Our little man came 5 days early!!

Steph

We went into the hospital Friday at 1:30 am for contractions and came to found out all of a sudden I had high blood pressure! They kept getting readings of 136/96 or close to it for a couple hours and so the on call physician decided to admit me and start the induction process as I was the 39 weeks exactly. Because I was contracting somewhat irregularly they chose not to do mesoprostol route and start low doses of pitocin and increase hourly until I didn’t need it. They started at 6 am and by 8 pm after a LONG day of back labor and no eating or drinking anything I had only progressed further by 1/2 a cm.... they did what they call a pit break to see if they could slow my contractions so we could start mesoprostol instead. They were able to and started first dose around 11 pm, again back labor started up :/ by 3:30 am when they did second dose I was in a decent amount of pain however, I didn’t have much options for relief and if it wasn’t in my back it would have been soooooo much more manageable. When the doctor came in around 7:30 am to check me I was completely out of it bc at 3:30 they gave me ambien to hopefully force sleep on me bc I was exhausted and again still in so much pain (it didn’t help me sleep AT ALL). She woke me up, I had just fallen asleep, she checked me and I was at a 2 and 75% effaced, then she decided without asking if I wanted her to she was going to break my water.. things IMMEDIATELY amplified and I was kinda upset she did it so early when I had no option for an epidural anytime soon. Again, i feel if I didn’t have back labor I would have been able to manage sooo much better. Long story short I labored until i begged for an epidural at around 11 am when I believe I was at about a 4. It was heavier on one side which was fine but I started getting extreme pressure and pain front to back between my legs, they said pressure is good but I shouldn’t be in pain. I was at a 6 for hours so they started pitocin again. :/ I was in tears from the pain, I actually after a few hours asked if I could just be don’t with it and get a csection, they said I couldn’t and we were able to change my positioning along with a bolis (I think that’s how it’s spelled?) and I was able to get some sleep finally and pain subsided. I became SO swollen down there so we iced and that helped. Eventually the pain came back with a vengeance and not just the pressure I was feeling with the contractions. Eventually I made it to 8 cm and 100% effaced, at this point my body I believe just could no longer do it :( even with the pitocin... I was 8 cm for 7 hours...... a zero station still and 100% effacement. At the point of decision time my membranes has been ruptured for 17 hours and they were concerned of a starting infection with his heart rate increasing and how many exams I had along with placement of internal monitors. We came to find out he just didn’t like the pitocin but they still did antibiotics just in case. We finally opted for a cesarean due to failure to progress, along with me just really being a little defeated and exhausted.. I labored for 2 days, couldn’t eat, barely slept, and I was just done.. all I want to say though, is for my sweet boy I would do it all over again. He’s absolutely perfect. Bentley Garcia born 7/28/19 at 1:18 am 8 lbs 10.2 oz, 20.5 inches long with huge 14.5 inch head 🤣