labor storyyyyyyy

welp, took mea bit to get it on here and all, but here it is...i can't give an exact time by time detail, cuz once things went going, things just got mad crazy and i couldn't keep track of times anymore lol

mmk, so i had a scheduled induction on monday, 2/11, arrived at the hospital at 730am, got set up with ivs and all that wonderful...got checked, and was still at 2cm when we got started...then my parents arrived,and we had to wait til 9am when the doc got in the office to start the pitocin...so around 930am i was getting it...started bringing on the contractions, of course...well at 1240pm, my doc comes in, checks me, and then all of a sudden pulls out this long rod thingy and breaks my water...boy was that hell lol...water was clear, and so we was on a roll

well not soon after my water was broke, it was like the contractions were coming hard and fast...happening every 2-3 min...in the beginning it wasn't bad, but when they progressed that quickly, i didn't have enuff time to try to control my breathing or to get a pattern, i felt like i was going thru hell...well by like 330pm, i was bout a 4...and with them coming every 2 min or so, i couldn't take it...so i asked for iv meds, cuz i was trying my damndest not to get an epi...well i don't know if i asked wrong, or if we got our lines crossed...but i got this lil shot of something put in my iv, and then a shot to the arm...i didn't think nothing of it cuz at the moment it seemed to be working, and i couldn't feel them as bad anymore....so i finally got to take a nap...cuz here i was, going thru an induction off of 2 hrs sleep, wasn't working out that great, damn anxiety lol

so i end up waking up from my nap bout an hour or so later, in agony again cuz the iv meds wore off...i'm like wth....and it got to the point i couldn't even breathe thru them, so i started crying and apologized to my hubby and my mommy and said i wanted the epi....getting the epi wasn't even that scary or bothersome, i just wanted to try to deliver as naturally as i could, even tho i know the iv meds wasn't natural, it still wasn't my bottom half numbed...so my mom starts tearing up and says don't be sorry, its ok, do wut u need to do to feel comfortable...so my mom and dad left the room and the guy came in to put my epi in....jeff stayed to hold my shoulders while the guy put it in...i probably had the best epi administerer in the world cuz i didn't feel one prick poke or prod from the guy lol...so he got it all done, did the test to make sure it was in the right spot, and then taped me up and i was laying back down...within bout 5 min, i was in complete bliss  

well i finally got my much needed nap  ...so while i was napping, hubby, mom and dad went downstairs for a quick smoke and snack...they came back up and within that hour that i slept HAPPILY lol, i went from a 5 to a 8....so then a lil time passed while i was talking to the fam and watching tv....got checked and said i was almost full, just had a lil bit of the top of my cervix left to go...so the nurse left...well not soon after that, i felt like i needed to push....and i always heard stories from other women in labor saying that they felt when they needed to push...and i always wondered...how in the hell being a first time mom will u know when its time??...and believe me, u will know when its time...just something ur body goes into i guess....so that was around 8 when the docs came back in and said that i was gonna start pushing with each contraction to try to get her farther down the canal

so from 8-9pm, i was pushing here and there with the contractions, trying to get her farther down...and i had to be told when i was having a contraction because that oh so wonderful epi was working fantastically lol....so here i am, ready to deliver...dad on the left leg, hubby on the right...and my mommy in the background running around with a camera lol...well dad was in charge of telling me when i was having a contraction, then him and hubby was telling me to push and counting for me...well time finally came to when she was crowning, and during this point in time, the doc was actually pulling at her hair thru my vajayjay cuz it was so long and she couldn't believe it lol...but apparently i wasn't stretching enuff for her to come out cuz i had to get an episiotomy...and boy, did i feel that...of all things i didn't and couldn't feel, i had to feel my vajayjay getting sliced  ...so when that happened, i screamed...she had to shoot me up with something to numb the area, and finish cutting me....well not too soon after that, she crowned and her head popped out...

well, soon after that happened, my dad had to give up my leg cuz he felt like he was gonna pass out...he can't handle cold, and figured the hospital would be freezing, so he wore 3 shirts lol...so yeah, it got hot in there and he was gonna pass out...so then i had another woman on that leg...well not even a min after dad let go, it looked like jeff was gonna pass out from seeing the baby's head pass out and the blood...so someone had to hand him his soda to get a lil kicker back in him...well after we got him functioning again, i did one last push and i just felt her come out of me...they put her on top of me, was wiping her off and had the hubby cut her cord...and i just laid there holding her...slime and all  

so the basics...she was born at 903pm...weighed in at 8lbs and 2oz and was 21 and 1/4 in long...and a head full of dark brown curls  


right after she came out


after she got wrapped up


daddy, mommy and kaleigh


mommy and kaleigh

She's beautiful! Congratulations!

congrats!! shes a cutie!! 

Congrats on your new baby!! I'm jealous

congrats momma

:-D

YEA! congrats! aww I can't wait to post my labor story!

She is Gorgeous :]

Congratulations she is beautiful i love those cheeks!!! 

congrats momma! shes is beautiful!!!

congrats hun!

That helps a lot. I'm definetly getting the epi. No doubt about it. Ha ha. I can't handle pain that well, so when the time comes, oh it's on. I'm scared to death to deliver. But I'm sure everything will be okay.

Congratulations. She's a very beautiful little girl!

Congrats Mommy! I can't wait until it's my turn... I am so ready!!!!