Lori in NJ
08-12-2003, 08:19 PM
Hello all,
I just posted this on the b*tching post b/c I was SO frustrated I was never going to go into labor...
My water broke at 10:30p, we got to the hospital at 1 am and the contractions TOTALLY started picking up--they checked me at 1:30a and I was only 3cm--WHAT??? (I had been dilated 2-3 cm for OVER a week!!!) By 2:30 am the epidural was placed (WOW! I had NO idea what labor contractions would be like!!!!) and by 5am I was 7 cm dilated...by 6am I was complete, however I started feeling contractions and REFUSED to push until they topped off my epidural. By 7am I started pushing but the dr had to keep leaving so they had me 'hang out'--however, the goal was to get the baby out by 8am b/c that's when the dr changed shifts. I ended up delivering with the same dr that delivered my son last year, did my HSG, did my cerclage, etc. so it was EXTRA special and ironically, my L&D nurse is the woman who leads my PALS (preg after loss support) group--talk about luck!!! Lo & behold just before 8am the head was 1/2 way out and everyone was saying "she" (did I ever tell you guys that EVERYONE but me & my sister SWORE this baby was a girl???) and I was screaming about pressure and asking what they were doing to me... It turns out the head was actually just coming out of me w/o my pushing!!! All of a sudden I heard "don't push, we need to suction a bit" and I gave a little push more and heard "look it must be a girl, she's playing w/the cord around her neck like it's a necklace" and the dr said "here she comes...and it's a .....BOY!!!!!!!!!"
All I could do was yell "OMIGOD!!!! OMIGOD!!! OMIGOD!!!!" and they put him on my tummy and there it was... the most incredible gift I could EVER EVER EVER imagine. I'm bawling as I type this b/c I cannot even begin to describe what this feels like... He is SO alert and absolutely GORGEOUS (I promise I'll attach a pic w/i the next day or so). Every u/s pic we have has his right hand next to his face and now that he's out of the womb, we cannot swaddle that hand or EVER move it away from his face (esp during bf'ing!!!)
The stats are that he was born on 8/8 at 8:00am (how wild!) and he weighed 7 lbs exactly--19.5 inches. The delivery was SO quick and easy that I needed 1-2 stitches and have felt GREAT ever since (albeit I'm tired as hell).
Tomorrow is my first son's old due date--I cry for him when I realize what I lost, but I realize that he's truly a guardian angel b/c I could never have imagined that after all I endured I would feel SO grateful for everything I've got.
I've been dreaming for SO long about the day I could post this news and my day has come. Thank you all SOOOOOOOO... much for your support. I cannot wait for those who are currently pregnant to experience this b/c it's more amazing than I could've imagined.
Lori
I just posted this on the b*tching post b/c I was SO frustrated I was never going to go into labor...
My water broke at 10:30p, we got to the hospital at 1 am and the contractions TOTALLY started picking up--they checked me at 1:30a and I was only 3cm--WHAT??? (I had been dilated 2-3 cm for OVER a week!!!) By 2:30 am the epidural was placed (WOW! I had NO idea what labor contractions would be like!!!!) and by 5am I was 7 cm dilated...by 6am I was complete, however I started feeling contractions and REFUSED to push until they topped off my epidural. By 7am I started pushing but the dr had to keep leaving so they had me 'hang out'--however, the goal was to get the baby out by 8am b/c that's when the dr changed shifts. I ended up delivering with the same dr that delivered my son last year, did my HSG, did my cerclage, etc. so it was EXTRA special and ironically, my L&D nurse is the woman who leads my PALS (preg after loss support) group--talk about luck!!! Lo & behold just before 8am the head was 1/2 way out and everyone was saying "she" (did I ever tell you guys that EVERYONE but me & my sister SWORE this baby was a girl???) and I was screaming about pressure and asking what they were doing to me... It turns out the head was actually just coming out of me w/o my pushing!!! All of a sudden I heard "don't push, we need to suction a bit" and I gave a little push more and heard "look it must be a girl, she's playing w/the cord around her neck like it's a necklace" and the dr said "here she comes...and it's a .....BOY!!!!!!!!!"
All I could do was yell "OMIGOD!!!! OMIGOD!!! OMIGOD!!!!" and they put him on my tummy and there it was... the most incredible gift I could EVER EVER EVER imagine. I'm bawling as I type this b/c I cannot even begin to describe what this feels like... He is SO alert and absolutely GORGEOUS (I promise I'll attach a pic w/i the next day or so). Every u/s pic we have has his right hand next to his face and now that he's out of the womb, we cannot swaddle that hand or EVER move it away from his face (esp during bf'ing!!!)
The stats are that he was born on 8/8 at 8:00am (how wild!) and he weighed 7 lbs exactly--19.5 inches. The delivery was SO quick and easy that I needed 1-2 stitches and have felt GREAT ever since (albeit I'm tired as hell).
Tomorrow is my first son's old due date--I cry for him when I realize what I lost, but I realize that he's truly a guardian angel b/c I could never have imagined that after all I endured I would feel SO grateful for everything I've got.
I've been dreaming for SO long about the day I could post this news and my day has come. Thank you all SOOOOOOOO... much for your support. I cannot wait for those who are currently pregnant to experience this b/c it's more amazing than I could've imagined.
Lori