was contracting and decided to check my cervix. I was 4cm and baby’s head was very low. She told me she needed to call my doctor to find out what to do and if they were going to keep me she would give me something for the pain. I was begging for it from the moment I walked in. LOL. She comes back and says I’m going to have a baby soon gave me some IV pain meds and told me the epidural had been ordered (I hadn’t asked for it yet.. but I’m assuming by the amount of pain she could tell I was in she knew I would need it) and I could not resist although my entire pregnancy I was afraid of it.

They come in with the epidural and I know I was a difficult patient. I could not sit still through my contractions, couldn’t hunch over my belly. It was terrible. She ended up having to redo it two times because I was not able to sit correctly. FINALLY we got it and I had some pain relief...

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS SCARY. As soon as I laid down my babies heart rate dropped. It was barely beating. This was the scariest thing I have ever experienced because I’m kinda out of it because of the IV meds on top of being numb was a new thing for me. I was yelling for answers! Nobody was telling me anything there was about 6 nurses in the room the anesthesiologist kept taking my blood pressure and all I can hear is my baby’s heart barely beating

. I regretted the epidural so much at this point I was so scared. My doctor was called to come in from home they’re repositioning me and finally his heart rate got back up!! When my doctor arrives it’s about 4am she checks me and I am still at 4cm she decided to go ahead and break my water and told me that she wouldn’t be able to deliver me because she was leaving at 7 and she was sure that I would deliver in the afternoon. I was very disappointed but I knew the other doctor that was coming in so I figured it would work out.

I got comfortable in bed and thought I would FINALLY get some sleep. I was tired from laboring at home all day. As soon as I closed my eyes I felt PRESSURE. I’m not sure what was going on but I was in pain again. The nurse calls the anesthesiologist back in to hopefully boost up my epidural. It’s like 5am by now and they check me because I’m complaining of pressure I’m still at 4cm so I’m told to just try and rest after I get more meds. Maybe about 30mins later the pressure is back. Except it’s in my butt. It seriously feels like I have to take the biggest poop EVER! So I am SCREAMING. I feel the urge to push but everyone is confused because I was just checked and I was still at 4cm there is no way that I should want to push. After about 30mins of pretty much going crazy in bed. I’m yelling about how I have to poop and a bunch of stuff that I don’t even remember they FINALLY decide to check me again. I am 10cm and my sons head is on it’s way out. Its about 6:15am. I couldn’t believe it. I started crying because I was so overwhelmed. I went from thinking I was getting sent home, to thinking I was having a baby the next afternoon, to finding out that I am having my son within minutes.

BAD NEWS: My doctor went home after she last seen me. 😩😩😩 so she is called to come back and I am told to wait for her while they set up the room. I tried not to push through a few of my contractions but I seriously couldn’t do it. I told everyone I wasn’t going to resist and that I was pushing!! They didn’t want me to but there was nothing that could stop me from pushing. I’m seriously going crazy. It feels like it takes my doctor hours to get back. She actually did take about 25mins to get back. As soon as she walked in I flipped over on to my back. And within 2 contractions my son was born at 6:52am. He weighs 5lbs 5oz and 19in long! Because he was only 36 Weeks we are having a very hard time with feedings. 😔 He also has to have an IV to help regulate his blood sugar. And he will be staying in the hospital until he is able to eat well and maintain a healthy blood sugar. I’m so in love with him. But I’m very sad that he is so small and not eating very well. They have me pumping to help my milk come in and I will see the lactation consultant tomorrow. I am praying that we get this breast feeding thing down. 🙏🏾 overall I am very thankful for a healthy son. And looking forward to taking him home with me soon!