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| Kinsley, 5 Seconds old Born on 6/21 at 7:04 pm 7 lbs 3 oz, 20 3/4 inches |
So a lot has happened since my last post! I am warning you now, this is going to be long with all the details!
First of all, it was a bad idea to try to get things done around the house last Wednesday after my appointment. I should have taken a nap! Here's the story:
No, I did not go to the hospital at 7 pm Thursday night for an induction and have her 4 minutes later. That would have been awesome though. The contractions continued all day Wednesday. They were pretty regular and pretty frequent. They were getting hard enough that some of them I had to stop what I was doing. By the way, contractions did not feel like I thought they would. They burned! I felt most of the pain and burning in my legs, hips and low back. Chris had a softball game that night at 9:15, I wasn't sure how I was going to sit through it without letting anyone else know I was having them. Our last meal as just a married couple was Mac and Cheese and chicken nuggets, how sad is that.
We got home from the game around 10:30 and I was starting to have to breathe through some of the contractions. I could still talk through them but it felt better to breathe through them. Chris headed to bed around midnight. I told him I was going to take a bath to see if the contractions would go away and I would wake him up if I needed anything. I decided to call work to see what was going on and who would be there that night and Thursday to take care of me. They told me there were 3 other inductions scheduled for Thursday night plus 2 Friday morning and 2 c-sections Friday morning. That meant they would have 8 babies on Friday! That is a ton for us! I'd say 4 is pretty average. I was not excited about the news and was hoping more than ever that things would get going so I could deliver before everyone else!
The bath helped a little... until I got out. The pain was intense, the contractions were harder and stronger. I contracted all night with no sleep. Just as soon as I'd think I'd wake Chris up to go to the hospital, the contractions would space out a bit. Finally at 5 am I woke Chris up. His first question was "are they hard enough that you can't walk or talk through them?" He knows too much! I told him I hadn't slept all night, let's go!
I called the girls at work at let them know we were on our way. We got there around 5:45, just in time to see the night shift girls.
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| In the parking garage at 5 am looking a little tired! |
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| last bump pic 40 weeks, 3 days |
I got changed and checked in and was hoping the pain I had felt all night actually did something to my cervix. Tammy (one of the night shift nurses) checked me and said I was still 1cm dilated but maybe only 1cm thick and her head was still low. I was disappointed and hoping they wouldn't send me home, especially since I was supposed to be induced that night along with 3 other people. Brianne (one of the day shift nurses) called and talked to Kim. She said to watch me for two hours and recheck my cervix. Ugh. I really just wanted her to get things going. Chris and I walked the halls for a while, then Brianne suggested the whirlpool tub. I was willing to do anything to get my cervix to change so that I could stay. Chris went ran home to take care of Titus while I was in the tub. I stayed in the tub for about 20 min. The contractions were strong and one right after another. After a good two hours Brianne checked me again and said I was a 1+ and maybe a little thinner. Kim was satisfied with that and said I could stay! Woohoo! 2 hours later Brianne checked me again and I had made basically no change so we started pitocin. The contractions were getting harder and closer together. I spent a lot of time on the birthing ball with Chris putting pressure and rubbing on my back. He did such a great job and didn't complain once. Eventually I tried some fentanyl to take the edge off of the pain. It helped a little and I was able to really relax between contractions. After the fentanyl wore off I was ready for the epidural but knew Kim had said I needed to wait until I was 3-4 cm dilated first. Brianne told her how much pain I was in with the pitocin and suggested that the epidural may help me relax enough to change my cervix. They decided that as long as I made some change I could have an epidural. Brianne checked me again and said I was almost a 2 and almost completely thinned out. She was definitely taking care of me!
About 1pm they came in to place the epidural. For some reason I started to get really nervous. Chris was standing in front of me with a hoodie on and I was squeezing his hands like crazy before we even got anything started. I think maybe it hit me at that time that I was going to have a baby that day, one way or another I was finally going to meet this little girl. I thought I was doing a good job of hiding my nerves but I guess Chris could tell. Half way through he said "I need to take this hoodie off". I knew what that meant and told him he needed to sit down. The whole time I am hunched over and can't see him. When they finished the epidural I looked up and Chris is still white as a ghost. I made Brianne get him his powerade and some peanut butter crackers. He didn't like that I was making a big deal out of it but I did't care, he looked terrible! The epidural started working pretty quickly. Chris went and got some lunch and I took a much needed nap!
Around 3:30pm Brianne checked me again and said I was a good 2 and still not quite all the way thinned out. Basically, no change. So frustrating! All of this pain and contractions and pitocin and nothing to show for it! Working on that unit I knew if I didn't start making change soon I would end up in the corner room (c-section). Chris and I called our parents and told them we were going to take a nap and they could come up around 6 to see us because it looked like it was going to be a long night.
At 5pm Kim came in and said she wanted to break my water and put in an internal monitor to measure contractions to make sure the 18 of pitocin I was on was doing something. She said I was 4cm dilated and almost 100% effaced (thin). Sigh of relief! Things were looking better! Almost immediately I started feeling pressure with each contraction and began to shake uncontrollably. Again, working on this unit I knew I was progressing (at least I hoped) pretty fast. I asked Brianne to check me again before she got off at 6, especially since our parent were supposed to be there at that time too. At 5:45 I was 8cm dilated, 100% effaced and her head was getting really low. I told Brianne she needed to call Kim and get her here right away because this girl was coming fast! Chris called our parents and told them to come to the hospital now but things were happening quickly so they would need to wait in the waiting room. They show up around 6 and of course wanted to check on me and make sure everything was ok. By this time I was feeling almost constant pressure and shaking so bad I did not want anyone in the room and definitely wasn't feeling like talking to anyone. Chris talked to them in the hall for a minute or two so they knew I was ok.
It seemed like forever before Kim got there. I asked Brianne to call her again because I was tired of waiting and ready to push! At some point Brie got there for the night shift. Finally, around 6:20 Kim showed up and we started pushing. Since Chris's episode with the epidural, we decided it would be best for him to sit in a tall chair by my head. Thankfully Brianne was willing to stay to hold one leg while Brie held the other and Chris got to be my head support and ice boy. I pushed like crazy and it relieved a lot of pressure until we got toward the end. When they talk about the "ring of fire" they aren't kidding. It feels like you are on fire and you are supposed to push through that. Kim said she wanted to give me a small episiotomy, I begged her not to. We pushed for several more contractions with no progress (the nurses said I was making progress but Chris told me later her head wasn't moving much and was out pretty far). Kim said it would be best if she did the episiotomy and just have a baby. She made a small cut (I couldn't feel it but could I could hear it which is almost worse). I pushed a couple of times and saw her reach for the scissors again. As I'm telling her not to cut anymore, she does and at 7:04 pm Kinsley's head comes flying out. I didn't even have to push! Poor thing was just stuck. I felt such relief that it was all over and I got to see this beautiful baby girl. Chris cut the cord and started taking tons of pictures. We knew the new grandparents would be pacing in the waiting room so I sent Chris out right away to share the news.
So I thought I was out of the woods and everything was smooth sailing from here. Not so much! I started bleeding quite a bit. Once again, I could tell by the amount of clots coming out and the fact that they wouldn't let me eat or drink anything, a D&C (surgery where they scrap the inside of the uterus to stop the bleeding) was a good possibility. After 3 bags of pitocin, 2 shots of methergine in my leg, 800mcg of cytotec up my rear, lots of pushing on my uterus and Kim reaching her hand into my uterus to remove some clots, the bleeding finally slowed down. Because of all of this going on with me, our parents had to wait a while to meet Kinsley. They said they were "patiently" waiting. I don't believe it! haha.
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| official weight 7lbs 3oz |
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| Thanks ladies! (sorry it's blurry, I was still shaking a little) |
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| Proud Daddy |
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| Proud (and tired) Mommy |
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| First family picture |
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