Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
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Alyssa has arrived
My water broke around 3 am on Oct. 26 (I wasn't sure at first that that was what had happened because it just wasn't that much fluid to start off with but when I got up an hour and a half later, I was sure since I had enough to make a small puddle on the floor). We called the midwife who said to head in after showering and having breakfast. I was having contractions, but they were mild and not consistent.
We got to the hospital around 6 and they had me walk around for 40 minutes, then come back and be monitored for 20 minutes. After a couple of hours of this, with no noticeable increase in contractions, the midwife mentioned pitocin. I was hoping to go natural, so asked to be checked first (they don't like to check you after your water breaks because it increases risk of infection). After the check, there was no question about the pitocin since I was exactly the same as at my checkup the previous Tuesday (1 cm, 70%).
After a couple of hours of contractions on the pitocin, the contractions started getting really bad ... I'm talking about the peak being a 10 on the pain scale with the time in between only letting down to a 7. Once again, had wanted to go natural, but there was no way anyone could go through this amount of pain for very long (I was only 4 cm dilated at that point) So, we started the epidural. I was actually pleasantly surprised at the epidural because I was not completely numb in that I could control my legs and didn't have pain in my back (I HATE anesthesia and have a bad back so that's why I wanted to stay away from the epidural). I progressed pretty nicely from there and they kept asking me if I felt the need to push or felt pressure (I never did).
They finally checked me and relayed that I was all the way dilated and ready to go so we started pushing. At some point, I started having pain in my back and started pushing the button to get relief from the epidural but nothing never happened and the pain got worse. Finally, I started vomiting and shaking and having tremendous pain. They called the anesthesiologist who finally got enough pain killer and anti-vomiting medicine into me to get everything into control. So we started pushing again.
I was so numb at this point that I had to have help holding up my legs and I had no idea whether I was pushing the right place (the midwife kept assuring me that I was). Eventually, they called in the doctor because they couldn't figure out why she wasn't descending. The answer to that question is that she was engaged neither with her face to my spine (like babies are supposed to come out) nor "sunny side up" but somewhere inbetween. They tried to turn her, but she wouldn't stay where they put her. At this point, it was 11 pm (so my water had broken almost 24 hours ago), I had started running a fever, and there was no other option but a c/s.
Alyssa Natalie Niburg arrived at 12:45 am on October 27 weighing 7 lbs, 13 oz and was 20 inches long. She has the biggest baby feet that I have ever seen and is adorable. Because of the protracted labor, she ended up arriving on my EDD. I always thought that people were kind of ridiculous for falling in love with their babies and going all baby crazy but now I completely understand because I was in the surgery room just going crazy because she was crying and I couldn't get to her. It was (and continues to be) an amazing experience.
---Becca
We got to the hospital around 6 and they had me walk around for 40 minutes, then come back and be monitored for 20 minutes. After a couple of hours of this, with no noticeable increase in contractions, the midwife mentioned pitocin. I was hoping to go natural, so asked to be checked first (they don't like to check you after your water breaks because it increases risk of infection). After the check, there was no question about the pitocin since I was exactly the same as at my checkup the previous Tuesday (1 cm, 70%).
After a couple of hours of contractions on the pitocin, the contractions started getting really bad ... I'm talking about the peak being a 10 on the pain scale with the time in between only letting down to a 7. Once again, had wanted to go natural, but there was no way anyone could go through this amount of pain for very long (I was only 4 cm dilated at that point) So, we started the epidural. I was actually pleasantly surprised at the epidural because I was not completely numb in that I could control my legs and didn't have pain in my back (I HATE anesthesia and have a bad back so that's why I wanted to stay away from the epidural). I progressed pretty nicely from there and they kept asking me if I felt the need to push or felt pressure (I never did).
They finally checked me and relayed that I was all the way dilated and ready to go so we started pushing. At some point, I started having pain in my back and started pushing the button to get relief from the epidural but nothing never happened and the pain got worse. Finally, I started vomiting and shaking and having tremendous pain. They called the anesthesiologist who finally got enough pain killer and anti-vomiting medicine into me to get everything into control. So we started pushing again.
I was so numb at this point that I had to have help holding up my legs and I had no idea whether I was pushing the right place (the midwife kept assuring me that I was). Eventually, they called in the doctor because they couldn't figure out why she wasn't descending. The answer to that question is that she was engaged neither with her face to my spine (like babies are supposed to come out) nor "sunny side up" but somewhere inbetween. They tried to turn her, but she wouldn't stay where they put her. At this point, it was 11 pm (so my water had broken almost 24 hours ago), I had started running a fever, and there was no other option but a c/s.
Alyssa Natalie Niburg arrived at 12:45 am on October 27 weighing 7 lbs, 13 oz and was 20 inches long. She has the biggest baby feet that I have ever seen and is adorable. Because of the protracted labor, she ended up arriving on my EDD. I always thought that people were kind of ridiculous for falling in love with their babies and going all baby crazy but now I completely understand because I was in the surgery room just going crazy because she was crying and I couldn't get to her. It was (and continues to be) an amazing experience.
---Becca
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