Lady B's Birth Story-Part I

My Sweet Baby

Born 1/30/18 at 1:01 am

I spent so much time being afraid through the pregnancy journey that I didn't give too much thought to the birthing process. The doctor told me somewhere in the middle that I would be induced and I just accepted it.  At some point I was hoping for a c-section  since as the time got closer I thought how the effects of delivering vaginally would be cosmetically to my lady bits. I know....I know it was the least of my worries at the end. 

I went into this without a birth plan because I didn't want to have one, and then it not work and be disappointed. Looking back now since everything went completely left I am glad I didn't have one. It would have made it that much more stressful.

I do wish that there were more pictures both of me being pregnant as well as in the hospital but such is life....I cannot get those moments back. For me, it's so hard to be in the moment and document  at the same time. 

My last appointment on 1/26th I had a scare where the baby's heart rate was plummeting and we failed the Stress Test which looks like the below ( pic is not of me). Anyway I was sent to Labor and Delivery and she was doing fine and I was told I would be induced to come in Monday morning ( 1/29th) at 6:00 am. My husband met me at the hospital so as we were getting ready to leave I said let's get Chipotle....he asked me 3 times if I was sure and I will find out IT.WAS.A.BIG.MISTAKE. I was food poisoned. It didn't hit right away it was somewhere in the early morning Saturday when my husband heard me throwing my guts up and sweating/moaning from the pain then we both started to worry. I mean it was non stop and I couldn't even hold the water down. 

Due to  the food poisoning ordeal it magnified all braxton hicks contraction to level 10 but still it wasn't the real deal....or I didn't think they were.

Anyway this went on for a few hours and my husband said get dressed I am taking you to the hospital. I get there around the afternoon & was told the baby was doing fine but I was dehydrated.

 I kept on throwing up and it stopped after I  was given fluids. 

While this was all unfolding I forgot to mention  I threw up so much I peed myself. Luckily there was a caring nurse that helped me out of my pee soaked panties and since they thought I was ok they decided to release me. BIG.MISTAKE #2.

As I was being wheeled to the car I felt a wave of nausea and as my husband pulled the car around to  pick me up just in time to see me throwing up with the nurse. 

She said since everything is ok with the baby and you have 1 more day before induction just try broth and no food until this passes. She also looked worried and told me if I think I need to come back to the hospital to do so. I went home and tried to sleep through the pain, nausea and miserableness.

At some point on Sunday ( the day before D-day) my husband was about to set up the bassinet which I registered for but did not like once I received it.  This one

 

 We heard a knock on the door and it was an Amazon package for another one. Which was this one. It is the one we use and she is basically too big for but more on this in another post later on.

 

Okay getting back on track. I kept throwing up, being in pain, falling asleep. Rinse and repeat for several hours this kept on. Despite my husbands concern I said no I will hold out just a little longer since I wanted to be induced by the OB that was the nicest in the practice....until delivery day that is.

 Somehow I made it to 3:00 am Monday and it seemed to have gotten worse. My husband got up, dressed, got the suitcase and said let's go I am taking you in right now. I took a shower and laid down, I put my underwear on and laid down, I threw up and laid down. I was so exhausted and cannot even remember making it down the steps. We live in a condo on the 2nd floor, going up & down those steps while pregnant was not fun.

So we finally get to the hospital at 4:00 am, we live maybe 10 minutes away but it was the longest 10 minutes of our lives.

Initially I had plans for the days leading up to the induction with some exciting plans.

\We were gonna do a photo shoot that Saturday, I was going to record getting ready  & would record while in the car....all of this went out the window. I was in too much pain to concentrate on anything but my daughter and me while still  throwing up.

Labor & Delivery

We get to labor and Delivery and I was placed in a room, where much of the same happened but it slowed down slightly. They started the pitocin despite my pain already, so it was a double whammy.

I kept waking up to the pain and I told the on call nurse I want my epidural line in right now as well as I need the antibiotics since I tested positive for Strep B. I was going in and out of sleep through it.

The anesthesiologist came & his bedside manner was horrible but he got the medicine in and then all pain was gone so I fell asleep. I told myself I would definitely sent the hospital a letter about my ordeal with the guy's bedside manner administering the epidural as soon as I can but just haven't yet.

Anyway they kept checking me and I went from a 2 cm when I first got in there to a 6 cm somewhere in the late afternoon. Like I said there was no documentation and my memory is a little hazy on the time. The OB  came in and said "who said she is at a 6, turn up the Pitocin" she is at a 4. All of a sudden I started feeling the pain and then my once numb legs I could now feel and move them. I rang the nurse immediately because clearly the meds had worn off. She kept telling me  I should be fine. This went on for hours until I got to 10 cm to which she replied well it's too late and the anesthesiologist said he was busy and couldn't come back. I was so pissed, in excruciating pain and still throwing up.....just lovely. I could have strangled her right there. The OB came in at some point and told me to push and I said no. 

See Part II