September 13th 2011
I hardly slept the night before, maybe 2 hours of sleep. I was so anxious and excited about my induction! My mother arrived around 6:45am to stay with Wyatt while Matt and I headed to the hospital. Wyatt cried when we left. He hasn't cried like that in a long time. It broke my heart. This would be the first night I would ever spend away from Wyatt.
We arrived at the hospital and checked into our room. I was there for over an hour before the induction even started. I just wanted to get the show on the road! At 9:30am my doctor arrived and checked my cervix. I was only 1 cm dilated and the baby was still up high but my cervix was soft. The doctor decided it would be a good idea to start me on a dose of cytotec before starting the pitocin. Around 1:30pm my doctor checked my cervix again. At this point I was 4-5cm dilated, 50% effaced, and the baby was at -1 station. My doctor was very happy with how well my body was responding to the induction! My doctor wanted to hold off on the pitocin and see if I would start active labor on the cytotec alone. The next couple hours were pretty boring. My contractions were not painful, just annoying but nothing I couldn't talk or laugh through. At 3:30pm my doctor checked me and there hadn't been any change so she said we should start pitocin. Within an hour of starting the pitocin my contractions were starting to get stronger and closer together. At 5:30pm I was getting restless and it was my goal to not receive any pain medications so I started to walk the halls. I was hoping walking would also help move things along and help the baby drop even more. I walked the halls for close to 45 minutes. At that point I was stopping every 5-10 feet to stand against the wall just so I could breath through my contractions. At around 6:15 I went back to my room so my doctor could check my cervix. I was 6cm and was in a serious amount of pain at this point. The back labor was brutal. I just kept breathing with every contraction. I was coming to a point where even in between contractions I was in a bit of pain, very crampy, my back hurt, and I was starting to feel a ton of pressure. With every contraction I could feel Henry dropping and the pressure was getting worse and worse. I knew it was time. I told my nurse that I felt like I needed to push and she better get the doctor. Within minutes my doctor was telling me that I was 9.5 cm and that I could push but I needed to wait for them to set up the room. I was so happy when my doctor told me I could push with my next contraction. It was not easy and I could feel everything but doing it with no pain medication was very empowering. No one told me when to push or how long or how hard to push, I was in complete control over my body which is exactly what I wanted. It only took 3 pushes before Henry was out! Henry was born at 7:10pm. Before I even realized what happened Henry was on my chest crying. All that pain just stoped the second Henry was born and then I was holding my little miracle!
NOW
Henry is almost 3 months old and absolute joy. He is over 18 pounds and has been exclusively breastfed since day 1. He is such a happy baby and is always full of smiles and is always laughing at his big brother. It is hard to believe that a year ago Matt and I were just trying for a baby. I am so blessed to have the ability to not only get pregnant very easily, have such easy deliveries, and give birth to healthy beautiful babies.
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