My pregnancy was somewhat of a rough ride. The morning sickness lasted for what seemed like forever (about the first 5 months), I got diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes (GSD) and was put on bedrest for the last month because of high blood pressure. I did not feel like I had any kind of "pregnancy glow" going on. And anyone that told me I did, I still swear they were lying! In many GSD cases your doctor will set up a date of induction if you hadn't naturally given birth by then. My date of induction was at 39 weeks & 2 days (March 27th 2013).
This baby did not want to come out! I couldn't stand being on bedrest, I just wanted her to be here already... All her clothes & toys were waiting for her, and so were her Daddy & I! The last few months of pregnancy I was ordered to go to my OBGYN office 2x a week for Non-Stress Tests (NST). Let me tell ya, for any one that had to have them knows that they suck! You sit there for 20-60 minutes all uncomfortable in a chair with belts strapped to your belly. One strap measured contractions & the other kept track of the baby's heartbeat. The point of the test was to basically make sure the baby wasn't in stress. They would give you a little thing with a button on it & you'd have to press the button every time you felt movement. I can't even tell you how many NSTs I failed, they had to put me in the Bio-Physical Profile (BPP) sono's about once a week because I kept "failing" my NSTs.
Anyways, the doctor & sono techs measured the baby to be around 8+ pounds, and I was 1cm dilated, nothing insane but it was exciting! We would be definitely be going through with the induction that Tuesday.
Monday night I did not sleep! I couldn't. All I kept thinking about was I would finally be able to meet my baby girl. Tuesday morning I called to make sure my room was available, it was. We got our stuff together & headed over to the hospital!
When we arrived the ladies in labor & delivery were so nice and welcoming.. I got my robe on & laid in the bed. Right there I didn't know how long of a process this would be. I was checked for any dilation progress & I actually back tracked. I wasn't even 1cm any more!
My doctor gave me Cytotec. It is a pill that I orally took that was supposed to jump start the induction. All you can feel is a constant stretching in the uterus, it got painful & I had been ordered the epidural. The epidural wore off after a couple of hours, this is when they checked my dilation & I was barely 1cm-2cm dilated after hours of being in labor.
They then put the Pitocin in my IV....this was really supposed to speed it along. The epidural was no longer working & I could feel every single stretch & pain and contraction. Abigail was so low and smooshing her head into my pelvis, not a comfy feeling at all! I had never felt this much pain in my entire life. I was up all night crying and crying and crying...My husband & sister tried so hard to comfort me but I was like straight up exorcist woman.
They broke my water for me. I thought that would speed it along, I was wrong. I was in labor having these pains with no medicine for 30+ hours.. And the worse part is I was barely 4cm dilated at this point!
It was time for me to just go with the c-section. I was a second away from ripping the Pitocin IV out of my arm, the nurses were not agreeing with me but still called my doctor. My doctor (Dr. Yu) came around noon-time Wednesday (the 28th). I was so happy to see her! She asked me if I wanted to keep going with the induction & hell no I didn't.. Then this nurse in the background was saying for me not to do the c-section & I went postal on her. I thought about it afterwards and I was pretty mean to her, oops.
I was taken into the surgical room & at this point my pains were so horrible. I was shaking and couldn't even breathe well, the anesthesiologist was trying to insert the spinal tap & I couldn't stay still...after 30 minutes I felt my whole body go numb. I praised him for taking me out of that misery LOL!
Dr. Yu cut me open & then my husband (Steve) came in and sat with me while they took the baby out. I heard her little cry & I cried, looked over and sure enough Steve was too. We were sooo anxious to see her! They all were saying how big and beautiful she was, even with her pin head from being smooshed in my pelvis.
On March 28th 2013 at 1:23 pm my life began.
Abigail Lynn was the prettiest baby girl I had ever seen. At a whopping 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 3/4 inch long.
Afterwards, Dr. Yu and the nurses all admitted I probably would have ended up in the c-section even if I didn't want to, Abigail was face up & a big baby. I'm happy I went through with the c-section. And at least I tried to have her "naturally". I would've preferred natural birth because almost 50 days later I am still recovering from my c-section..
She was worth every single ache & pain. She is my whole world :) I would love to hear about your birth story!! Mine was a little long & I cut out a ton of it but I think this part of pregnancy is so amazing and emotional I would type it up so eventually Abigail can read :)
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Time to go be with my baby, thanks for reading.
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Samantha
