23-11-2009 - BIRTH STORY !

My mood while writing this blog: IN LOVE !

HEY LADIES! MY LITTLE GUY IS FINALLY HERE! HE WAS BORN 11/17/09 AT 2:26 A.M. HE WEIGHED 8.4 LBS AND 20.5 INCHES ! I HAD HIM VAGINAL! OUCH!!!!

WELL I HAD A 40 WEEK AND 5 DAYS OB APPT ON 11/16/09 I WENT IN AND MY DOC CHECKED ME SHE SAID I WAS 3CM DIALATED... I TOLD HER THAT THE NITE BEFORE I HAD SOME WATERY DISCHARGE ON MY PANTIES SO SHE CHECKED TO SEE IF I WAS LEAKING FLUID AND YES!!! SHE SAID MY WATER HAD RUPTURED ALREADY AND SHE WAS AFRAID BABY WAS EXPOSED TO BACTERIA SO SHE SENT ME RIGHT AWAY TO LABOR AND DELIVERY. SO I CALLED MY FIANCE AT WORK AND TOLD HIM TO PICK ME UP!! WE ARRIVED TO HOSPITAL AT 4:30PM AND AT 5:00PM THEY STARTED ME ON MY IV WITH ANTIBIOTICS SINCE MY WATER HAD RUPTURED SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR... AT 6PM MY DOC CALLED AND TOLD THEM TO START ME ON PITOCIN TO INDUCE MY LABOR... BY 8PM I WAS 6CM DIALATED AND IN PAIN BUT I WAS STILL BEING STRONG... THEN BY 10PM I WAS 7CM DIALATED AND MY PAIN WAS REALLY BAD BUT I WAS STILL BEING BRAVE... FINALLY BY MIDNITE THE PAIN WAS EXTREME AND I REQUESTED THE EPIDURAL SO AT 12:30 THE EPI STARTED WORKING I WAS 8CM DIALATED.....AT 1:00AM I WAS 9CM.... THE PRESSURE IN MY PELVIS WAS SO INTENSE I FELT THE URGE TO PUSH BUT NURSE SAID NO.... FINALLY AT 2:00AM I WAS 10CM I STARTED TO PUSH AND AT 2:26 HE WAS OUT!! HE RIPPED ME FRONT TO BACK OUCH!!!!!!!!! I HAD TO GET STITCHES BUT IM OK.... IM SO HAPPY MY BABY BOY IS HERE! DADDY IS IN LOVE WITH HIS BIG BOY