haha. what a good joke. here I am at home, still pregnant. I had a plan. everything was in order from cy to the hospital. the first thing that went wrong was that cy woke up saturday morning sick. that shoulda been my first clue that things weren't going happen they way I planned.
I went to the hospital saturday night contracting on my own. they gave me cervadel and said that people usually don't go into labor with that by itself, but it might with me since I had already started things myself. after a very painful night of no sleep and contractions they started the pitocin to give me a little help with labor. they started on the very lowest dose (1 mL) and my contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. They said we won't even have to go to the highest dose (20 mL) cause I'm already doing my thing. (did I mention I was in pain?) we will have the baby by noon. the problem was with my cervix. it just wouldn't dilate. I never got past a 3. I was supposed to get an epidural at 4. which I really wanted. also, the baby was too far up, he wouldn't come down. (I think that he was hanging onto my lungs for dear life because he didn't want to come yet!) luckily I had the best OB and the best nurses taking care of me, who gave me great advice. otherwise, I might have had to have a c-section. so here we are at 3 or 4pm, at the full dose of pitocin, not ready to deliver. there were THREE other girls who had come in after me and was having their babies or in labor. THAT was hard. so, we unhooked everything.......my blood pressures were pretty good - for the most part - during the whole process.......and we made the decision to spend the night, get really good sleep (YAY drugs) and see if anything happens during the night.
we woke this am feeling great and no change, the baby hadn't dropped and I hadn't dilated anymore. so, we came home. now, we just wait and see what happens. oh, goody.
really, though, I am happy with the decisions we made and after a good nights' sleep, I'm feeling good about everything. he just wasn't ready to come yet. and, I think forcing things too much is not good for me or the baby. and that's the whole story!

Monday, March 8, 2010
just kidding. I didn't make it.
Posted by Anika at 9:25 AM
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2 comments:
awww...that sucks. but i'm sure it's best for the baby. i was so thinking about you holding a newborn...not so much, huh? hang in there!
HA HA...I laughed out loud thinking of him holding onto your lungs!
Thinking about you!
Love Kath
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