It’s finally here!! We checked into the hospital Monday Oct. 18th at 9pm to start the process of being induced. Your Daddy and I are so excited to meet you and keep saying “in less than 24 hours we will be parents” or “in less than 12 hours we should be parents!”
When we got to the hospital they checked us into a room and hooked me up to the IV, which looking back was the most painful part of everything! Once they got the IV in and all the monitors hooked up they realized I was already having regular contractions so they had to call the Doctor to see if they should still give me the pill to soften me. The Doctor said to go forward with giving me the pill so now we are another step closer to meeting you!! They put the first pill in around 11 and the second one in around 3am.
On Tuesday morning they checked to see how dilated I was and when they did, I was only at a two but was about 80% effaced. So they decided to start the pitocin drip. That was going for about 45 minutes when they started to notice a not so good pattern. I was having lots of contractions but each time I did your heart rate would drop so they took me off of the pitocin until they got in touch with Dr. Beckner.
Dr. Beckner made it to the hospital around 8am and came in to check and see if I became more dilated but was still only at a two. So while he was there they went ahead and started the pitocin drip again so he could monitor what was going on. He sat in the room and talked to us for a bit while he monitored the charts and unfortunately we both were still having a bad reaction to it. He made the decision to stop the pitocin.
He then told us he was afraid that if he let us go home and go into labor naturally since I was already having contractions that once we came back in it might be more of an emergency situation. Dr. Beckner said if I was his wife or his daughter he would recommend going forward with a C-section and Jeffrey and I both agreed right away that is what it was going to be because your health was the most important thing. It is now about 8:40am. I called my Mom to tell her that the Dr. recommends a C-section and that Jeffrey and I have agreed that is the best thing. She asked when she should come up and we said it would be a while and that she has plenty of time to go and vote.
Right after we hung up the phone the Doctor came back in the room to say he was going to have the Nurse’s get us ready!! The Nurse came in to get us ready and said they would be taking us back within the next ten minutes because the Doctor had a 9:30am appointment! Jeffrey called my Mom back to tell her to come up as well as his parents because it was going to be a lot sooner than expected!
It was great because both his parents and my Mom made it up to the hospital before they rolled us back at 8:55am. My Dad did not make it there before we got rolled back but was there waiting for us to get out of the surgery.
Once they had us ready and started to wheel us back I began to get a little emotional. I was so excited to know that we would be seeing you very soon but was so nervous about the needle I was about to get in my back!
I remember the double doors being open and seeing the surgery room and table where I was about to begin the next step. It was kind of scary looking, a table in the middle of the room with lots of bright lights around and every one wearing the blue scrubs over their clothes.
They moved me over to the surgery table and got the needle ready! I was very nervous about the needle but had such a wonderful Nurse and Doctor that both helped sooth me during the process. Once they did the needle; which really didn’t hurt nearly as bad as I was working myself up for it to be my whole lower body went numb. Once I was numb, Jeffrey got to come in once they were through with the needle. They put the catheter in and started cutting away.
You were born at 9:28am and you’re Daddy and my heart melted! You weighed 8lbs 6oz and measuring 19 ½ inches. Daddy got to hold you first since I was still on the surgery table and he had the biggest smile on his face!! He finally brought you over to me and I got to give you a big kiss! What an amazing feeling!! I couldn’t wait to get off of the surgery table and hold you!
They finally got done with my surgery and wheeled me back to our recovery room. Once we got settled into the room, they brought you in for me to hold and feed you!! What an amazing moment, one I will never forget!! You are so beautiful and perfect!! You did so well on our first feeding and have done so well since!
Once we were done with the feeding you had so many visitors that day! It was so much fun to see everyone and to show you off!!
