[misscari]

Keegan- 8lbs 9 oz, 20 inches long & his head was 14.5 cm

Arrived at the hospital around 6am, pitocin started at 7. 4cm and 70% effaced. Contractions took a while to get regular but by around 10 am they are 3-5 mins apart-mostly uncomfortable and not too painful. Around noon the nurse checks me and I am only at 5cm and 80%. I realize it’s going to be a long day, around 2pm I have a trickle of water, they decide just to leave it for a while. Contractions start picking up in intensity and finally I hit 6cm. 3:30 I start to feel a lot more pressure and pain but I’m holding out as long as I can without any meds. 5:00 doc comes in and breaks my water. Within 30 mins the pain is so intense I go ahead and ask for an epidural. Anesthesiologist comes to talk to me and says that because of my bleeding issues and hemorrhages he doesn’t feel comfortable with me having one. UGH! I ask for a shot of Nubain and it takes the edge off for a bit but certainly doesn’t kill the pain. Not sure when I hit 8cm but it seemed like I was stuck there forever, the pain meds are wearing off and I’m barely hanging on. Finally I get close to 10cm but still have a “lip” of cervix left, I am pushing a bit during contractions and they tell me to stop-yeah right, like I can control that urge! I feel like I need to pee so I head to the bathroom and as soon as I sit in toilet position the pushing urge is uncontrollable. The nurses freak out, drag me back to bed yelling don’t push. Doc comes in and I’m not quite ready, the nurse has me lightly push while she presses in on the cervix. Finally I can start pushing. I pushed for maybe 15 mins and the doc starts telling me to push harder the head is there. I get mad and give one giant push and Keegan literally comes flying out just before 8pm. David said he flew to the end of the bed and doc was scrambling to catch my slippery little man. He asked if I saw that, um no but I FELT him fly out! Never had that experience before, after the fact it’s rather funny. They inject both legs with methergine and start up the pitocin to control the bleeding immediately. 13 hours of labor on pitocin was rough!!! It definitely hurts far worse than my labors without it. I had a second degree tear and being stitched and delivering the placenta seemed almost as painful as giving birth. The loaded me up on demorol and I really think they gave me too much. I was so completely out of it the rest of the night. I got to hold Keegan for about 20 mins but I was so groggy and tired I kept feeling like I was going to drop him. David held him for about 4 or 5 hours until I could finally come around a bit. I was still pretty loopy until Friday afternoon but just so estastic that he was here and healthy. I have far less bleeding this time around and I’m so glad they listened this time about the bleeding complications. I’m finally starting to feel pretty good other than lack of sleep and being a milk machine. Sometimes he's nursing every 20-45 mins but I'm hoping that now the milk is in, he'll be able to go longer at night. I know we’re all biased as mommies but I just cannot describe how beautiful my son is and the love I have for him just makes me feel so blessed to have this experience.
Thanks for reading, I look forward to everyone's story of their little miracle

[Banned-Wehadamoment]

Awwwww

[2Nlove]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[survey77777]

Awww...I him. Thanks for sharing your story. Enjoy every minute mama!

[2boys+alittlelady2luv]

He is a doll. Congrats to you and your family.