Teen Pregnancy Forum - My Labor Story

I don't know who on this forum knows me anymore, but I thought i'd post my labor story. I'm copying and pasting it from another forum of people I know really well, so it's really detailed. I'll put pics at the end too.

I had juliette avery on january 6th and she weighed 7lbs 11oz.

Okay here goes....

I went to my doctor on wednesday the 5th for an appointment. My sister took me, I was dialated 2 cm and my blood pressure was higher than ever (preeclampsia), so my doctor said that he was sick of worrying about me and the baby and he thought I should go ahead and be induced. He said it would either be that day, the next day, or friday. So he came back in the room and said that they wanted me at the hospital at 1:00.

We called my parents and drove back to my house so I could pack a bag. I got back here at 12:00 and it takes 30 minutes to get to the hospital, so I didn't have much time to do anything and I was freaking out inside so it was practically impossible anyway. The first thing I did when I got home was post on here (the baby boom continues). Then I packed a bag... I don't even remember what I put in it. I called michael and told him I had to be there at 1o, but that he didn't have to come up there that early because it was going to be a long process.

We got to the hospital and I got into my labor and delivery room. Michael showed up about 10 minutes after we got there. After awhile they put in my i.V. And started the pitocin. My blood pressure stayed high the whole time I was in the hospital. My parents and michael left after awhile to go home and sleep, but my sister stayed with me. After a few hours, I was still on the pitocin and feeling tiny little nothing contractions. A nurse came in my room and told me that I was maxed out on pitocin and that I was still dialated 2 cm, so they were going to take me off of it. That night they were going to insert a pill that was supposed to soften my cervix and if it didn't work well enough, four hours later they were going to insert another. Then they would start me on pitocin again the next morning.

Then, michael's mother, who I 've never met, showed up and just started talking to me like we'd known eachother for years. She was absolutely wonderful. I was starving and the cafeteria was closed, and no one had any money so we called the place I used to work and made them give me a free pizza. Then michael came back. Then cory and cassandra showed up with a dozen roses in a vase and stayed to hang out. Then my old boss and my cousin (she works where I used to) showed up with baby clothes, diapers, and bottles.

Everyone finally left (it was like a party in my room) except for michael and my sister who spent the night. It sucked trying to sleep because I was hooked up to minters and everytime I tried to get comfortable I would move the moniter and a nurse would have to come in and fix it. At one point I was sleeping and this nurse was fixing my moniter and I (half asleep) was like "what the hell are you doing?" I totally didn't mean to say it, but... Oops. They gave me the first pill for my cervix at midnight and then came in again at 4:00am to give me another. I couldn't go to the bathroom for two hours after they gave me the pill because it could come out. But, right after they put it up there, they hooked me up to an i.V. To pump me full of fluids!! I ended up waking up at 5:00 am needing to pee, but I couldn't and it sucked.

At 6:00 I peed and washed off my make up because I was feeling icky and another nurse came in to tell me that I still hadn't dialated anymore and they were going to break my water. They broke my water and it sucked. It was really uncomfortable and then I started having these mega contractions that were two minutes apart. They started to hrt so bad that asked for the epidural. The epidural guy was in with a c-section though so they said I had to wait 25 minutes!!! That sucked, that was 12 1/2 contractions. I would lose it about every third contraction. I'd breathe through the first two and then cry through the third.

My sister and michael woke up about now and left to smoke when my mom called. She was trying to talk to me while I was contracting and I was just balling so I finally just hung up on her! Then the nurse comes back and tells me the c-section is dragging ass so she can give me a painkiller in my i.V. While I was waiting for my epi. It felt awesome. It didn't make the contractions go away but it made them less severe. I even slept for awhile and said weird caca to my sister and michael. I was high as a kite and I was dialated to 5 cm. Then it wore off.... Epidural guy finally shows up, and so do my parents. They walked in the room right as I was getting it and the nurse had to rush them out. After the epi, all of my pain instantly went away. The nurse thought I was crazy because I could still move my legs. It was hard and it took me awhile, but I could still move them. So anyways, everyone was back in my room (mom, dad, sister, michael, and my uncle showed up with a balloon, flowers, and doughnuts). The nurse checks me again and i'm fully dialated (maybe 10 minutes after the epidural).

Everyone left the room except for my mom and my sister. I pushed until she was crowning and then we had to wait for the doctor. He shows up and I push twice after every contraction. After maybe 6 pushes she was out. She was born at 10:41 and weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. I pushed for maybe ten minutes and my labor (from when they broke my water) lasted about 4 and a half hours.

This is the first picture ever taken of her. Kinda blurry.

this is her and her daddy (michael). We're not together, but he's around for the most part.

and this is her in her amby hammock the first day we came home from the hospital.