Birth Story

My Birth Story.

I'm gonna make this short and sweet.
I went in at 7:30 Wednesday morning, they broke my waters at about 8:30 and started the oxytocin at about 9:30.
They were a little worried though, as I was only 1cm dilated and 25% effaced.
They said I stood a good chance of having a c-section... because I could possibly not progress fast enough and the baby could go into distress.
I sat there, very uncomfortably until about 6.. I was 4cm dilated ... and they came in and asked if I was ready for my epidural yet, I told them I wanted to try to hold off for a bit,,
I was in alot of pain. I didn't handle the contractions very well I got sick to my stomache a few times and just kept crying, like such a sad little cry.
I thought I would handle it a little better than I did but looking back I think I did quite well, I just felt like a wuss at the time.
The nurse came in about 20min later and told me the anestheiologist (sp?) was topping off a woman and then leaving for a few hours, I knew I couldn't do it for that much longer so I got the continual epidural
I was terrified of it, but it only pinched for a second and then I was feeling a lot better.

I ended up napping from 9 to about 12 where they said I was about 6cm dilated and 75% effaced,
I was starting to feel funny though.
My body was literally convulsing I was shaking so much and I got a very high fever, I was literally delirious.
I wasn't feeling sick, just zonked out of it.
They ended up upping my saline so i wouldn't dehydrate and oxtocin to get thing's moving quciker.
I was nodding off and on a lot after that.
Then at like 1:45 the nurse checked me and said I was fully effaced and 7cm, only a few more hours probably.
I didn't know this until after I had her... The baby's heartrate ended up bouncing between 165-185
The nurses were getting pretty scared and were actually getting thing written down and worked out to send me in for a c-section,
but all of a sudden at 1:55 I had this extreme urge to poop.
I screamed at my nurse telling her I refused to poo in my bed to take me to a damn toilet (poor girl she was just a trainee)
She went and got the other nurse who then said well that's the baby coming down ifyou feel the need to push, just push (passive pushes, I thought she said practice pushes)
So i was like ok , But for practicing, it hurt A LOT.
haha. The nurse got the trainee to then check me,
The funniest thing I ever heard
"Oh my god Sandra...."
"Yes"
"I see her head"


Then they grabbed my legs told me to push through my contactions and about 25 minutes later I had a nine pounder.
Mind you there was a lot of cursing, kicking and begging in between there, and a lot of apologizing between my contractions..
but needless to say I'm one luck SOB to have that big ol' girl out so fast.
Everyone that hears she's my first baby, she was nine pounds and I only had about 30 minutes of hard labour seem pretty stunned.
Heck so am I.
But she did do quite the toll I lost a lot of blood was on antibiotics until this morning.. and was bed ridden, I'm just able to slightly walk now.
But all in all I got off pretty easy... and got the best thing ever out of it.

I can't stop looking at her. She's so big and warm and squishy and happy and I just love love love her.
I'm the most giddy person you'll ever meet after delivering a girl that size
The doctor was so stunned, he had told me she's be between 7-7.5lbs roughly...
We were all stunned!

Sorry this is a little all over the placer I typed it super fast...
I'll check in with everyone soon, but for now i'm off to enjoy some time with Bella.