He's Here!
April 2, 2009 9:01 PM | My Pregnancy | Comments (4)
 | As I’m sure everyone has figured out by now, I’ve had my baby boy. His due date was March 6th, but he didn’t arrive until March 11th, 2009. I had a doctor appointment on Tuesday, March 10th to get an ultrasound and see how he was doing, since he was officially “overdue” at that point. I had lost 2 pounds and was dilated 4-5 cm. I was happy to know that I got so far without pain. The ultrasound showed that Baby was doing fine, and that he was “just about” 8 pounds. Since he was constantly getting bigger, his amniotic fluid was getting lower. |
At that point, there were no problems, but I was told there was no benefit to keeping him in longer, as his fluid would continue to decrease, which could increase chances of his cord getting stuck around his neck, etc. As a result, I was scheduled to go to the hospital at 7:30 that evening to be induced.
We arrived that evening, and they put me in a triage room and monitored me for contractions. They were coming, but they were not painful. In fact, at this point, there were plenty of contractions that I barely felt at all. The hospital was really busy, so by the time I got in a delivery room and was given the oxytocin (medication to induce labor); it was about 10:05pm. They said they wanted my contractions to be 2 minutes apart, so I was being continuously monitored. Every time a nurse or midwife would check on me, they were surprised that I was not in pain with the contractions. I could feel them because my belly would tighten, but they didn’t hurt. I was surprised, but super happy about that. In fact, if they hadn’t had me hooked up to the IV, I could have been at home!
My contractions had been 2 minutes apart for a while (hours) when one of the nurses came in and told me that before her shift ended at 7am, the midwife would come in and break my water. That turned out not to be necessary, as I went to the bathroom at 6:30am, and my water broke on its own. Before I could get back to the bed, I could feel the difference in the contractions. Now they hurt. At first, I could breathe through them silently, but as time went on, the pain increased (I did not have an epidural). I’ll just leave it at that and spare those who still want to have kids. To make a long story short, he was born at 9:40am, weighed 8 pounds 3.4 ounces, and was 19 inches long.
As of yesterday my little one is 3 weeks old. It’s a joy getting to know him and watching him grow! It’s also sweet relief for my insides as my body returns to normal. I’m breastfeeding him, so that’s a whole different story…
Proud Mother with New Son
Baby Just Born
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