Birth Story and More Pictures

I know I usually don't get super personal on my blog but I've been asked several times to post Parker's birth story. PLEASE DO NOT FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO READ IT! If you are interested, it's here for you. If you are like me (never wanting to know the gory details), look at the pictures and leave a comment. I will be going into detail.

June 13:

2 am: I woke up with a funny feeling. I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital but since I had just been there on Thurs and got sent home, I just waited. I just laid in bed waiting, like a doofus.

3:34 am: My water broke while I was still in bed waiting. I grabbed the towel I had by the bed and ran to the bathroom. I shouted for Dustin. I told Dustin "my water broke" to which he replies "are you serious?" I try very hard not to much him and succeed.

4:20 am: My Mother in Law shows up at our house to watch Brady while we go to the hospital.

4:30am: Get to hospital and check in. At this point, my water has a green color because of Meconium. But they aren't going to check my progress until I am in active labor. They tried to put my IV in and I turned green and told them I was going to pass out. They revive me with smelling salts and we start over again. Fun.

8:30am: I'm done trying to walk around the hospital, mostly since I am leaving a water trail as I go. We decide to start Pitocin.

2pm: I've decided that I'm done feeling contractions since Pitocin makes them much worse. I tell them that I want an epidural. I am at 4 centimeters. The guy came in to give me the epidural and could not get it in on the first try. He has to pull the needle out and start over.

More fun.

5pm: The nurse came in to check me, I'm at 6 centimeters. However, her hands are covered in blood afterwards. A couple minutes later, the room was filled with people and all the lights had been turned on. They unplugged my IV, epidural, and Pitocin. A doctor came in and tried to stretch out my cervix so that he could pull the baby out. After a new minutes, I finally figured out that the baby's heart rate had dropped by half and it was going on 5 mins of being that way. They called for anesthesiology, told the special care nursery to prep, and called the OR. They were preparing to call a code when a couple of the nurses rolled me onto my side and the baby's heart rate went back up to normal. They didn't know what happened.

5:30pm to 9:00pm or later: Hysterical crying on my part. All the while, Dustin kept asking me questions like "should I go to our house and check on the dogs?" "can your mom watch Brady tomorrow while my parents go to a meeting?" I lost it and screamed at him.

10:30pm: My epidural starts wearing off and the nurse doesn't want me to have much more. (MEAN nurse, last time I couldn't feel ANYTHING at all! It was wonderful!) I start telling them that I'm having a lot of pressure. So, they check me and the baby is face up (sunny side up.) They tell me to turn onto my side and try to get the baby to roll over.

11:00pm: I tell them that the pressure is getting worse and I need to push. They check me again. The baby has turned, but not the right way. They roll me over onto my other side. They keep telling me that if I try to get him out sunny side up, it will be harder.

11:15pm: I tell them that I HAVE to push. The midwife tells me that the baby isn't in position yet. I tell her, I HAVE TO PUSH! She rather condescendingly says "Fine, push." SIX minutes later, the baby is out.

11:21pm: Parker is covered with blood from my placenta and Meconium. His lungs have fluid in them. Apparently, my placenta had pulled itself off the wall of my uterus. Parker's cord was wrapped around his shoulder. And because he's such a big baby, they have to check his blood sugar. His blood sugar was REALLY low and they told me we had to give him formula. They checked his blood sugar again, though it was still low, they did not make him go to the special care nursery.

Alright, that leads us to our quest home which was no walk in the park either. But I'm ending this ridiculously long post now. Cookies for you if you made it to the end!