induction story!

I am obsessed with reading birth stories and I love sharing my own so here it goes! I was induced at 39 weeks and 4 days because my doctor was concerned that my son wasn't thriving. He was an estimated 5 pounds 5 ounces according to the ultrasounds I had through out the days leading up to my induction. I wasn't really worried about it because I knew that ultrasounds are notorious for being off by a pound or more and I was a small baby at birth too. At 8 am in the morning I got my dose of cervidil which helps to soften, thin, and dilate your cervix. I had made no progress prior to this and was not dilated at all or soft or thin. My doctor told me it is probably going to be a very long process for me and to not give up or get stressed out so I came in expecting things to take for ever! So my first dose of cervidil did pretty much nothing (if you don't know cervidil is a pill they place inside the vagina as close to the cervix as possible) they have my second dose around noon if I'm remembering correctly. After an hour they got me up and had me walking the maternity ward to try and get things going and holy hell did they get going. I walked for about an hour and my contractions got to the point where I couldn't walk through them or talk through them any more and I actually got really nauseated and threw up (I made it to a trash can don't worry!) They put me back in bed and gave me something to help my nausea. they checked my cervix and I was only dilated to a 2. I felt pretty good still but my contractions were hurting. my doctor decided to break my water at this point and my contractions instantly got 100 times worse and back to back. I didn't even have a break. my son's heart rate dropped and suddenly I had nurses all around me and i had to get up on my knees with my face in the pillow (dont ask me how I accomplished this because I have no clue) and they gave me something to slow my contractions and I ended up having to lay on my side and my son's heart rate went back to normal. i don't know the exact time frames after this because i was focused on my contractions. I am the suffer in silence type so i pretty much just held my husband's hand and closed my eyes and delt with my contractions like that. honestly I never would have asked for an epidural if they didn't offer because all I had in my head was okay get through this one and there is a break and then the break comes and I just do that over and over like completely in my own head with my eyes closed repeating my "okay get through this there is a break coming" mantra. the doctor offers and I'm like yes actually that would be amazing. so i sign the papers and we decide to wait until I'm at least 5 cm to get the epidural. I get checked and I'm at 6 cm! which is great because not too long ago they checked I was only at 2 cm! i get an epidural and damn it feels great. i am able to rest and enjoy visits from my mom and brother and sister. night time comes and I try to take a nap but something feels different suddenly. I don't know how to explain it because with my epidural everything felt weird. its like I felt movement in my vagina area? I dont know but my husband's gets a nurse and it turns out im at 10 cm and it's around 10 at night. I start practice pushes and finally at 11:53 pm my son is born and he is 6 pounds 8 ounces and 19 inches long and perfect! I was so quiet through out my whole labor and delivery my doctor and nurse told me I was amazing, my husband told me I was amazing, I felt amazing! I had such a successful induction and labor and delivery, we are so lucky and so greatful for our amazing doctor and team of nurses on the floor. I don't think we could gave had a better experience. i never even needed pitocin. so, for those of you being induced dont get too frightened of the horror stories, be as calm as possible, and know that no matter how your baby comes the only outcomes that matters is a healthy baby and a healthy mommy. good luck everyone! I hope you gave amazing inductions and labor's and deliveries. ❤

My son is now 8 months old and still a little guy but can crawl and pull himself up to stand and his Dad and I couldn't be more proud of him ❤