Hi, wanted to move this from the HuGS Board for all to see
Hi there everyone!! I am soooo glad to FINALLY be posting this; I swear it felt like the day would never arrive!!!!!!!
Sunday night (May 23rd), I felt a slight energy burst. Now, considering how sick and weak I have been, it wasn't much energy, but enough that I noticed. DH and I hit the sack later than usual, around midnight. I kept waking every hour from pain, but when I would actually get up to go to the potty, I felt nothing so I thought nothing.....
At 4:45 am, I got up to potty. When I went to get back in bed, it felt like I had peed on myself, and I thought, OMG, my water just broke! I woke my husband, who sat bolt upright and he had been sound asleep. I got straight in the shower, then called my mom, my sis, then the doctor, who instructed me to go to L&D; all of this, without getting out of the shower.
When I arrived, I was 3cm and contracting every 3 minutes. By 9am I was 4 to 5 and hurting very badly, so I got my epidural. They kept losing Joshua's heartbeat so they placed an internal monitor on his head. This felt worse than my previous BIRTH experiences, because the nurse was a tiny Hitler! I was dialating much slower this time than compared to my other pgs, so I was getting anxious.
Around 2:50 pm I was complete and got to start pushing. I felt very weak and felt, as hard as I was pushing, that the baby just wasn't making good progress. We then found out he was OP, in posterior presentation - face up. This makes labor and delivery extremely difficult.
Our sweetie arrived at 3:29 pm. He was 8 lbs 4 oz, 19.5 inches long. He took in a lot of fluid, due to the "sunny-side-up" delivery, so they put him in the NICU. He was there until Thursday, and we all got to come home that afternoon. Matthew and Lauryn adore him, and I feel soooooooooooooooooooooo much better!! I still need time to heal from the experience, I have been so depressed, but when I look at Josh, I thank God, and KNOW he was MEANT to be here with us.
Please hang in there girls.......you will get thru it!
I will post pics asap and will try to get in here to catch up as soon as things settle. HUGE HUGS TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!