When I got to my room I got ready and into the bed. They asked all the medical questions and asked about other info and hooked me up to the IV. She asked the on call Dr. what she should give me to start the process and they went straight to the pitocin.
They started the pitocin at 4 am in a small dosage which of course didn't do much but they said they would increase it every 20-30 min.
Around 6:00 am i was laying on my side and I felt 2 pops and had thought it was my water but wasn't sure since there wasn't any leaking, so when the nurse came back (about 15 min later) she had checked me and when she did that's when all the water came, and said that I was at 4 cm.
About 15 min later my new nurse came in and introduced herself and told me she was informed that my water was broken and asked me how the pain was and I said it was about 3-4 and she said ok and left. After she left about 5 min later I got a got a very strong contraction and everything sped up after that. I had 2 contractions and decided that I couldn't deal with the pain anymore and told the nurse I had tons of pressure and she checked me again and said that I was a 6 cm and got the anesthesiologist about 2-3 min the anesthesiologist came in and I signed the paperwork he explained all the side effects and got going. As he was getting everything ready and cleaning my back I had 4 contractions and horrible pressure, then the epidural was in, BUT I was still able to feel the pressure (this was about 7:15 now) and the nurse checked me again and I was at 8 cm, she called the dr and told him about my progress. about 15 min later they checked me again because the pressure was so bad and they said I was complete, so about 5 min later the dr came in and I started pushing. At 7:48 am the baby came out, the nurse asked him what it was (since I didn't know what we were having) and he said a girl. She was placed on my stomach and was washed off. Lacy cut the cord and then Mackenzie was put on the scale and weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and measured at 20 in. I couldn't have asked for a faster labor, and I'm glad she's healthy
2 comments:
Congratulations on another girls. She's a cutie and love the name. I have a cousin who just turned one with the same spelling. :)
Congrats! Thanks for sharing your birthing story too- I love it! I'm glad everything went well. She is beautiful. I love all your pictures:)
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