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Nichole Elise Sex: girl Born: 15 July, 2008 Age: 0 years & 91 days Birthday in: 274 days Starsign: Cancer Development: See the 3 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: July 8th, 2008
Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 11 hrs (from admittance to birth)
Weight @ birth: 7 lbs 8 ozs
Length @ birth: 21 in

Nichole-Elise`s birthstory

Here is my detailed birth story.

I was scheduled for induction the 15th at 7:30 am. After being admitted and settled into the LDR (which was a nice one) they checked me and I was about 5 cm. When she checked my cervix and drew her hand out I saw blood on her glove and since I never bled from that before, I believe she probably separated my membranes. They broke my water and soon after that I began feeling dizzy and nauseous. They gave me nausea medicine and I ended up reacting weird to it because with each of my contractions I felt this intense sensation over my entire body that made me feel like I wanted to come out of my flesh, it also made me shaky. So they gave me Benadryl to counteract that side effect but it did not seem to work because after a few hours my contractions were almost back to back and the feeling and shaking got worse. It became difficult for me to speak clearly too. So after they checked me I was only around 6 cm. I realized that I couldn`t take feeling so bad for 4 more cm plus the pain from pushing so I swallowed my pride and accepted an epidural. They administered the epi and it was not as bad as I thought it would be: the numbing shot was a stick and a burn, then the needle was a burning pressure, then the tube sent a weird jolt down my left leg. I then had to have the foley catheter put in to pee and even though I was dreading that, I could not feel it after the epi set in. With the epidural, I could still move my lower body a tiny bit. I could weakly lift my right leg a little, but could not lift my left leg at all. The hours after the epi allowed me to sleep and feel nothing. I started to feel bad for the baby because she was working so hard and my contractions were pretty intense and I didn`t feel a thing. They started a brief pitocin drip because I only progressed to about 7 cm. Soon I was complete and ready to push. The nurse had me do a practice push during a contraction to see how well I`d do and she was like `Good, push like that and we`ll have a baby soon`. So my boyfriend made 2 quick calls to parents letting them know I was about to start pushing. They got everything set up and offered a mirror so I can see. I didn`t think I`d want to but I did because it gave me a chance to see my progress so I could push better. It is pretty challenging to push against something you can`t really feel but I did really good. I think it was 3 sets of 3 pushes and out she came at 6:32 pm. The first thing I said when her head came out was `she looks just like me and my sisters`. My b/f cut the cord (which squirted blood on the doctor lol) and they started cleaning her. She was a pretty quiet baby, barely cried. And she is so pretty (now looks a lot like my b/f). I ended up tearing a little so yeah that`s pretty sucky to deal with when the epi wears off. After she was cleaned off they brought her to me and try breast feeding. She latched on very well. Our visitors came soon after and we all talked and took picture and had a good time. The only thing negative about our stay at the birth center was the hours between 2 am and 2pm the next day we had to bunk up with another woman in her LDR because the rooms for after you give birth were all full. It was cramped and I was in pain because of my tear. When we finally got into our own room, the rest of our stay was good. Our nurse was really nice. More guests came and we got some new baby girl stuff (since we kept the baby`s gender as a surprise) so now we have girly stuff. We were discharged at around 12 pm the day after that (the 17th) and came home, yay! So far everything has been pretty easy to adjust to. I didn`t think I`d get all emotional from this whole experience, but just yesterday all the emotions that lay dormant in me came out and I finally realized how other mothers feel when they say how much they love someone they just met. It`s a really unexplainable feeling. We can`t help but look and her looking back at us and smile at how sweet and beautiful she is.

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