This is for you Beth!
So this whole pregnancy my dr. has wanted to induce me Dec. 7, if I hadn't had the baby yet. I was totally down with being induced. We were supposed to go in at 6 am Friday morning. I got up at 5, showered and dressed, and got the rest of my stuff ready. Then I noticed I had missed a call from the hospital. They had no beds open. They were hoping to get me in by mid-morning. So I went back to bed for a little while. They finally called at about 9:40; they still didn't have any open beds, but they put me in a triage room and said a room should open up in 1/2 hour. They didn't want to break my water or do anything until I had my own room. We didn't get into the room until 2! My dr. came in and broke my water, and nothing happened. With Kyson, she broke my water, and almost immediately I started having hard contractions. We waited about 2 hours, and still nothing. So they started me on PIT, which I absolutely hate. But within 1/2 hour, I was having some pretty strong contractions. I still wasn't dilating, though. I was at a 4 when I went in, and I was still at a 4 a couple of hours later. When my contractions picked up, they checked me again and I was only at a 5. Then my contractions got really bad, way worse than with Kyson. But I guess PIT does that to you. I went for about an hour with really, really bad contractions, and I just couldn't make my body relax, so I asked for an epidural. At about that point I was dilated to a 6. The guy came in, gave me an epidural in about 10 minutes. My blood pressure dropped really low, which made the baby's heart rate drop really low, and they were running around frantically trying to get my bp up. I had 2 contractions with the epidural, then I felt a lot of pressure. So they checked me again and I was at a 10 and it was time to push. Yay! Can I just say that epidurals are amazing. I wanted to kiss the anesthesiologist. But, I controlled myself and didn't. 5 minutes later, and she was here! They had to take her over to the clean up station right away because there was meconium in my water and she ingested it. But once they got her cleared, they brought her over to me. She weighs 7 lbs. 8 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. She is such a sweet baby, and such a good nurser. I had such a hard time with Maicee and Kyson getting them to latch on. Not her, she latched on her first try and hasn't had any problems nursing. Yay! We still don't have a name for her, though. We are open to suggestions, if you have any!
