I promised my L&D story... and here it is
I had a pretty easy pregnancy minus the fluctuating BP that was high enough to have them poke me a lot, do 24 hour urine tests weekly, and send me to NST to check the baby weekly as well. I'd been to the hospital so much for little things and big things that I was just so tired of being there.My dad came into town around the beginning of the second week in June to stay until M was born and it was great cause DH was TDY in Yuma for a few weeks and had just left. I'd seen my midwife the day he left and she told me I was 2cm 80% effaced and she stripped my membranes in hopes that it would speed up the process. Well unfortunatley that did not work, so my dad and I hung around the house after he got here cause I was on modified bedrest with my BP issues. On the 18th DH came home early because he had to qual. in the rifle range and thankfully he did. The 19th I had another dr's appt and she again stripped my membranes and this time I think it actually did something. DH was home and they suggested a few ways to move things along and when your without your husband for a little while, you know what happens. lol. =). i wasn't feeling any pain besides a few cramps and upper back aches but nothing that warranted concern. Friday night, the 20th, DH, my dad, and I went out to dinner at Tony Roma's in PB and it was a nice evening out. Unfortunatley, I had insomnia and couldn't sleep until 4 a.m. The 21st, i woke up at 7:30 to go to the bathroom like usual and honestly, something was different about it. I ignored it even tho I was cramping, but in my defense, I had pee cramps practically every morning and thought that's what it was. I tried to sleep it off cause I only had about 3 hours of sleep and I couldn't fig out why I couldn't sleep. About an hour later I was in a little bit more pain and that's when DH woke up. He apparently knew that I was in labor but I refused to go to the hospital. We tried to shower but that wasn't helping and finally i broke down about 9:30 or so I think and said let's go. It took me a bit to get downstairs and in the car, not to mention the time it took Dh and my dad to get ready and get my things. We left and headed down to the hospital and on the way there, DH was speeding and a cop pulled him over only because he said that DH looked like " he was flipping him off with his eyes!' WTF. Anyways, I'm sitting there in pain saying I don't have time for this and the cop let us go after being a pain in the ass. lol. We get to the hospital and I'm so stubborn I insist on walking up, but the second I get out of the car, I can't move. DH went to get a wheel chair and my dad stayed outside with me holding me up. Apparently, the wheel chair had to come from L&D and they took forever. By the time I got up and into triage, I'm begging them to let me sit on the toilet, and they wouldn't let me because the doctor needed to check me. While in triage, they could not figure out how far along I was. One said 8cm another said 5-6cm. Either way, they moved me to and L&D room where my nurse came in and I again begged to sit on the toilet. She wouldn't let me because I needed to be checked again. At that time I begged for drugs and she told me she needed to take blood and get my IV going, so then I begged for IV meds. Long story short, she couldn't give me any drugs and I couldn't sit on the toilet because by the time a doctor came in and checked me my cervix had thinned all the way and she pushed that aside and my water broke. M started making my stomach contract sod that it was starting to cut off oxygen and push her out as quickly as possible. Another doctor came in and said she'd give me lidocain down there but because I really had the urge to push, she let me without it and M came out in 3 pushes. She shot out, the doctor actually had to catch her. It was amazing and then the pain completley went away. It was loverly! So even though I said I didn't want drugs in my birth plan, and begged for them when I got there, my labor and delivery was all natural without them and a piece of cake. I was discharged the next day. =)
Whew that was a long story. =) Okay well u can't say I never did anything for u. =)
posted by Inkedfemme @ 1:56 AM
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