When I went to my 38 week appt I definitely was not expecting to be told I would be induced the next day! My blood pressure was rising and I had protein in my urine, signs of preeclampsia. My doctor told me she was afraid if we waited any longer I would start to get sick so she said we will be inducing you tomorrow at 7:30 AM, I was pretty shocked I did not think when I went into my appt I'd be leaving knowing I am having my baby boy tomorrow. So Wednesday morning on March 19th me and Taylor headed out to St Josephs hospital to have our baby. I got there and dressed into my gown and the nurse put my IV in, we waited a little while for my Dr to come in to start my pitocin and break my water. When she did this I was still dialated a 2 which is what I had been for the previous 2 weeks. Within the next few hours the contractions began, they felt like really bad period cramps in my back, nothing crazy but definitely uncomfortable. They checked me again and I was a 4. By this time I was pretty uncomfortable, I tried to distract myself but it wasn't working. The nurse kept asking if I wanted my epidural that I could have it when ever I wanted, I didn't want to be a wuss though so I tried to go as long as I could. I finally gave up and said call the anesthesiologist I want it now, took him 5 minutes to get there and he explained every thing to me, I have only heard scary stories of receiving an epidural but honestly I didn't even feel it. Once he was done I laid back down and waited for it to kick in, after about an hour I was finally comfortable again, nurse checked me and I was a 6. She then told me the baby needed to turn a little so I needed to lay on my left side so I did and immediately was in a lot of pain, I started to tear up so Taylor asked the nurse to have the anesthesiologist come back and check my epidural. She checked me again and I was a 9.5, I went from a 6 to a 9.5 in 15 minutes and the she tells me they try not to give high doses of the epidural so you are able to push so I was not completely numb by any means :O. When the anesthesiologist came back he checked and my epidural had moved a little so he fixed it and I laid back, my nurse checked once more and I was a 10 and told me to get ready to push. It all happened so fast it was about 2:30 PM when I started pushing, and let me tell you pushing is hard! Not really because of the pain and pressure but because you can't breathe your doing breathe in hold for 10 seconds and push let out and again in reps of 3, after about 45 mins they had to put me on oxygen cause I was having a hard time catching my breathe, my head felt like it was gonna pop off. He kept coming down while I was pushing and as soon as I stopped he would go back, the nurse decided in between contractions I needed to keep my legs up rather then putting them down. An intern nurse and Taylor were holding my legs, yup Taylor watched the whole thing and was a super champ, I was very surprised. This did the trick so the nurse called my Dr and she came in and I pushed for about 15 minutes and he was born at 3:44 PM (I was in labor for 7 hours) Let me tell you it was not pleasant, there at the end I was screaming and saying I can't do this, I felt like I was gonna die, I couldn't breathe and it hurt. I started to tear so the Dr cut me a little and out he came. His head was big for my little body so that explained the difficulty. They told me he weighed 8.7 lbs and 19.5 in long, I was so surprised! I wasn't thinking he would be that big especially 2 weeks early. When he came out he did not cry at all he just looked around and was very content, they immediately placed him on me and I was so exhausted, and pretty out of it. All the nurses kept commenting on how cute he was, how strong he was, and how alert he was. I just couldn't stop thinking I can not believe I just did that. He was and is perfect I love my sweet little boy and every one is right you will never be the same again and your whole life changes in an instant. I still can't believe he is all mine and I have a son now, I feel too young and so old all at the same time. In the words of my sister, pregnancy is not for the faint of heart :)
Introducing Emmett Henry Scott Davis
Born March 19, 2014 3:44 PM
8.7 lbs 19.5 in
my apologies for the explicitness ;)
He sleeps and eats like a champ, he is such a good baby. He gets pretty upset when we change him but other then that he is happy and content as can be. I couldn't be happier.
