He has the Van Thiel big head - thanks dad! And decided to follow the Cathy plan of birth for just after midnight!
The "short" version of the day
3am - wake up and get ready to go to the hospital
5am - check in for induction. 3cm
6 - 12pm - cervix junk put on 3 times with walking in between.
1pm- still 3cm and contractions aren't picking up so we were sent home to let things progress naturally instead of starting pitocin.
1:30pm - get home and try to nap but get the most intense period like cramps of my life.
3:45pm - in horrible pain with the period like cramps. Call my nurse from the morning and she tells me they will fall into a pattern and when they start coming 3-5 minutes apart for one hour to head back.
3:45 - 4:45pm - as soon as I hang up the phone they start getting a pattern of 2 minutes apart.
5pm - head back to the hospital
5:15pm - get admitted and have gone from 3cm to 5.5cm just while being at home. Epidural is ordered because these contractions are unreal crazy.
6pm- my new BFF arrives, Dr Wells the epidural man. Just like that the pain goes away and I am really looking forward to a nap before the real thing gets started.
7pm - get checked again and am already 8cm! Dr breaks my water then I settle in for a nap. I'm progressing really quickly and they think the baby will be here before we know it.
8pm - 10 doctors and nurses rush into the room and before I know it they tell me I'm 10cm and need to push NOW. Carter's heart rate was having decels and they were worried. It was frantic, I went from half asleep to pushing in less than 2 minutes and Joe and I had no clue what was going on. Epidural is turned way down so I can start to feel my contractions to know when to push.
8:30pm - things settle down and Carter's heart rate is back up to normal. The extra 7 people leave and it's just Joe and I and the dr and nurses.
8-11:00pm - pushing, pushing and more pushing.
11pm - Dr says we're not making any progress and I have 2 options - try some different pushing positions or go for a c section. At this point I'm not feeling that this is going to happen naturally but decide to give it another go and push for another 45 minutes
11:45pm - Dr throws in the towel and says it's time for a c section. We're not progressing and it's been over 3 hours.
11:47pm - I agree but am scared. Like really scared. I tell Joe not to get all mushy on me or I'll start crying. Dr says "it's ok, let the tears out now" And there they come! All day of this labor business, 3 hours of pushing and ending up with a c section/major surgery. Freaked out! The people were so nice to me though and really made me feel a lot better while I was getting prepped and Joe couldn't come in yet.
12:24am - THE NEXT DAY... just like my mom wished for... he's born! He cries, I cry, Joe cries. I watch them clean him up on the table next to me. Carter is crying and Joe puts his finger in Carter's tiny little hand and the second Joe touches him to comfort him he stops crying. I don't think I've ever loved Joe as much as I did in that very second.
Some pics:
We found out that the reason Carter wasn't wanting to come out was because of a few things. A. his huge head and the fact that he was stuck semi sideways in my pelvis. B. the cord was wrapped around his shoulder/neck - kinda like you'd wear a messenger bag - and the cord was totally flat with no give. So each time I pushed he'd go down but then come right back up again because the cord had no give. We were told it was the flattest cord they'd seen. or C. he was NCO - not coming out! as one of the doctors said. :)
We are all settled into our recovery room. They just took Carter to give him a bath and have the ped doctor examine him. Joe ran home to get some stuff/shower and let our dogs out and since I'm on drugs still and pretty much stuck in bed Carter can't be in the room alone with me - hence my time to write this. And with that I'm going to take a much needed nap!
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