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On Wednesday Night I had a sharp pain, my DH and I joked that it must be a contraction and agreed to go to bed and see what happens.
At 2am I woke up to wet undies. Not a gush of fluid, just wet. So I went and laidd on the sofa on my back for 1/2 hour and got up to see what happens. When I got up I felt a trickle, and it was odorless and clear so I assumed it was fluid leaking.
I called my OB at 6:50 am and got the answering service waited 2 hours and didnt hear anything back. Next called the office during hours and only got through via the EMERGENCY line. They confirmed what I was thinking and sent me to Labor and Delivery.
Went to Labor and Delivery, enjoyed there was no wait, was checked by a mid-wife and it was determined I was definitely leaking fluids and would need to be induced.
I began at 3cm, which surprised me cause I had progressed 1 cm since monday that was at 2pm. Next they placed a 1/4 of a pill against my cervix and had me sit for 4 hours. At the end of that I had only made it to 5cm and 75% effaced. The next step was to start Potocin, at which time I opted for the EPI first. I made slow progress until I hit 7cm. Once I made it to 7cm.. almost 8cm.. everything was a blur. Contractions got horrible and and very intense. My DH was a great coach and coached me through my breathing and the contractions like a champ. I had, had enough and asked to be checked. The Dr. Checked me and I was at 10.. 7-10 in an hour and half.
At 10cm baby was still at -2 station and since this was my first baby, they were trying to prepare me for 3 hours of pushing. The OB sat me up to help use gravity to pull the baby down. I did this for 45-hr, through very tough contractions, when checked the Nurse had me do a practice push and immediately called for the Dr. when she got there I pushed for maybe 20 minutes and we had a baby.
Courtney Olivia was born on 12-10-10 (exactly 2 months after our one year wedding anniversary) at 1:39 am after almost 12 hours of labor. I really think for a first baby and being induced this was a relatively short labor . She weighed 8lbs 6 oz exactly and was 20.5 inches long.
She has been eating and sleeping like a champ!
At 2am I woke up to wet undies. Not a gush of fluid, just wet. So I went and laidd on the sofa on my back for 1/2 hour and got up to see what happens. When I got up I felt a trickle, and it was odorless and clear so I assumed it was fluid leaking.
I called my OB at 6:50 am and got the answering service waited 2 hours and didnt hear anything back. Next called the office during hours and only got through via the EMERGENCY line. They confirmed what I was thinking and sent me to Labor and Delivery.
Went to Labor and Delivery, enjoyed there was no wait, was checked by a mid-wife and it was determined I was definitely leaking fluids and would need to be induced.
I began at 3cm, which surprised me cause I had progressed 1 cm since monday that was at 2pm. Next they placed a 1/4 of a pill against my cervix and had me sit for 4 hours. At the end of that I had only made it to 5cm and 75% effaced. The next step was to start Potocin, at which time I opted for the EPI first. I made slow progress until I hit 7cm. Once I made it to 7cm.. almost 8cm.. everything was a blur. Contractions got horrible and and very intense. My DH was a great coach and coached me through my breathing and the contractions like a champ. I had, had enough and asked to be checked. The Dr. Checked me and I was at 10.. 7-10 in an hour and half.
At 10cm baby was still at -2 station and since this was my first baby, they were trying to prepare me for 3 hours of pushing. The OB sat me up to help use gravity to pull the baby down. I did this for 45-hr, through very tough contractions, when checked the Nurse had me do a practice push and immediately called for the Dr. when she got there I pushed for maybe 20 minutes and we had a baby.
Courtney Olivia was born on 12-10-10 (exactly 2 months after our one year wedding anniversary) at 1:39 am after almost 12 hours of labor. I really think for a first baby and being induced this was a relatively short labor . She weighed 8lbs 6 oz exactly and was 20.5 inches long.
She has been eating and sleeping like a champ!