We got to the hospital at 9pm and filled out a bunch of paper work, changed into the fun gown, then I was hooked up to an IV, and monitors were strapped on my belly. At 10pm they put a little pill on my cervix to try to make me go into labor and dilate. I was told this would make me feel mild to moderate cramps...all night the most I felt were VERY mild cramps, so I was worried nothing was changing. This was how we spent the rest of our night...
Through out the night we heard SEVERAL other babies being born, between moms screaming and babies making their grand entrance, we didn't get a whole lot of sleep. We also got to hear our babies heart beat all night while I was hooked up to the monitors. This was the screen we watched all night, top is the babies heart rate and the bottom are my contractions, or lack there of...apparently there were some contractions, but I wasn't feeling anything...
The following morning 4/4 around 9, my Dr. came in and checked me, I was at a 1/2 centimeter...as feared, the pill really didn't change anything. He wanted to strip my membranes, and in the process, he ended up breaking my water. So I got cleaned up, and then came the pitosin... It wasn't bad the first 4 hours, just cramping in my lower abdomen...they had continually come in and upped the dosage every half hour, finally at 1pm my Dr. checked me again and said I was at 1 centimeter, he said that if I'm not at a 3 by 4:00, we were going to have to resort to a c-section. So they upped the pitosin some more and finally I was DYING...the contractions stayed in my lower abdomen, but moved into my back too. The last hour was excruciating (I hadn't taken any drugs or had an epidural) When the Dr. came in at 4, I was in tears...I had already decided that even if I was at a 3, the epidural was next. He checked me and I was at 1.5 centimeters....after 6 hours of pitosin and only getting to a 1.5, I was frustrated. We decided to go with the c-section. We were a little nervous, not really feeling prepared for it, but Jared gave me a very nice blessing and then we got ready and went down to the O.R.
Here I am nice and numb on the table. When we went in, I was shaking. They layered the top of me with warm blankets..it didn't really help..I shook the entire time and my shoulders started hurting REALLY bad, they said it's because they were pushing so hard on my diaphram a lot of air was being pushed up and settled in my shoulders.
I couldn't believe all that hair!
Here is a little video of her being suctioned, It's amazing what they do to babies right after they're born...poor thing...but it was nice to hear her scream while I was behind the curtain and didn't get to see anything.
We were transferred up to our postpartum room and Jared took her to get her first real bath in the nursery (I was still too numb to go with...dang c-section) Here are a few more shots:
Back in our room now.
She had a tiny bit of jaundice, not enough that they put her under the lights, but they suggested we lay her in the sun a little bit each day.
Since being home, things have gone really good. Mya is such a good baby! I've had a really good recovery, and I feel just about normal. Mya sleeps super good at night, I've only woken up with her maybe 4 times the entire time we've been home. We try to put her down between 10-10:30 and she will sleep until 4-6, sometimes we've had to wake her up! So we feel very lucky that she is such a good baby.
